Technosaurus

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Technosaurus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals

Release Date: Nov 10 2009

Current Technosaurus_MD2009.ztd dated 7 November 2009

File Size: 392.67k

Compatibility: DD and CC

Description: Technosaurus (TEK-no-SAWR-us) was a Triassic ornithischian dinosaur.
It was a small, lightly build herbivore reaching the length of 3 feet and running on its hind legs. The holotype apparently includes some prosauropod hatchling material. Technosaurus lived in North America and is named in honor of Texas Tech University. The type species, Technosaurus smalli, was named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1984.

Technosaurus is based on TTUP P9021, which initially consisted of a premaxilla (tip of the upper jaw), two lower jaw pieces, a back vertebra, and an astragalus. Technosaurus and its type species, T. smalli, were named by Sankar Chatterjee in 1984. He described it as a fabrosaurid,a clade of small early ornithischians now considered to have been an artificial grouping. Material from the quarry where P9021 was found is disassociated and comes from a variety of Late Triassic animals, which would prove problematic.

The genus was reviewed in 1991 by Paul Sereno, who interpreted the premaxilla and a fragment from the front of the lower jaw as pertaining to a hatchling prosauropod, and found the vertebra to be indeterminate and the astragalus an unidentifiable fragment. Thus, he restricted the remains to be considered Technosaurus to the second lower jaw piece, a posterior fragment. It was further reviewed in the light of new remains that spurred reevalutation of purported Triassic dinosaurs, particularly ornithischians named from tooth or jaw material. Irmis et al. (2007) agreed with the removal of the vertebra and astragalus, but found no characteristics that were unambiguously dinosaurian in the skull fragments. They noted similarities to Silesaurus in the jaw fragments Sereno had excluded, and themselves excluded the posterior fragment as actually belonging to the unusual rauisuchian Shuvosaurus.These authors would later restate their case, concluding that Technosaurus, defined only by the premaxilla and non-Shuvosaurus lower jaw fragment, was a valid, diagnostic genus, but could not be definitely classified beyond Archosauriformes incertae sedis, and was unlikely to be either an ornithischian or sauropodomorph dinosaur.

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Technosaurus_MD2009.ztd                    uca: B244B985 dated 7 November 2009

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b244b985.uca date: Sat Nov 07 14:35:54 2009
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Animal Type: B244B985

Technosaurus

It was a small, lightly build herbivore reaching the length of 3 feet and
running on its hind legs. The holotype apparently includes some prosauropod
hatchling material. Technosaurus lived in North America and is named in honor
of Texas Tech University. The type species, Technosaurus smalli, was named by
Sankar Chatterjee in 1984.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Rainforest; Location: North America; Era: Triassic
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 97.
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:
Ulmo Tree, Mangrove Tree, Elephant Ear Tree, Foxtail Palm Tree
Llala Palm Tree, Rainforest Bush, Rainforest Fern, Orchid Tree, Kapok Tree
Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD), Fern Bush (DD), Leptocycas Tree (DD)
Williamsonia Tree (DD), Fallen Rainforest Tree (ES), Rainforest Stump (ES)
Rafflesia (ES), Giant Ficus Tree (ES), Durian Tree (ES)

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, Stone Ruins, Rainforest Rock - Formation
Mossy Rainforest Rock (ES), Limestone Rock (ES)

Other specifically liked items:
Jungle Rock - Formation

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):
150 Rainforest Floor, 20 Dirt, 20 Grass, 10 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 200 grid squares):
10 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Thouarsus Cycad Tree (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 10 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

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

Elevation: Of the 200 squares, 5 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.