恐龍卡第 1404 張，共 2 027 張

Peloroplites

名字的意思： “monstrous heavy one”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀早期

Peloroplites was a huge, slow-moving plant-eater covered in bony armor and long spikes. It lived in what is now Utah during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.1 2

生存年代

121 到 100 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Cedar Mountain Formation, Emery County, Utah, USA4 1

長度

5 到 6 m (16 到 20 ft)1

體重

2 公噸到 4.5 公噸 (4,400 到 9,900 lb)1 2

高度

1.98 m (6.5 ft)2

最高速度

時速約 13 公里（8 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 3 台汽車一樣重

跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 33 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長大約跟一頭大象一樣重跟 900 顆西瓜一樣重跟 6 整班小學生一樣重跟 10 隻北極熊一樣重能在 28 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Peloroplites 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)

Peloroplites 時速約 13 公里 (8 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

Peloroplites is one of the largest known nodosaurids, a group of armored dinosaurs.1

Its body was covered in bony armor plates and long spikes that protected it from big predators like Acrocanthosaurus.2

The name Peloroplites means 'monstrous heavy one' in Greek, referring to its huge size and heavy armor.1

Only one species is known: Peloroplites cedrimontanus, named after the Cedar Mountain Formation where it was found.1

Its skeleton was put together from bones dug up by staff and volunteers from the USU Prehistoric Museum.2

Utah has more species of armored dinosaurs than any other U.S. state, and Peloroplites is one of them.2

Peloroplites lived in a wet, swampy environment near the edge of the Western Interior Seaway.1

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

?How big was Peloroplites?

Peloroplites was about 6 metres (20 feet) long and weighed around 2 tonnes (4,410 lbs). That makes it one of the largest known nodosaurids.1 2

?What did Peloroplites eat?

Peloroplites was a plant-eater. It had small teeth and a wide beak at the front of its mouth to crop low vegetation.2 3

?When did Peloroplites live?

Peloroplites lived during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 98 to 93 million years ago.1

?Where was Peloroplites found?

Peloroplites was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation in Emery County, Utah, USA.1 2

?Was Peloroplites a dinosaur?

Yes, Peloroplites was a dinosaur. It belongs to a group of armored dinosaurs called nodosaurids.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Peloroplites
命名者: Carpenter et al. 20084
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Nodosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 121 到 100 百萬年 (Aptian / Albian)4
岩層: Cedar Mountain4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Peloroplites was named in 2008 by Kenneth Carpenter and colleagues from a partial skull and other bones found in the Price River II quarry in Utah.1
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly how large Peloroplites grew, because different estimates give lengths from 5 to 6 metres.1