What type of dinosaur was Sauropelta?
Q: What type of dinosaur was Sauropelta?
A: Sauropelta was an armoured dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous.
Q: How long was Sauropelta?
A: Sauropelta was a medium-sized nodosaurid, measuring about 5 meters (16.5 ft) long.
Q: Where have fossilized remains of Sauropelta been found?
A: Fossilized remains of Sauropelta have been recovered in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah.
Q: How much did Sauropelta weigh?
A: Although its body was smaller than a modern black rhinoceros, Sauropelta weighed in at about 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb).
Q: What kind of armour did it possess?
A: As in other ankylosaurs, thick triangular scutes projected above and behind the eyes, as well as below and behind the eyes. More typically for nodosaurids, leaf-shaped teeth lined both upper and lower jaws used for cutting plant material. The front end of the skull is unknown but there would have been a keratinous beak.
Q: When did most of its remains date to?
A: Most of its remains date to about 115 to 110 million years ago.
Q: What made up half of its body length? A: Its distinctively long tail made up about half of its body length
