Paralititan

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Paralititan

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Date Released: Jan 11 2009

Current ParalititanMD_2009.ztd dated 9 January 2009

File Size: 8.34mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Paralititan stromeri was a giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur discovered in coastal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
The fossil represents the first tetrapod reported from the Bahariya Formation since 1935. Its 1.69 meter (5.54 ft) long humerus is longer than that of any known Cretaceous sauropod. The autochthonous, scavenged skeleton was preserved in tidal flat deposits containing fossil mangrove vegetation. The mangrove ecosystem it inhabited was situated along the southern shore of the Tethys Sea. Paralititan is the first dinosaur demonstrated to have inhabited a mangrove biome.

Little of Paralititan is known, so its exact size is difficult to estimate. However the limited material suggests that it is one of the most massive dinosaurs ever discovered, with an estimated weight of 59 tonnes (65 short tons). Using Saltasaurus as a guide, Carpenter estimated its length at around 26 meters (85 ft). Like other titanosaurs, it had a wide-gauge stance and may have possessed osteoderms for defense. The Paralititan type specimen appears to have been scavenged by a meat-eater. It is also possible that Paralititan was hunted by large predatory dinosaurs such as Carcharodontosaurus.

Paralititan stromeri means "Stromer's tidal (Greek para + halos "near sea") titan". It was named by Joshua B. Smith, Matthew C. Lamanna, Kenneth J. Lacovara, Peter Dodson, Jennifer R. Smith, Jason C. Poole, Robert Giegengack and Yousri Attia in 2001 to honor Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach, a German paleontologist and geologist who found dinosaurs in this area in the early 1900s.

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ParalititanMD_2009.ztd                                      ucs: 1A9EA9B6 dated 9 January 2009

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Paralititan

The fossil represents the first tetrapod reported from the Bahariya Formation
since 1935. Its 1.69 meter (5.54 ft) long humerus is longer than that of any
known Cretaceous sauropod. The autochthonous, scavenged skeleton was preserved
in tidal flat deposits containing fossil mangrove vegetation. The mangrove
ecosystem it inhabited was situated along the southern shore of the Tethys
Sea. Paralititan is the first dinosaur demonstrated to have inhabited a
mangrove biome.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: Africa; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) 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, Broadleaf Bush
Pine Bush, Club Moss Shrub (DD), Walchian Conifer Tree (DD)
Dawn Redwood Tree (DD), Glossopteris 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, Deciduous Forest Rock - Formation
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation, Medium Coniferous Rock (DD)

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 1-3 with 100 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 2 adults): 200 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 200 grid squares):
140 Coniferous Floor, 10 Sand, 20 Dirt, 10 Fresh Water, 20 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 200 grid squares):
12 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 12 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 200 grid squares):
16 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.