恐龍卡第 2022 張，共 2 027 張

Ziapelta

名字的意思： “Zia shield”1

吃：植物甲龍類白堊紀晚期

Ziapelta was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had a big, bony club on its tail and a skull covered in bumpy plates and sharp horns.1 2

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前4

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

New Mexico, USA1 2

長度

5.5 m (18 ft)3

體重

2 公噸 (4,400 lb)3

高度

1.6 m (5.2 ft)

估計值

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 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 1.5 台汽車一樣重

跟 6 隻狗從鼻子接到尾巴一樣長跟 31 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 24 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Ziapelta 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)

Ziapelta 時速約 15 公里 (9 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

Ziapelta's skull was covered in bony plates called caputegulae, and it had a large, triangular plate on its snout.2

Its squamosal horns were deep and curved forward, measuring about 10.2 centimetres (4 inches) from base to tip.1

The back of Ziapelta's skull had three deep grooves, a feature not seen in other ankylosaurs.2

Ziapelta lived about 74.5 to 72.6 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1

Its fossils were found in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.1

The first Ziapelta skull was discovered in 2011 by a team led by Robert Michael Sullivan.1

Ziapelta's name comes from the Zia sun symbol on the New Mexico state flag, plus the Latin word for shield.1

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

?What did Ziapelta eat?

Ziapelta was a plant-eater. Its small teeth and wide beak helped it chew tough plants.1

?How big was Ziapelta?

Nobody knows for sure because only the skull and neck armor have been found. The skull was about 30 centimetres (12 inches) long, so the whole dinosaur was probably around 5 metres (16 feet) long.1 2

?Did Ziapelta have a tail club?

Yes, like most ankylosaurids, Ziapelta probably had a big bony club at the end of its tail, but no tail bones have been found yet.1

?Where was Ziapelta found?

Ziapelta fossils were found in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Ziapelta
命名者: Arbour et al. 20144
類群: 甲龍類
科 / 演化支: Ankylosauridae4
分類: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)4
岩層: Kirtland4
國家: 美國4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: Ziapelta was named in 2014 by Victoria Arbour and colleagues, based on a complete skull and neck armour found in New Mexico.1 4
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure whether Ziapelta was more closely related to Scolosaurus or to Nodocephalosaurus.1