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Aletopelta

Igama lithetha: “wanderer shield”1
Yayitya: IzityaloIidayinaso ezinesikrweqeiCretaceous yamva

Aletopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived near the coast of California about 75 million years ago. It was covered in bony plates and had a big shield of bone over its hips. After it died, its body floated out to sea and became a tiny reef on the ocean floor!1

Yaphila
84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo5
iCretaceous yamva
Iifosili zifunyenwe:
Carlsbad, California, USA15
Ubude
5 ukuya ku-6 m (16 ukuya ku-20 ft)1
Ubunzima
2 iitoni (4,400 lb)1
Ukuphakama
1.7 m (5.6 ft)
uqikelelo
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-15 km/h (9 mph)
Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic
iJurassic
iCretaceous
Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayinkulu kangakanani?

Yayinde kangakanani?

Aletopelta malunga ne-6 m ubude (20 ft)Ibhayisikile yomntu omdala malunga ne-1.8 m (5.9 ft)Imoto malunga ne-4.5 m (15 ft)Indlovu, esona silwanyana sikhulu emhlabeni namhlanje malunga ne-6.5 m (21 ft)

Yayiphakame kangakanani?

Injamalunga ne-0.5 m (1.6 ft)Ihashemalunga ne-1.6 m (5.2 ft)Aletopeltamalunga ne-1.7 m ukuphakama (5.6 ft)Indlovumalunga ne-3.2 m (10 ft)

uqikelelo

Yayinzima kangakanani?

inzima njengeemoto ezingama-1.5
inde njengezinja ezingama-6, impumlo ukuya emsileniinde njengeebhanana ezingama-33 zilandelelanainzima njengezinja ezingama-100inzima njengamavatala angama-400inzima njengamagumbi okufundela apheleleyo abantwana angama-2.5inzima njengeebhere ezimhlophe ezingama-4ibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-24 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

Aletopelta wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

1

Aletopelta's body was carried out to sea by a stream, and it sank upside down, becoming a mini reef where oysters and other sea creatures attached to its bones.1

2

Sharks like Squalicorax and Scapanorhynchus scavenged the dead dinosaur, leaving hollow bones and shallow pits in its armour plates.1

3

The name Aletopelta means 'wanderer shield' because the tectonic plate carrying its fossils drifted north from near Mexico to California over millions of years.1

4

Aletopelta had a pelvic shield made of many six-sided bony plates that were fused together.1

5

The only known skeleton of Aletopelta might be from a young animal, because some of its bones were not fully fused.1

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Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Aletopelta

?How big was Aletopelta?

About 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed about 2 tonnes (4,409 lbs). Some scientists have estimated it at 6 metres (19.7 feet) long.1

?What did Aletopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. It foraged for plants along the edges of rivers and estuaries.3

?Did Aletopelta have a tail club?

Scientists are not sure. The tail was not found, but some experts think it was an ankylosaurid and may have had a bony tail club.34

?Where was Aletopelta found?

It was found in Carlsbad, California, near College Boulevard, during a road construction project in 1987.13

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi
Aletopelta
Inikwe igama ngu:
Ford and Kirkland 20015
Iqela
Iidayinaso ezinesikrweqe
Usapho / iclade
Ankylosauridae5
Ukuhlelwa
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora5
Ubudala bamatye
84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Campanian)5
Izakhiwo zamatye
Point Loma5
Amazwe
iUSA5
Iirekhodi zeefosili
1 kwi-Paleobiology Database5
Ukufunyanwa
In 1987, construction workers digging a sewage pipe near Carlsbad, California, uncovered the skeleton. It was first described in 1996 by Thomas Deméré and Walter Coombs, and officially named Aletopelta coombsi in 2001 by Tracy Ford and James Kirkland.1
Kusaxoxwa ngayo
Scientists still debate whether Aletopelta was an ankylosaurid or a nodosaurid, and some have even called it a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because its fossils are incomplete.12

Apho iinyani zivela khona

  1. Aletopelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  3. The Nat | Ankylosaur (sdnhm.org)
  4. Ankylosaur Reef (smithsonianmag.com)
  5. Aletopelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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