Achillobator

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Achillobator

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animal

Release Date: Dec 13 2008

Current AchillobatorMD_2008.ztd dated 7 December 2008

File Size: 1.92mb

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Achillobator (meaning "Achilles' warrior/hero") is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia.
Fossil bones of Achillobator were found mostly disarticulated, but associated, including a fragment of the upper jaw with teeth, as well as vertebrae from all sections of the spinal column, ribs, and bones from the shoulder, pelvis, forelimbs and hindlimbs. These remains were found in the Bayan Shireh Formation of Dornogovi Province, Mongolia, which dates to the Late Cretaceous epoch. The exact age is uncertain, with two competing hypotheses; based on comparisons with other formations, the Bayan Shireh fauna seems to correspond best with the Turonian through early Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous, about 93 to 80 million years ago. However, examination of the magnetostratigraphy of the formation seems to confirm that the entire Bayan Shireh lies within the Cretaceous Long Normal, which lasted only until the end of the Santonian stage, giving a possible Cenomanian through Santonian age, or between 98 and 83 million years ago. Other dinosaurs found in the Bayan Shireh include Alectrosaurus, Segnosaurus, Talarurus, and Bactrosaurus.

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Additional info:

AchillobatorMD_2008.ztd                                 uca: 9b43b026 dated 7 December 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

9b43b026.uca date: Sun Dec 07 16:00:52 2008
No Errors or Warnings to show.
Animal Type: 9B43B026

Achillobator

It was probably an active bipedal predator, hunting with the large
sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each hind foot. It was a large
dromaeosaurid, between 15 and 20 feet (4.6 to 6 meters) from snout to tail.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Asia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 98.
Preferred shelter: Dinosaur Burrow (DD).
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (7) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Lodgepole Pine Tree, Fir Tree, Pine Tree, Spruce Tree, Yellow Cedar Tree
Western Red Cedar Tree, Broadleaf Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD)
Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Lepidodendron Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle 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, 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: 1-5 with 40 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 80 grid squares

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

Foliage (for exhibit with 80 grid squares):
5 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 5 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, 3 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.