Zaraapelta

Igama lithetha: “hedgehog shield”1 2

Yayitya: IzityaloIidayinaso ezinesikrweqeiCretaceous yamva

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

Yaphila

100 ukuya ku-84 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4

iCretaceous yamva

Iifosili zifunyenwe:

Gobi Desert, near Hermiin Tsav, Mongolia1 2

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-15 km/h (9 mph)

Ukubaleka, uqikelelo

Yaphila nini?

iTriassic

iJurassic

iCretaceous

Izigidi ezingama-252 zeminyaka eyadlulayo20114566, i-asteroyidi

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3 mph)

Umntwana ekhwele ibhayisikile malunga ne-12 km/h (7 mph)

Zaraapelta malunga ne-15 km/h (9 mph)

Ihashe elibaleka ngamandla malunga ne-65 km/h (40 mph)

Ingwenkala malunga ne-100 km/h (62 mph)

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

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

Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Zaraapelta — Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Zaraapelta esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.

ubuzile

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: 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

Inyaniso ngeentsomi

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

Inyaniso: 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

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi: Zaraapelta
Inikwe igama ngu:: Arbour et al. 20144
Iqela: Iidayinaso ezinesikrweqe
Usapho / iclade: Ankylosauridae4
Ukuhlelwa: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Ubudala bamatye: 100 ukuya ku-84 izigidi zeminyaka (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye: Baynshire4
Amazwe: iMongolia4
Iirekhodi zeefosili: 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa: 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
Kusaxoxwa ngayo: 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

Apho iinyani zivela khona

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): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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