Yangchuanosaurus

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Yangchuanosaurus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Release Date: Dec 28 2008
Current YangchuanosaurusMD_2008.ztd dated 27 December 2008

File Size: 11mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Yangchuanosaurus was a theropod dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic period, and was similar in size and appearance to its North American contemporary, Allosaurus.
It hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and was the largest predator in a landscape which included the sauropods Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus as well as the Stegosaurs Chialingosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and Chungkingosaurus

In 1976, an almost complete skeleton of what was to be named Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis was uncovered by a construction worker during the construction of the Shangyou Reservoir Dam in Yangshuan County in Sichuan Province. Since then further skeletons have been recovered.

Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis reached about 7 metres long (23 ft) and had a skull around 80 cm long (32 in). Its relative Y. magnus grew larger still; up to 10 metres long (33 ft), with a skull up to 1 metre (3 ft) in length. There was a bony knob on its nose and multiple hornlets and ridges, similar to Ceratosaurus. It had a massive tail that was about half its length.

The original skeleton of Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis is on display at the Municipal Museum of Chongqing, as is some material of Y. magnus. Another, recovered from Xuanhan County in Sichuan, is on display in the Beijing Museum of Natural History.

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Additional info:

YangchuanosaurusMD_2008.ztd                                     uca: 2CD80026 dated 27 December 2008

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Animal Type: 2CD80026

Yangchuanosaurus

It hails from the Upper Shaximiao Formation and was the largest predator in a
landscape which included the sauropods Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus as well
as the Stegosaurs Chialingosaurus, Tuojiangosaurus and Chungkingosaurus
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: China; Era: Jurassic
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
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), Dawn Redwood Tree (DD)
Fern Bush (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, Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation
Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 80 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 160 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
112 Coniferous Floor, 16 Dirt, 8 Fresh Water, 24 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
8 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 8 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 160 grid squares):
13 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.