Pelecanimimus

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Pelecanimimus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct, dinosaurs

Date Released: Oct 20, 2008

Current PelecanimimusMD_2008.ztd dated 19 October 2008

File Size: 1.66mb

Compatibility: DD or CC

Description: Pelecanimimus (meaning "pelican mimic") is a genus of primitive (basal) ornithomimosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. It is notable for possessing more teeth than any other member of the Ornithomimosauria, most of which were toothless.
The only known specimen consists of the articulated front half of a skeleton and includes the skull, all the neck vertebrae and most of the back vertebrae, ribs, sternum, the pectoral girdle, a complete right forelimb and most of the left forelimb. The species, P. polydon, is named for the large number of teeth possessed by this theropod (Greek polys = "many" + Greek odus = teeth).

Pelecanimimus was a small ornithomimosaur, at about 2-2.5 m long (6.5 - 8 ft). Its skull was unusually long and narrow, with a maximum length of about 4.5 times its maximum height. It was highly unusual among ornithomimosaurs in its large number of teeth: it had about 220 very small teeth in total, with 7 premaxillary, about 30 maxillary, and 75 in the dentary. The teeth were heterodont, showing two different basic forms. The teeth in the front of the upper jaw were broad and D-shaped in cross section, while those further back were blade-like, and on the whole the teeth in the upper jaw were larger than those in the lower. All of its teeth were unserrated, and had a constricted "waist" between the crown and the root.

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PelecanimimusMD_2008.ztd                             uca: 2C6E5E33 dated 19 October 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

2c6e5e33.uca date: Sun Oct 19 16:09:10 2008
No Errors or Warnings to show.
Animal Type: 2C6E5E33

Pelecanimimus

Pelecanimimus was a small ornithomimosaur, at about 2-2.5 m long (6.5 - 8 ft).
Its skull was unusually long and narrow, with a maximum length of about 4.5
times its maximum height. It was highly unusual among ornithomimosaurs in its
large number of teeth: it had about 220 very small teeth in total, with 7
premaxillary, about 30 maxillary, and 75 in the dentary. The teeth were
heterodont, showing two different basic forms. The teeth in the front of the
upper jaw were broad and D-shaped in cross section, while those further back
were blade-like, and on the whole the teeth in the upper jaw were larger than
those in the lower. All of its teeth were unserrated, and had a constricted
"waist" between the crown and the root.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Europe; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree
Western Red Cedar Tree, Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD)
Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Lepidodendron Tree (DD)
Norfolk Island Pine Tree (DD), Sigillaria Tree (DD)

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, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-6 with 20 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 60 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
42 Coniferous Floor, 6 Fresh Water, 12 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
4 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 4 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
5 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.

Elevation: Of the 60 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.