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Zephyrosaurus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Release Date: Dec 28 2008
Current ZephyrosaurusMD_2008.ztd dated 25 December 2008

File Size: 1.35mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Zephyrosaurus (meaning "westward wind lizard") was a genus of hypsilophodont ornithopod dinosaur.
It is based on a partial skull and postcranial fragments discovered in the Aptian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana. New remains are under description, and tracks from Maryland and Virginia have been attributed to something like it.

Zephyrosaurus is still very incompletely known. Among other distinctive characteristics, it had a steep face, a raised knob on the upper jaw, and a larger knob on the cheekbone. Some of the bones may have allowed movement within the skull (cranial kinesis) as well. Like other hypsilophodonts, it had beak teeth.

Hans-Dieter Sues named his new genus in recognition of the fossil being found in western North America, and C. R. Schaff, who found the specimen. MCZ 4392, the type specimen, is composed of jaw fragments, the braincase and associated bones, several partial vertebrae, and rib fragments. He found the new genus to represent a previously unknown lineage of hypsilophodont, similar in some respects to Hypsilophodon.

Because of the fragmentary nature of the type, and lack of additional remains, Zephyrosaurus had not attracted much attention until recently, when two separate events brought it more recognition. First, Martha Kutter, in a 2003 abstract, reported on new remains of this genus under study at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, including the remains of at least seven individuals with bones from all regions of the body.

Then, Stanford et al. (2004) published on dinosaur tracks from the Patuxent Formation of Maryland and Virginia, which they named Hypsiloichnus marylandicus and attributed to an animal akin to Zephyrosaurus based on the proportions of the hands and feet.

Additional info:

ZephyrosaurusMD_2008.ztd                           uca: 1C1342FB dated 25 December 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

1c1342fb.uca date: Thu Dec 25 13:20:14 2008
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Animal Type: 1C1342FB

Zephyrosaurus

It is based on a partial skull and postcranial fragments discovered in the
Aptian-Albian-age Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Carbon County,
Montana. New remains are under description, and tracks from Maryland and
Virginia have been attributed to something like it.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Rainforest; Location: North America; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
Preferred shelter: Dinosaur Burrow (DD).
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
Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD), Fern Bush (DD), Leptocycas 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, Rainforest Rock - Formation
Mossy Rainforest Rock (ES), Limestone Rock (ES)

Other specifically liked items:
Jungle Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 40 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 80 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 80 grid squares):
68 Rainforest Floor, 4 Grass, 8 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 80 grid squares):
4 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 4 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 80 grid squares):
3 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.

Elevation: Of the 80 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.