Leaellynasaura

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Leaellynasaura

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals

Date Released: Nov 2 2009

Current LeaellynasauraMD2009.ztd dated 1 November 2009

File Size: 1.37mb

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Leaellynasaura was a small herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur of about 60-90 cm in length from the earliest Cretaceous, first discovered in Dinosaur Cove, Australia.
It was an Australian polar dinosaur. Strangely enough, at this period in time, Victoria would have been well within the Antarctic Circle, which is now very cold. This means that Leaellynasaura was living and apparently thriving much further south than any reptile could today. This is particularly relevant due to Cryolophosaurus being discovered in Antarctica, thus further suggesting the idea that dinosaurs could live under conditions which were once thought unsuitable for their kind. It is possible that the sun would not have risen for several weeks or months in the winter, depending on latitude, which means that Leaellynasaura would have had to live in the dark for perhaps months at a time. This is particularly relevant to the fact that Leaellynosaura had very big eyes and its brain had large optic lobes, as if it had evolved to be routinely active in the dark.Evidence found on the coast of western Victorian coastline suggests that polar dinosaurs, such as Leaellynasaura, may have dug burrows to nurture their young during the polar winter.
Regardless, the fact that it lived in extremely cold temperatures led many scientists to believe that Leaellynasaura was warm-blooded.

No complete skeletons have been found of Leaellynasaura. The species is known from many isolated limb bones, ribs, vertebrae, jaws, teeth and one partial skull.

The type species is Leaellynasaura amicagraphica. It was described in 1989. It was named after Leaellyn Rich, the daughter of the palaeontologist couple Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich who discovered it. Leaellynasaura was a hypsilophodont, a rather basal ornithopod. Like all ornithopods, it was a herbivore.

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LeaellynasauraMD2009.ztd                    uca: 917B7E17 dated 1 November 2009

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917b7e17.uca date: Sun Nov 01 01:16:16 2009
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Animal Type: 917B7E17

Leaellynasaura

It was an Australian polar dinosaur. Strangely enough, at this period in time,
Victoria would have been well within the Antarctic Circle, which is now very
cold. This means that Leaellynasaura was living and apparently thriving much
further south than any reptile could today. This is particularly relevant due
to Cryolophosaurus being discovered in Antarctica, thus further suggesting the
idea that dinosaurs could live under conditions which were once thought
unsuitable for their kind. It is possible that the sun would not have risen
for several weeks or months in the winter, depending on latitude, which means
that Leaellynasaura would have had to live in the dark for perhaps months at a
time. This is particularly relevant to the fact that Leaellynosaura had very
big eyes and its brain had large optic lobes, as if it had evolved to be
routinely active in the dark.Evidence found on the coast of western Victorian
coastline suggests that polar dinosaurs, such as Leaellynasaura, may have dug
burrows to nurture their young during the polar winter.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Tundra; Location: Australia; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 95.
Preferred shelter: Dinosaur Burrow (DD).
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (8) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Pine Bush, Arctic Birch Tree (DD), Arctic Grass (DD), Arctic Bush (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, Small Snowy Rock - Medium, Small Snowy Rock - Small
Large Snowy Rock - Medium, Large Snowy Rock - Large
Coniferous Forest Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-6 with 20 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 60 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
39 Snow, 3 Dirt, 3 Gray Stone, 12 Grass, 3 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 60 grid squares):
4 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Arctic Birch 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 Snowy Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.

Elevation: Of the 60 squares, 2 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.