恐龍卡第 0455 張，共 2 027 張

Crichtonpelta

名字的意思： “Crichton's shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

Crichtonpelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had bony plates on its body and a cheek horn that pointed upward. This dinosaur lived in what is now China during the Late Cretaceous period.1

生存年代

106 到 90 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Liaoning Province, China1 2

長度

3 到 4 m (9.8 到 13 ft)1

高度

1.2 m (3.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 20 公里（12 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？

估計值

跟 4 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 22 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 18 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Crichtonpelta 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)

Crichtonpelta 時速約 20 公里 (12 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)

酷東西

趣味知識

Crichtonpelta is named after Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park.1

It is the oldest known ankylosaurine dinosaur, living about 99 to 95 million years ago.1

The cheek horn of Crichtonpelta pointed upward, a unique feature not seen in other ankylosaurs.1

Its skull roof had a mass of armour that was not divided into separate tiles.1

Scientists are not sure if Crichtonpelta had a tail club, because no tail bones have been found.1

Crichtonpelta 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Crichtonpelta 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 Crichtonpelta 最常被問的問題

?How big was Crichtonpelta?

It was about 3 to 4 metres long, a bit bigger than its relative Crichtonsaurus.1

?What did Crichtonpelta eat?

It was a herbivore, so it ate plants.1 3

?Did Crichtonpelta have a tail club?

Scientists are not sure, because no tail bones have been found.1

?When did Crichtonpelta live?

It lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 99 to 95 million years ago.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Crichtonpelta
命名者: Arbour and Currie 20163
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauridae3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 106 到 90 百萬年 (Albian / Turonian)3
岩層: Sunjiawan3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 2 筆3
發現: The first fossils were found near Beipiao, China, and were named Crichtonsaurus benxiensis in 2007. In 2014, Victoria Arbour decided it was a different genus and renamed it Crichtonpelta.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure if Crichtonpelta had a tail club, because no complete tail has been found.1