Timimus

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Timimus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct, dinosaur

Date Released: Oct 23 2008

Current TimimusMD_2008.ztd dated 22 October 2008

File Size: 1.66mb

Compatibility: DD or CC

Description: Timimus was a small coelurosaurian theropod, which may have been an ornithomimosaurid. The name "Tim's Mimic" was coined by the discoverers' son Tim and for Tim Flannery.
The type species, Timimus hermani, was formally described by Dr Thomas Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich in 1993, after two femora (thigh bones), one from an adult and one from a juvenile, were found within a metre of each other. Some vertebrae have also been attributed to this species.

In 1994 Dr Rich reported that while it was ideal to have the most complete specimen possible as a holotype, it was highly unlikely that future material of Timimus would be found, due to the limited nature of sites to be explored in the area. Also, the holotype had characteristics which both identified it as an ornithomimosaur and a new genus within that group. Thus the name would serve as a reference point for the material within paleontological literature.

Inspired by the Zoo Tek Brains Trust

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Additional info:

TimimusMD_2008.ztd                              uca: D2861985 dated 22 October 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

d2861985.uca date: Wed Oct 22 20:09:36 2008
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Animal Type: D2861985

Timimus

The type species, Timimus hermani, was formally described by Dr Thomas Rich
and Patricia Vickers-Rich in 1993, after two femora (thigh bones), one from an
adult and one from a juvenile, were found within a metre of each other. Some
vertebrae have also been attributed to this species.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Australia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (6) is not 0 to 5.

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):
48 Coniferous Floor, 6 Fresh Water, 6 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.