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Ahshislepelta

名字的意思： “Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀晚期

Ahshislepelta was a small, armored dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico, USA, about 74 million years ago. It was covered in bony plates and spikes called osteoderms, which protected it like a suit of armor. This dinosaur was a slow-moving plant-eater that used its tough body to stay safe from predators.1 3

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA1 3

長度

3 m (9.8 ft)2

體重

500 kg (1,100 lb)2

高度

1 m (3.3 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 21 公里（13 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

牠有多重？

跟 25 隻狗一樣重

跟 3 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 17 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 100 顆西瓜一樣重跟 26 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 16 個小學生一樣重能在 17 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ahshislepelta 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Ahshislepelta 時速約 21 公里 (13 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

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趣味知識

Ahshislepelta is known from only one partial skeleton, including shoulder bones, arm bones, and many bony plates.1

Its name comes from the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash, the place where its fossils were found, and the Greek word for shield.1

The species name 'minor' means 'smaller', because it was a small adult compared to other North American ankylosaurs.1

Its shoulder blade had a special overhanging ridge called the acromion, which helped scientists tell it apart from other armored dinosaurs.1

The largest bony plate found was 15 cm long, 12 cm wide, and 10 cm tall, while the smallest was only 1 cm across.1

Some of its bony plates were arranged in rosette patterns, with a big central plate surrounded by tiny bones.1

Scientists are not sure whether Ahshislepelta was an ankylosaurid or a nodosaurid, two different families of armored dinosaurs.1

Ahshislepelta 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Ahshislepelta 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Ahshislepelta 最常被問的問題

?How big was Ahshislepelta?

It was a small ankylosaur, about 31 cm long in the upper arm bone (humerus). It was larger than Eopinacosaurus but smaller than Talarurus and Pinacosaurus.1

?What did Ahshislepelta eat?

It was a plant-eater, like other ankylosaurs. It used its tough, armored body for protection while it ate plants.1

?When did Ahshislepelta live?

It lived about 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

?Where was Ahshislepelta found?

Its fossils were found in the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash in New Mexico, USA, in the Kirtland Formation.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Ahshislepelta
命名者: Burns and Sullivan 20113
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauridae3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)3
岩層: Kirtland3
國家: 美國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: The first fossils of Ahshislepelta were found in 2005 in the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area in New Mexico. They were collected over several years and named in 2011 by Michael Burns and Robert M. Sullivan.1 3
仍有爭議: Scientists still debate whether Ahshislepelta was an ankylosaurid or a nodosaurid, because different studies place it in different groups of armored dinosaurs.1