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Dongyangopelta

名字的意思： “Dongyang shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

Dongyangopelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived in what is now China. It had a bony shield on its hips made of fused lumps of bone, and its back was covered with spikes and plates.1

生存年代

113 到 94 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期到白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

Zhejiang Province, China1 2

最高速度

時速約 18 公里（11 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)

Dongyangopelta 時速約 18 公里 (11 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

Dongyangopelta is one of the only nodosaurid armoured dinosaurs known from Asia, along with Taohelong and Sauroplites.1

Its name means 'Dongyang shield' because it was found near Dongyang City in China and had a shield of fused bones on its hips.1

The pelvic shield of Dongyangopelta was made of many fused bony bumps called osteoderms, arranged in a rosette pattern with larger bumps in the middle.1

Its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, straight and strong, with a distinct head separated from the greater trochanter.1

Dongyangopelta had thin triangular plates on its body that ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

The fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Zhejiang Province, China.1

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

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

?How big was Dongyangopelta?

Scientists do not know its full size yet, but its thigh bone (femur) was 46 centimetres (18.1 inches) long, and its triangular back plates ranged from 10 to 35 centimetres (3.9 to 13.8 inches) long.1

?What did Dongyangopelta eat?

Dongyangopelta was a plant-eater. As a nodosaurid ankylosaur, it ate low-growing plants like ferns and cycads.1

?When did Dongyangopelta live?

Dongyangopelta lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period, about 105 to 96 million years ago.1

?Where was Dongyangopelta found?

Its fossil was discovered in October 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in a hillside near Yangyan Village, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Dongyangopelta
命名者: Chen et al. 20133
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Nodosauridae3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 113 到 94 百萬年 (Albian / Cenomanian)3
岩層: Chaochuan3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Dongyangopelta was named in 2013 by Chen Rongjun and colleagues. The fossil was found in 2009 by Zhiwei Yang in Zhejiang, China, and dug up by a team of scientists from several museums.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Dongyangopelta is related to other nodosaurids. Some studies place it close to Zhejiangosaurus, others put it near Sauroplites and Taohelong.1