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Borealopelta

Lebitso le bolela: “northern shield”1
E jele: DimelaDidinosaure tse nang le sesireletsiKretase ya Pele

Borealopelta was a heavily armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had huge spikes on its shoulders and a body covered in bony plates and scales. Scientists even know what colour it was: reddish-brown on top and lighter underneath, like a deer today.1

E phetse
dilemo tse dimilione tse 121 ho isa ho 113 tse fetileng5
Kretase ya Pele
Difosili di fumanwe ho
Suncor Millennium Mine, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada5
Bolelele
5.5 m (18 ft)2
Boima
ditone tse 1.3 (2,900 lb)2
Bophahamo
1 m (3.3 ft)3
Lebelo le phahameng ka ho fetisisa
e ka bang 17 km/h (11 mph)
Ho matha, kakanyo

E phetse neng?

Triasiki
Jurasiki
Kretase
Dilemo tse dimilione tse 252 tse fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le kgolo hakae?

E ne e le telele hakae?

Borealopelta bolelele ba e ka bang 5.5 m (18 ft)Baesekele ya motho e moholo e ka bang 1.8 m (5.9 ft)Koloi e ka bang 4.5 m (15 ft)Tlou, phoofolo e kgolo ka ho fetisisa naheng kajeno e ka bang 6.5 m (21 ft)

E ne e phahame hakae?

Katse ya lapenge ka bang 0.3 m (1 ft)Ntjae ka bang 0.5 m (1.6 ft)Borealopeltabophahamo ba e ka bang 1 m (3.3 ft)Peree ka bang 1.6 m (5.2 ft)

E ne e le boima hakae?

boima jwaloka dintja tse 65
telele jwaloka dintja tse 6 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatlengtelele jwaloka dibanana tse 31 di behilwe ka molaboima jwaloka mahapu a 260boima jwaloka bana ba kereshe ba 68boima jwaloka bana ba sekolo ba 41boima jwaloka dibere tse tshweu tse 3e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 21 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Borealopelta e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E ne e le lebelo hakae?

dintho tse monate

Dintlha tse monate

1

Borealopelta is one of the best-preserved armoured dinosaurs ever found. Its fossil includes skin, scales, and even the horn sheaths on its spikes.1

2

This dinosaur had countershading: its back was reddish-brown and its belly was lighter. This helped it hide from predators.1

3

The largest spikes on its shoulders were probably used for display, not just defence. They were lighter in colour and covered in a thick horn sheath.1

4

Borealopelta weighed over 1,300 kilograms, as much as a small rhinoceros. Despite its size and armour, it still needed camouflage from big meat-eating dinosaurs.2

5

It lived about 121 to 113 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period, in what is now Alberta, Canada.5

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The fossil was found in an oil sands mine. It was so well preserved that scientists could study the melanin in its skin to figure out its colour.1

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Borealopelta had more than 20 small bony plates on its snout and a large hexagonal plate on its forehead.1

E entswe ke AISetshwantsho sa Borealopelta se entsweng ke AI
Setshwantsho se entsweng ke AI, se bontshang kamoo Borealopelta e ka beng e ne e shebahala kateng, se entswe ke khomphutha ho ya ka seo bo-ramahlale ba se tsebang. Ke ho hakanya feela: phoofolo ya nnete e ka nna ya ba e ne e shebahala ka tsela e nngwe, mme ha ho motho ya tsebang mebala ya yona ya nnete.
o botsitse

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Borealopelta

?How big was Borealopelta?

About 5.5 metres long and weighed 1.3 metric tons.4

?What did Borealopelta eat?

It ate plants, especially ferns. Its last meal was mostly ferns, and it also swallowed a little bit of charcoal from a wildfire.4

?Did Borealopelta have a tail club?

No, it had a straight tail without a club, unlike some other armoured dinosaurs.4

?Why did Borealopelta have spikes?

The big shoulder spikes were probably used for display to attract mates or scare rivals, but they could also help defend against predators.41

?Was Borealopelta camouflaged?

Yes, it had countershading: a reddish-brown back and a lighter belly, which helped it hide from predators.41

?When did Borealopelta live?

It lived about 110 to 112 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period.4

?Where was Borealopelta found?

It was discovered in an oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.4

?How well preserved is Borealopelta?

It is one of the best-preserved armoured dinosaurs ever found, with skin, scales, horn sheaths, and even stomach contents still intact.41

?Could Borealopelta swim?

It probably could not swim well. Its body was found in ancient sea sediments, so it likely drowned and sank after being washed out to sea.4

?What colour was Borealopelta?

It was reddish-brown on top and lighter underneath, like a deer today. Scientists found melanin in its skin to figure this out.41

Mosenyi wa ditshomo

Tshomo: Many people think all armoured dinosaurs were slow and clumsy.

Nnete: Borealopelta was heavily armoured but its legs were built for walking and it could probably move quickly when needed. Its camouflage shows it was an active prey animal.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure

Lebitso la saense
Borealopelta
E rehilwe ke
Brown et al. 20175
Sehlopha
Didinosaure tse nang le sesireletsi
Lelapa / leloko
Nodosauridae5
Tlhophiso
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora5
Dilemo tsa mafika
dilemo tse dimilione tse 121 ho isa ho 113 (Aptian)5
Dibopeho tsa mafika
Clearwater5
Dinaha
Kanada5
Direkoto tsa difosili
1 ho The Paleobiology Database5
Ho sibollwa
Borealopelta was discovered in 2011 at the Suncor Millennium Mine in Alberta, Canada, by miners removing overburden. It was named by Caleb Brown and colleagues in 2017.15
E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
Scientists are not sure exactly how many different kinds of nodosaurids existed, and whether Borealopelta's shoulder spikes were mainly for fighting rivals or scaring predators.1

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics: Current Biology (cell.com)
  2. An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. BOREALOPELTA - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
  4. Borealopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  5. Borealopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.

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