Zaraapelta

Leina le raya: “hedgehog shield”1 2

E jele: DimelaDidino tse di nang le thebeBofelo jwa Cretaceous

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

E tshetse

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 100 go ya go 84 tse di fetileng4

Bofelo jwa Cretaceous

Difosili di fitlhetswe kwa

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Bonako jo bogolo

e ka nna 15 km/h (9 mph)

Go taboga, kakanyo

E tshetse leng?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

dimilione tsa dingwaga di le 252 tse di fetileng20114566, asteroiti

E ne e le bonako go le kae?

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3 mph)

Ngwana mo baesekeleng e ka nna 12 km/h (7 mph)

Zaraapelta e ka nna 15 km/h (9 mph)

Pitse e e sianang ka bonako e ka nna 65 km/h (40 mph)

Lengau e ka nna 100 km/h (62 mph)

dilo tse di monate

Dintlha tse di monate

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

Setshwantsho sa Zaraapelta se se dirilweng ke AI — Setshwantsho se se dirilweng ke AI sa kafa Zaraapelta e ka tswang e ne e lebega ka gone, se dirilwe ke khomputara go ya ka se borasaense ba se itseng. Ke kakanyo fela: phologolo ya nnete e ka tswa e ne e lebega ka tsela e sele, mme ga go ope yo o itseng mebala ya yona ya nnete.

o botsitse

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga 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

Mothubi wa ditlhamane

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

Boammaaruri: 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

Ya baitseanape ba didino

Leina la saense: Zaraapelta
Leina le neilwe ke: Arbour et al. 20144
Setlhopha: Didino tse di nang le thebe
Lelapa / clade: Ankylosauridae4
Thulaganyo: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Bogolo jwa matlapa: 100 go ya go 84 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Dibopego tsa matlapa: Baynshire4
Dinaga: Mongolia4
Direkoto tsa difosili: 1 mo The Paleobiology Database4
Go fitlhelwa: 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
Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa: 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

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

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): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.

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