Archaeornithoides

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Archaeornithoides

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: Extinct animals, dinosaurs

Release Date: Dec 17 2008

Current ArchaeornithoidesMD_2008.ztd dated 11 December 2008

File Size: 1.35mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Archaeornithoides is a genus of maniraptoriform theropod dinosaur. It was found in Late Cretaceous river sandstones of the Djadokhta Formation beds located in Bayn Dzak,Mongolia.
The generic name (Archaeornithoides) means "shaped like an ancient bird" in ancient Greek. The specific descriptor (deinosauriscus) alludes to the animal's small size for a dinosaur.

Elzanowski & Wellnhofer (1993) suggested that Archaeornithoides was the closest known relative to birds Avialae. This conclusion rested on key bird-like features; an interdigitated suture between the premaxilla and maxilla, broad palatal shelves, pneumatic sinuses, lack of interdental plates, and unserrated teeth. Since publication, though, all of these features have been discovered in new fossils of adult and/or juvenile troodonts and dromaeosaurs.

Elzanowski and Wellnhofer noted that the specimen has distinct bite marks, and suggested that its braincase was bitten off by a deltatheridiid (Deltatheridium) mammal the size of a weasel (adding that these are common in the Bayn Dzak assemblage). Clark and colleagues (2002) noted that it may have also passed through the digestive tract of the predator before fossilization. If true, this may be the first known evidence of Mesozoic mammals eating dinosaurs (see Repenomamus).

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ArchaeornithoidesMD_2008.ztd                                  uca: 07ABDE28 dated 11 December 2008

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07abde28.uca date: Thu Dec 11 17:50:08 2008
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Animal Type: 07ABDE28

Archaeornithoides

Archaeornithoides is a genus of maniraptoriform theropod dinosaur. It was
found in Late Cretaceous river sandstones of the Djadokhta Formation beds
located in Bayn Dzak, Mongolia. The remains, consisting of a juvenile skull
fragment comprehending paired maxillae and dentaries and also palate bones
were described by Elzanowski and Wellnhofer in 1992 and 1993.


                                       Elzanowski & Wellnhofer (1993)
suggested that Archaeornithoides was the closest known relative to birds
Avialae. This conclusion rested on key bird-like features; an interdigitated
suture between the premaxilla and maxilla, broad palatal shelves, pneumatic
sinuses, lack of interdental plates, and unserrated teeth. Since publication,
though, all of these features have been discovered in new fossils of adult
and/or juvenile troodonts and dromaeosaurs.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Asia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
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, Yew Tree, Spruce Tree
Yellow Cedar Tree, Western Red Cedar Tree, Chinese Fir Tree, Pine Bush
Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD), Bald Cypress 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, Small Rock - 7, Small Rock - 8
Small Rock - 9, Stone Ruins, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Rainforest Rock - Formation, Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Other specifically liked items:
Jungle Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 60 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 120 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
90 Coniferous Floor, 6 Grass, 12 Fresh Water, 12 Dirt

Foliage (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
6 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Walchian Conifer 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.

Elevation: Of the 120 squares, 3 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.