恐龍卡第 0923 張，共 2 027 張

Jinyunpelta

名字的意思： “Jinyun shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Jinyunpelta was an armoured dinosaur that lived about 100 million years ago in what is now China. It had a heavy tail club that it could swing to defend itself from predators.2

生存年代

113 到 100 百萬年前3

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, China2

長度

4 到 5 m (13 到 16 ft)2

體重

1 公噸到 2 公噸 (2,200 到 4,400 lb)2

高度

1.5 到 2 m (4.9 到 6.6 ft)2

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？

牠有多重？

跟 1.5 台汽車一樣重

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 100 隻狗一樣重跟 400 顆西瓜一樣重跟 2.5 整班小學生一樣重跟 4 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）

Jinyunpelta 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)

Jinyunpelta 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

Jinyunpelta is the oldest known ankylosaur to have a well-developed tail club knob.2

Its tail club was made of interlocking vertebrae and a large bony knob at the end.2

Jinyunpelta had two extra openings in its skull behind the nostril, which is unique among ankylosaurs.2

This dinosaur was about 4 to 5 metres long and weighed as much as a small car.2

Jinyunpelta lived during the mid-Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago.3

It is the first definite ankylosaurid dinosaur found in southern China.2

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

?What did Jinyunpelta eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.1

?Did Jinyunpelta have a tail club?

Yes, it had a well-developed tail club made of interlocking vertebrae and a large bony knob at the end, which it could swing to defend itself.1 2

?When did Jinyunpelta live?

It lived about 100 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous period.1

迷思破解王

迷思： All armoured dinosaurs had tail clubs.

真相： Only a subgroup called ankylosaurines had true tail clubs, and Jinyunpelta is the oldest known member of that group.2

給恐龍專家

學名: Jinyunpelta
命名者: Zheng et al. 20183
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauridae3
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora3
岩石的年代: 113 到 100 百萬年 (Albian)3
岩層: Liangtoutang3
國家: 中國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Jinyunpelta was named in 2018 by Zheng Wenjie and colleagues based on two skeletons found in Jinyun County, China.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly how Jinyunpelta used its tail club, whether for defence against predators or for fighting rivals.2