Euskelosaurus

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Euskelosaurus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals, dinosaurs

Release Date: Feb 15 2009

Current EuskelosaurusMD_2009.ztd dated 1 February 2009

File Size: 3.86mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Euskelosaurus ("good leg lizard") was a semi-bipedal dinosaur from the Late Triassic. It was a prosauropod that lived in the Late Triassic Period,
in present-day South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. It was first described by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1866 based on limb and spinal bones. It may actually be the same animal as Plateosauravus also found in southern Africa.

It has been estimated to have been about 10 metres in length, which is somewhat large for a prosauropod. Its limbs were large and sauropod-like. Another distinguishing feature of the limbs of Euskelosaurus is that the shaft of its thigh bone is twisted. A scientist named Jacques van Heerden has suggested that this configuration effectively rendered Euskelosaurus bow-legged. If this is correct it is highly unusual for a dinosaur, as dinosaur legs are typically oriented directly under the body like in mammals.

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Additional info:

EuskelosaurusMD_2009.ztd                           uca: 3A4AF0AF dated 1 February 2009

Results From Configuration Checking:

3a4af0af.uca date: Sun Feb 01 00:01:00 2009
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Animal Type: 3A4AF0AF

Euskelosaurus

It was first described by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1866 based on limb and
spinal bones. It may actually be the same animal as Plateosauravus also found
in southern Africa.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Deciduous Forest; Location: Africa; Era: Triassic
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:
Wild Olive Tree, Elm Tree, Pacific Dogwood Tree, Cherry Tree, Maple Tree
Thornless Mesquite Tree, Birch Tree, Trembling Aspen Tree, Globe Willow Tree
Japanese Maple Tree, Deciduous Bush, Weeping Willow Tree, White Oak Tree
Broadleaf Bush, Gingko Tree (DD), Glossopteris Tree (DD), Magnolia Tree (DD)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (DD), Bonsai (CC), Snowbell Tree (CC)

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

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):
78 Deciduous Floor, 12 Dirt, 6 Fresh Water, 24 Grass

Foliage (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
7 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Magnolia Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 7 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 120 grid squares):
10 Small Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.