Dacentrurus

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Dacentrurus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct, dinosaurs

Date Released: Oct 8, 2008

Current DacentrurusMD_2008.ztd dated 7 October 2008

File Size: 6.11mb

Compatibility: DD or CC

Description: Dacentrurus ("very sharp tail"), originally known as Omosaurus, was a large stegosaur of the late Jurassic Period (154 - 150 mya). This dinosaur measured around 6 - 10 m (20 - 33 ft) in length.
When it was described by Richard Owen in 1875 as Omosaurus armatus, it was the first stegosaur ever discovered, although the genus name had to be changed as the name Omosaurus was preoccupied.

Fossil evidence has been found in Wiltshire and Dorset (including a vertebra ascribed to D. armatus in Weymouth[1]) in southern England, France and Spain and five more historically recent skeletons from Portugal. It had paired triangular plates down its spine, with four pairs of spikes on the end of the tail. This configuration closely resembles that of its relative, Kentrosaurus (see also: thagomizer). For unknown reasons, many books claim that Dacentrurus was a small stegosaur, when in fact finds such as a 1.5 m pelvis (measured at the acetabula) suggest that Dacentrurus was among the largest of them.

Other claimed species of Dacentrurus include D. durobrivensis (included with Lexovisaurus durobrivensis), D. phillipsi (sometimes mistakenly included with Priodontognathus phillipsi, due to having the same species name and a confused history), and D. vetustus (included with Lexovisaurus vetustus).

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Additional info:

DacentrurusMD_2008.ztd                                   uca: 5D528026 dated 7 October 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

5d528026.uca date: Tue Oct 07 20:57:16 2008
No Errors or Warnings to show.
Animal Type: 5D528026

Dacentrurus

When it was described by Richard Owen in 1875 as Omosaurus armatus, it was the
first stegosaur ever discovered, although the genus name had to be changed as
the name Omosaurus was preoccupied.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Deciduous Forest; Location: Europe; Era: Jurassic
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 96.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree, Maple Tree
Thornless Mesquite Tree, Birch Tree, Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree
Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush, Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree
Broadleaf Bush, Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD)
Lepidodendron Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD), Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD)
Bonsai (CC), Snowbell Tree (CC)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Large Rock - 1, Large Rock - 2, Large Rock - 3, Large Rock - 4
Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small, Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-10 with 70 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 210 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 210 grid squares):
135 Deciduous Floor, 11 Dirt, 32 Fresh Water, 32 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 210 grid squares):
13 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Gingko Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 13 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 210 grid squares):
17 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.