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Sauroplites

ትርጉም ስሙ: “saurian hoplite, meaning lizard armed foot soldier”1

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራትመጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

Sauroplites was an armoured dinosaur that walked on four legs and ate plants. Its back and hips were covered with a shield made of bony plates, like a suit of armour. It lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, during the Early Cretaceous period.1 4

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 121 ክሳብ 113 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

መጀመርታ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Inner Mongolia, China1 2

ንውሓት

5.5 m (18 ft)3

ቁመት

1.6 m (5.2 ft)3

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 16 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (10 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ክንደይ ነዊሕ ነይሩ?

ቁመቱ ክንደይ ነይሩ?

ከም 6 ኣኽላባት ካብ ኣፍንጫ ክሳብ ጭራ ዝነውሕከም 31 ባናና ተሰሪዑ ዝነውሕ100 ሜትሮ ኣብ 22 ካልኢት ክጎዪ ይኽእል ነበረ (እቲ ዝቐልጠፈ ሰብ 9.6 የድልዮ)

ምሳኻ ክነጻጸር Sauroplites ክንደይ ዓቢ ነይሩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ቀሊል ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዝዕቀብ ወይ ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ዝለኣኽ የለን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Sauroplites ኣስታት 16 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (10 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

Sauroplites had a special shield on its hips made of fused rosettes. Each rosette had one large central bony plate surrounded by a single ring of smaller plates. No other armoured dinosaur had this exact pattern.1 2

The largest bony plates on its back could be up to 40 centimetres (about 16 inches) long. The plates on its sides were about 30 centimetres (12 inches) across.1

The fossils of Sauroplites were discovered in 1930 by Swedish paleontologist Anders Birger Bohlin during an expedition in Inner Mongolia. The dinosaur was named and described by Bohlin in 1953.1

The original fossil bones of Sauroplites are lost today, but some casts (copies) are kept at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.1

For a long time, scientists thought Sauroplites might be a doubtful name because the fossils were so fragmentary. But in 2014, researcher Victoria Megan Arbour found a unique feature on the hip shield that proved it was a real, valid dinosaur.1

Sauroplites lived about 121 to 113 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in rocks of the Zhidan Group.1 2

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Sauroplites — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Sauroplites ከመይ ይመስል ከም ዝነበረ ዘርኢ፣ ኮምፒተር ካብቲ ሳይንቲስታት ዝፈልጥዎ ዝሰርሖ። ግምት እዩ: እቲ ሓቀኛ እንስሳ ፍልይ ዝበለ ክመስል ይኽእል፣ ሓቀኛ ሕብሩ ድማ ዝፈልጦ የለን።

ንስኻ ሓቲትካ

ብዛዕባ Sauroplites ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?How big was Sauroplites?

Nobody knows for sure because the fossils are very fragmentary. The largest bony plates on its back could be up to 40 centimetres (about 16 inches) long, but no complete skeleton has been found to estimate its full size.1

?What did Sauroplites eat?

Sauroplites was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a plant-eating dinosaur's body and teeth suited for chewing vegetation.1

?Is Sauroplites a dinosaur?

Yes, Sauroplites is a dinosaur. It is an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.1

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Sauroplites
ዝሰመዮ: Bohlin 19534
ጉጅለ: ዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Nodosauridae4
ምድባ: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 121 ክሳብ 113 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Aptian)4
ሃገራት: ቻይና4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: Swedish paleontologist Anders Birger Bohlin discovered the fossils of Sauroplites in 1930 near Tebch in Inner Mongolia, during the Swedish-Chinese expeditions of Sven Hedin. He named and described the dinosaur in 1953.1
ገና ዘከራኽር: Scientists are not sure whether Sauroplites belonged to the Nodosauridae family or the Ankylosauridae family. Some studies place it with nodosaurids because of its hip shield, but nodosaurids are rare in Asia.1