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Ziapelta

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

Ziapelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had a big, bony club on its tail and a skull covered in bumpy plates and sharp horns.12

Yaphila
84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo4
iCretaceous yamva
Iifosili zifunyenwe:
New Mexico, USA12
Ubude
5.5 m (18 ft)3
Ubunzima
2 iitoni (4,400 lb)3
Ukuphakama
1.6 m (5.2 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?

Ziapelta malunga ne-5.5 m ubude (18 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)Ziapeltamalunga ne-1.6 m ukuphakama (5.2 ft)Ihashemalunga ne-1.6 m (5.2 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-31 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)

Ziapelta wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?

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

Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?

izinto ezimnandi

Iinyani ezimnandi

1

Ziapelta's skull was covered in bony plates called caputegulae, and it had a large, triangular plate on its snout.2

2

Its squamosal horns were deep and curved forward, measuring about 10.2 centimetres (4 inches) from base to tip.1

3

The back of Ziapelta's skull had three deep grooves, a feature not seen in other ankylosaurs.2

4

Ziapelta lived about 74.5 to 72.6 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

5

Its fossils were found in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.1

6

The first Ziapelta skull was discovered in 2011 by a team led by Robert Michael Sullivan.1

7

Ziapelta's name comes from the Zia sun symbol on the New Mexico state flag, plus the Latin word for shield.1

Yenziwe yi-AIUmfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI: Ziapelta
Umfanekiso owenziwe yi-AI obonisa indlela Ziapelta esenokuba wayekhangeleka ngayo, wenziwe yikhompyutha ngokwento eyaziwa zizazinzulu. Kukuqikelela nje: esona silwanyana sinokuba sasikhangeleka ngenye indlela, kwaye akukho mntu waziyo imibala yaso yokwenyani.
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Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Ziapelta

?What did Ziapelta eat?

Ziapelta was a plant-eater. Its small teeth and wide beak helped it chew tough plants.1

?How big was Ziapelta?

Nobody knows for sure because only the skull and neck armor have been found. The skull was about 30 centimetres (12 inches) long, so the whole dinosaur was probably around 5 metres (16 feet) long.12

?Did Ziapelta have a tail club?

Yes, like most ankylosaurids, Ziapelta probably had a big bony club at the end of its tail, but no tail bones have been found yet.1

?Where was Ziapelta found?

Ziapelta fossils were found in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.12

Kwiingcali zeedayinaso

Igama lenzululwazi
Ziapelta
Inikwe igama ngu:
Arbour et al. 20144
Iqela
Iidayinaso ezinesikrweqe
Usapho / iclade
Ankylosauridae4
Ukuhlelwa
Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Ubudala bamatye
84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Campanian)4
Izakhiwo zamatye
Kirtland4
Amazwe
iUSA4
Iirekhodi zeefosili
1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
Ukufunyanwa
Ziapelta was named in 2014 by Victoria Arbour and colleagues, based on a complete skull and neck armour found in New Mexico.14
Kusaxoxwa ngayo
Scientists are not sure whether Ziapelta was more closely related to Scolosaurus or to Nodocephalosaurus.1

Apho iinyani zivela khona

  1. Ziapelta (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A New Ankylosaurid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Kirtlandian) of New Mexico with Implications for Ankylosaurid Diversity in the Upper Cretaceous of Western North America (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
  3. Ziapelta sanjuanensis | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
  4. Ziapelta in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.

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