Turanoceratops
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Author: Moondawg
Keywords: extinct animals
Date Released: Nov 9 2009
Current Turanoceratops_MD2009.ztd dated 2 November 2009
File Size: 5.86mb
Compatibility: DD and CC
Description: Turanoceratops ("Turan horn face") is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur. Its fossil remains were recovered from the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan, dating to the late Cretaceous Period (mid-late Turonian stage) about 90 million years ago.
It may be the only member of the family Ceratopsidae known from outside North America, and be among the earliest ceratopsids, though this interpretation has been disputed.
Turanoceratops belonged to the Ceratopsia (the name is Greek for "horned face"), a group of herbivorous dinosaurs with parrot-like beaks which thrived in North America and Asia during the Cretaceous Period, which ended roughly 65 million years ago. All ceratopsians became extinct at the end of this era.
A 2009 study lead by Hans-Dieter Sues analysed additional fossil material of Turanoceratops and concluded that, contrary to expectations, it represented a true (though "transitional") member of the family Ceratopsidae. If correct, it would represent the only Asian ceratopsid, all other species being found in North America.
Some scientists, such as Andrew Farke, disagreed with Sues' findings. Farke and colleagues ran an independent phylogenetic analysis of the new Turanoceratops fossils and found that it was a close relative of Ceratopsidae (the immediate sister group) but was not a true member of that clade. Sues and Alexander Averianov criticised that analysis, arguing that Farke and colleagues misinterpreted or mis-coded some characteristics of the fossil in their analysis.
Turanoceratops, like all ceratopsians, was a herbivore. During the Cretaceous, flowering plants were "geographically limited on the landscape", and so it is likely that this dinosaur fed on the predominant plants of the era: ferns, cycads and conifers. It would have used its sharp ceratopsian beak to bite off the leaves or needles.
(http://www.ztcdd.org/DD/ZTScreensTek/Animals/Turanoceratops.jpg)
Additional info:
Turanoceratops_MD2009.ztd uca: 91B1FDCA dated 2 November 2009
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91b1fdca.uca date: Mon Nov 02 23:24:52 2009
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Animal Type: 91B1FDCA
Turanoceratops
It may be the only member of the family Ceratopsidae known from outside North
America, and be among the earliest ceratopsids, though this interpretation has
been disputed.
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Animal Characteristics:
Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Asia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 99.
Animal can jump.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) is not 0 to 5.
Exhibit Preferences:
Foliage:
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Yew Tree, Spruce Tree
Yellow Cedar Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree, Pine Bush
Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)
Exhibit Construction:
Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 2-6 with 80 squares for each adult.
Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 160 grid squares
Terrain (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
112 Coniferous Floor, 16 Dirt, 8 Fresh Water, 24 Grass
Foliage (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
14 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 14 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.
Rocks (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
3 Medium Coniferous Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 1 Small Rock - Small.
Elevation: Of the 160 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.