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Glyptodontopelta

名字的意思： “Glyptodon shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀晚期

Glyptodontopelta was a slow, tank-like dinosaur covered in bony armor. It lived in what is now New Mexico, USA, during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs. This plant-eater used its tough shield to protect itself from hungry predators.1 4

生存年代

84 到 66 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

San Juan County, New Mexico, USA1 2

長度

5 m (16 ft)3

體重

750 kg (1,700 lb)3

高度

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

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最高速度

時速約 19 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？

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牠有多重？

跟 38 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 150 顆西瓜一樣重跟 39 個幼兒園小朋友一樣重跟 23 個小學生一樣重能在 19 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Glyptodontopelta 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)

Glyptodontopelta 時速約 19 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)

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趣味知識

Glyptodontopelta is known mostly from its bony armor plates, called osteoderms. The most complete specimen includes over a hundred of these plates.1

Its name means 'Glyptodon shield' because its armor reminded scientists of the giant armadillo-like mammal Glyptodon.1

This dinosaur lived about 69 to 66 million years ago, right before the big extinction that killed most dinosaurs.1

For a while, some scientists thought Glyptodontopelta might be a fake name (nomen dubium), but later studies showed its armor is unique enough to be a real dinosaur.1

Another armored dinosaur from New Mexico, Edmontonia australis, is now considered the same animal as Glyptodontopelta.1

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

?How big was Glyptodontopelta?

Scientists are not sure of its exact size because only its armor and a few bones have been found. It was probably about 5 metres (16 feet) long, like other nodosaurids.1 4

?What did Glyptodontopelta eat?

It was a plant-eater. Its leaf-shaped teeth helped it chew tough plants.1 4

?When did Glyptodontopelta live?

It lived about 69 to 66 million years ago, during the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

?Where was Glyptodontopelta found?

Its fossils were found in New Mexico, USA, in the Ojo Alamo Formation.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Glyptodontopelta
命名者: Ford 20004
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Nodosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 84 到 66 百萬年 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
岩層: Ojo Alamo, Kirtland4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 11 筆4
發現: Glyptodontopelta was named by Tracy Lee Ford in 2000. The first fossils were collected in 1916 by Gilmore and Reeside, but they were not studied until much later.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Glyptodontopelta was, because only armor and a few bone fragments have been found.1