Opisthocoelicaudia
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Author: Moondawg
Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs
Date Released: Feb 16 2009
Current OpisthocoelicaudiaMD_2009.ztd dated 4 February 2009
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Description: Opisthocoelicaudia (from Greek opisthe [back], koilos [hollow], and Latin cauda [tail], meaning posterior cavity tail) was a 39 foot-long (12 meter) sauropod of the Late Cretaceous Period
It was described and named in 1977 by Borsuk-Bialynicka as a new type of camarasaur, but studies such as Salgado and Coria (1993) find it to be a saltasaurid titanosaur instead. Its skull and neck were missing and its carcass had apparently been buried before disintegrating. Borsuk-Bialynicka suggested tyrannosaurid scavengers had fed on the carcass, eating the head and neck and leaving noticeable tooth marks on the pelvis and femur. Scientists cannot be sure what its head or neck looks like, because neither was ever recovered.
Skeletally, it is generally similar to most other titanosaurs. It has, however, unique joints in the tail vertebrae which account for its unusual name. Each of the thirty four tail vertebrae has a large dome on the front and a deep hemisperical socket on the posterior, creating a series of strong ball-and-socket joints. There is also notable evidence of immense ligament and muscle tissue attached to the tail. The tail thus tends to slant slightly upwards, not downwards as in other sauropods. The suggestion has been that the tail was used as a prop to form a tripod with its back limbs for a feeding position.
Opisthocoelicaudia has appeared on stamps in its homeland of Mongolia and in the Republic of Guinea.
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Additional info:
OpisthocoelicaudiaMD_2009.ztd uca: 192A2E17 dated 4 February 2009
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192a2e17.uca date: Wed Feb 04 17:57:48 2009
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Animal Type: 192A2E17
Opisthocoelicaudia
Opisthocoelicaudia (from Greek opisthe [back], koilos [hollow], and Latin
cauda [tail], meaning posterior cavity tail) was a 39 foot-long (12 meter)
sauropod of the Late Cretaceous Period discovered in Mongolia in 1965 by
Polish and Mongolian scientists in the Gobi Desert (in the Cretaceous,
Mongolia wasn't all desert: it also had lush jungles and murky marshes, which
Opisthocoelocaudia might have waded in). It was described and named in 1977 by
Borsuk-Bialynicka as a new type of camarasaur, but studies such as Salgado and
Coria (1993) find it to be a saltasaurid titanosaur instead. Its skull and
neck were missing and its carcass had apparently been buried before
disintegrating. Borsuk-Bialynicka suggested tyrannosaurid scavengers had fed
on the carcass, eating the head and neck and leaving noticeable tooth marks on
the pelvis and femur. Scientists cannot be sure what its head or neck looks
like, because neither was ever recovered.
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Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Rainforest; Location: Europe; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) is not 0 to 5.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Ulmo Tree, Mangrove Tree, Elephant Ear Tree, Foxtail Palm Tree
Llala Palm Tree, Rainforest Bush, Rainforest Fern, Orchid Tree, Kapok Tree
Broadleaf Bush, Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD), Fern Bush (DD)
Leptocycas Tree (DD), Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Williamsonia Tree (DD)
Fallen Rainforest Tree (ES), Rainforest Stump (ES), Rafflesia (ES)
Giant Ficus Tree (ES), Durian Tree (ES)
Rocks:
Large Rock, Large Rock - 1, Large Rock - 2, Large Rock - 3, Large Rock - 4
Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Small Rock - 7, Small Rock - 8
Small Rock - 9, Stone Ruins, Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation
Rainforest Rock - Formation, Mossy Rainforest Rock (ES), Limestone Rock (ES)
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 80 squares for each adult.
Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 160 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
128 Rainforest Floor, 8 Dirt, 16 Grass, 8 Fresh Water
Foliage (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
10 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Fern Bush (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 10 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
13 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.