Zaraapelta

Izina risobanura: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Yaryaga: IbimeraDinozore zifite igikingiraKiretase ya nyuma

Zaraapelta was an armoured dinosaur that walked on four legs and munched on plants. It had a bumpy, spiky skull with fancy horns, making it look like a walking tank. It lived in the Gobi Desert during the Late Cretaceous, about 75 million years ago.1 2

Yabayeho

hashize imyaka miliyoni 100 kugeza 844

Kiretase ya nyuma

Ibisigazwa byabonetse muri

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

nka 15 km/h (9 mph)

Kwiruka, igereranya

Yabayeho ryari?

Triyasike

Jurasike

Kiretase

Hashize miliyoni 252 z'imyaka20114566, asiteroyide

Yihutaga ite?

Umuntu ugenda n'amaguru nka 5 km/h (3 mph)

Umwana ku igare nka 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zaraapelta nka 15 km/h (9 mph)

Ifarashi yiruka cyane nka 65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwe yihuta cyane nka 100 km/h (62 mph)

utuntu twiza cyane

Utuntu dushimishije

Zaraapelta's skull was covered in bumpy armour plates called osteoderms, and it had an especially fancy pattern of bumps and grooves behind its eye.1 2

The horns on the back of its skull had a smooth ridge on top, which is different from any other ankylosaur.1 3

Scientists think the fancy skull ornaments might have been used to attract mates, like a peacock's tail feathers.2

Zaraapelta lived alongside two other ankylosaurs, Saichania and Tarchia, in the same desert.1 2

The only known fossil is a skull missing the snout tip, and it probably belonged to a young adult.1

The name Zaraapelta comes from the Mongolian word for hedgehog and the Greek word for small shield, because ankylosaurs looked prickly and armoured.1 2

Ishusho ya Zaraapelta yakozwe na AI — Ishusho yakozwe na AI yerekana uko Zaraapelta ishobora kuba yari isa, yakozwe na mudasobwa hashingiwe ku byo abahanga bazi. Ni ugukeka gusa: inyamaswa nyayo ishobora kuba yari isa ukundi, kandi nta muntu uzi amabara yayo nyayo.

wabajije

Ibibazo bibazwa cyane kuri Zaraapelta

?How big was Zaraapelta?

The only known skull is about 40 centimetres long, so Zaraapelta was a medium-sized ankylosaur.1

?What did Zaraapelta eat?

It was a herbivore, eating plants.1

?Who discovered Zaraapelta?

It was discovered in 2000 by a team led by Phil Currie, and named in 2014 by Victoria Arbour.1 2

?What was Zaraapelta's closest relative?

Its closest known relative is Tarchia, another ankylosaur from Mongolia.1

Gusenya ibinyoma

Ibivugwa: Some people think all armoured dinosaurs had tail clubs.

Ukuri: Zaraapelta is known only from a skull, so scientists don't know if it had a tail club. Many ankylosaurs did, but not all.1

Ku bazobereye muri dinozore

Izina rya siyansi: Zaraapelta
Yiswe na: Arbour et al. 20144
Itsinda: Dinozore zifite igikingira
Umuryango / ishami: Ankylosauridae4
Ishyirwa mu byiciro: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Imyaka y'amabuye: imyaka miliyoni 100 kugeza 84 (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Inzego z'amabuye: Baynshire4
Ibihugu: Mongoliya4
Ibisigazwa byanditswe: 1 muri The Paleobiology Database4
Ivumburwa: The skull was found in 2000 by a team led by Phil Currie in the Gobi Desert. In 2014, Victoria Arbour, Philip Currie, and Demchig Badamgarav named it Zaraapelta nomadis.1 2
Biracyagibwaho impaka: Scientists are still debating exactly how Zaraapelta is related to other ankylosaurs, and whether its fancy head ornaments were for protection or for showing off.1 2

Aho amakuru yakuwe

Zaraapelta (en.wikipedia.org)
UAlberta paleontologists name new armoured dinosaur (ualberta.ca)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Zaraapelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.

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