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Zaraapelta

ትርጉም ስሙ: “hedgehog shield”1 2

ይበልዕ ነበረ: ኣትክልቲዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራትዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

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

ዝነበረሉ

ቅድሚ 100 ክሳብ 84 ሚልዮን ዓመት4

ዳሕራይ ክሬታሸስ

ፎሲላት ዝተረኽቡሉ

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 15 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (9 ማይል/ሰ)

ጉያ, ግምት

መዓስ እዩ ዝነበረ?

ትሪያሲክ

ጁራሲክ

ክሬታሸስ

ቅድሚ 252 ሚልዮን ዓመት20114566፣ እቲ ኣስተሮይድ

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ ነይሩ?

ዝኸይድ ሰብ ኣስታት 5 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (3 mph)

ብሽክለታ ዝጋልብ ቆልዓ ኣስታት 12 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (7 mph)

Zaraapelta ኣስታት 15 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (9 mph)

ብጉያ ዝኸይድ ፈረስ ኣስታት 65 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (40 mph)

ቺታ ኣስታት 100 ኪ.ሜ/ሰ (62 mph)

ዘደንቑ ነገራት

ደስ ዝብሉ ሓቅታት

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

ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ ናይ Zaraapelta — ብAI ዝተሰርሐ ስእሊ፣ Zaraapelta 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 Zaraapelta ብብዝሒ ዝሕተቱ ሕቶታት

?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

ጽውጽዋይ ዘፍርስ

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

ሓቂ: 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

ንክኢላታት ዳይኖሰር

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Zaraapelta
ዝሰመዮ: Arbour et al. 20144
ጉጅለ: ዕጡቓት ዳይኖሰራት
ስድራ / ክላድ: Ankylosauridae4
ምድባ: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
ዕድመ እቶም ኣኻውሕ: 100 ክሳብ 84 ሚልዮን ዓመት (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
ናይ ኣኻውሕ ንብርብራት: Baynshire4
ሃገራት: ሞንጎልያ4
መዛግብቲ ፎሲል: 1 ኣብ The Paleobiology Database4
ርኽበት: 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
ገና ዘከራኽር: 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