Chirostenotes by Moondawg

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Chirostenotes

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Author:  Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Release Date: Jan 17 2009
Current ChirostenotesMD_2009.ztd dated 1 January 2009

File Size: 961.14k

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Chirostenotes (pronounced KIE-ro-STEN-o-teez, named from Greek 'narrow-handed') was an oviraptorosaur from the late Cretaceous (80 million years ago) of Alberta, Canada.
It was characterized by a beak, long arms ending in powerful claws, long, slender toes and a tall, rounded cassowary-like crest or casque. Chirostenotes was probably an omnivore or herbivore, although the beak is not as heavily constructed as in the Asian Oviraptoridae. The type species is Chirostenotes pergracilis. A smaller species, C. elegans, has also been named from Alberta,[1] although it probably belongs to the closely-related Elmisaurus.[2] A large skeleton from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation has been referred to Chirostenotes pergracilis, although it may represent a new species. The first Chirostenotes was found in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada, which has yielded the most dinosaurs of any Canadian formation.

In life, the animal was about 9.5 feet (2.9 m) long and 3 feet (0.91 m) tall at the hips. It had an estimated weight of about 110 pounds. It probably ate small reptiles and mammals, as well as plants, eggs and insects.

This dinosaur has a confusing history. It was given its first name, Chirostenotes, when a pair of hands was found in 1924. The feet were then found, in 1932 and given the name Macrophalangia, meaning 'large toes'. Later, they were correctly recognized as part of a meat-eating dinosaur but no-one was sure if they were from the same species. In 1936, its jaws were found and given the name Caenagnathus, meaning 'recent jaw' (the family of oviraptorosaurs containing Chirostenotes, the Caenagnathidae, still carries this name); they were first thought to be those of a bird. In 1988, a specimen from storage since 1923 was discovered and studied. This fossil helped link the other discoveries into a single dinosaur. Since the first name applied to any of these remains was Chirostenotes, this is the only name that is recognized as valid.

Also, a set of jaws with strange teeth were originally thought to be part of Chirostenotes but, now that it is known that Chirostenotes was a toothless oviraptorosaur, the jaws have been renamed Ricardoestesia and are from an otherwise unknown dinosaur.

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ChirostenotesMD_2009.ztd                                  uca: 1DA5329D dated 1 January 2009

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Animal Type: 1DA5329D

Chirostenotes

It was characterized by a beak, long arms ending in powerful claws, long,
slender toes and a tall, rounded cassowary-like crest or casque. Chirostenotes
was probably an omnivore or herbivore, although the beak is not as heavily
constructed as in the Asian Oviraptoridae. The type species is Chirostenotes
pergracilis. A smaller species, C. elegans, has also been named from
Alberta,[1] although it probably belongs to the closely-related Elmisaurus.[2]
A large skeleton from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation has been referred to
Chirostenotes pergracilis, although it may represent a new species. The first
Chirostenotes was found in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada, which has
yielded the most dinosaurs of any Canadian formation.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: North America; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 98.
Preferred shelter: Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (6) 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)
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: 3-10 with 20 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 60 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
30 Coniferous Floor, 6 Dirt, 12 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.