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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Date Released: Dec 2 2008

Current StruthiosaurusMD_2008.ztd dated 26 November 2008

File Size: 7.77mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Struthiosaurus (Latin struthio = ostrich + Greek sauros = lizard) is one of the smallest known and most primitive nodosaurid dinosaurs, From the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Austria and Romania in Europe.
Originally described in 1871, many species have been referred to Struthiosaurus, most based on very fragmentary and nondiagnostic material. Three valid species are currently recognized by paleontologists: S. austriacus Bunzel, 1871; S. transylvanicus Nopcsa, 1915; and S. languedocensis Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola, 2003. Along with Hungarosaurus Osi, 2005, Struthiosaurus is currently one of only two valid members of the Ankylosauria known from Europe. A number of invalid taxa have been shown to be junior synonyms of Struthiosaurus, including: Crataeomus Seeley, 1881; Danubiosaurus Bunzel, 1871; Pleuropeltis Seeley, 1881; and Lepisanosaurus Nopcsa, 1918. Another European ankylosaurid, Rhodanosaurus Nopsca, 1929, from Campanian-Maastrichtian-age rocks of southern France, is now regarded as a nomen dubium and referred to Nodosauridae incertae sedis.

The three valid species of Struthiosaurus differ from one another in that S. austricus is smaller than S. transylvanicus and possesses less elongate cervical vertebrae. Also, though the quadrate-paroccipital process contact is fused in S. transylvanicus, it is unfused in S. austricus. The skull of S. languedocensis is presently unknown, but the taxon differs from S. transylvanicus in the shape of the dorsal vertebrae. It differs from S. austricus in the shape of the ischium. (Vickaryous, Maryanska, and Weishampel 2004)

Some workers (Vickaryous, Maryanska, and Weishampel 2004) consider the assignment of Struthiosaurus to the Nodosauridae to be provisional, pending further study and future discoveries

Cladistic analysis of Struthiosaurus (Osi, 2004) indicates that the taxon is a basal member of the Nodosauridae and suggests it may be one of the most basal ankylosaurs in the clade Ankylosauria.

Additional info:

StruthiosaurusMD_2008.ztd                               uca: 53EF06DE dated 26 November 2008

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Struthiosaurus

From the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Austria and
Romania in Europe. Although estimates of its length vary, it may have been as
small as 2-2.5 meters (7-8 feet) long.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Europe; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
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, Large Rock - 1, Large Rock - 2, Large Rock - 3, Large Rock - 4
Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-10 with 40 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 120 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
78 Coniferous Floor, 6 Dirt, 6 Sand, 12 Fresh Water, 18 Deciduous Floor

Foliage (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
6 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 6 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
5 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.