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Europelta

名字的意思： “Europe's shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Europelta was a slow-moving, plant-eating dinosaur covered in bony armor like a tank. It lived in what is now Spain during the Early Cretaceous period, about 113 million years ago.1

生存年代

113 到 110 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Santa María coal mine near Ariño, Teruel Province, Spain2 4

長度

5 m (16 ft)1

體重

1.3 公噸 (2,900 lb)1

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 17 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

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

估計值

牠有多重？

跟 65 隻狗一樣重

跟 5 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 28 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長跟 260 顆西瓜一樣重跟 68 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 41 個小學生一樣重跟 3 隻北極熊一樣重能在 21 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Europelta 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)

Europelta 時速約 17 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

Europelta is the most complete ankylosaur ever found in Europe.1

Two partial skeletons were found together in a coal mine, showing these dinosaurs may have lived in groups.2

It was a nodosaurid, a type of armored dinosaur with spikes on its shoulders and a club-less tail.1

Europelta was the largest member of its group, Struthiosaurini, weighing about as much as a small car.1

Its fossils were found in rocks that were once a freshwater swamp, full of plant debris and coal.2

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

?How big was Europelta?

Europelta was about 5 metres (16 feet) long and weighed around 1.3 tonnes (2,866 lbs), about as much as a small car.1

?Did Europelta have a tail club?

No, Europelta was a nodosaurid, a type of armored dinosaur that did not have a tail club.3

?What did Europelta eat?

Europelta was a plant-eater that ate low-lying plants in its swampy habitat.3

?Where was Europelta found?

Europelta was found in a coal mine in Ariño, Teruel Province, Spain, in rocks that were once a freshwater swamp.1 3

給恐龍專家

學名: Europelta
命名者: Kirkland et al. 20134
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Nodosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 113 到 110 百萬年 (Albian)4
岩層: Escucha4
國家: 西班牙4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Europelta was named in 2013 by James Kirkland and his team. The two skeletons were dug up from the Santa María coal mine in Spain.1 4
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how Europelta is related to other armored dinosaurs from Europe and North America.2