Protarchaeopteryx

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Protarchaeopteryx

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals

Release Date: Nov 22 2009

Current Protarchaeopteryx_MD2009.ztd dated 15 November 2009

File Size: 966.04k

Compatibility: All Game Versions

Description: Protarchaeopteryx was a turkey-sized feathered dinosaur from China. Well-developed, vaned feathers extended from the short, stubby tail; the hands were long and slender, and had three-fingered clawed hands.
It appears to be one of the most primitive members of the Oviraptorosauria and the large incisor teeth suggest that it is closely related to, or synonymous with, Incisivosaurus. It was probably an herbivore or omnivore, but its hands are very similar to small carnivorous dinosaurs.

Protarchaeopteryx, known from the Jianshangou bed of the Yixian Formation, lived in the early Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous, 124.6 million years ago. It is probably more primitive than Archaeopteryx, making it a non-avian theropod dinosaur rather than a true avian bird. At around 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length, it would have been larger than Archaeopteryx. Protarchaeopteryx had symmetrical feathers on its arms. Since modern birds that have symmetrical feathers are flightless, and the skeletal structure of Protarchaeopteryx would not support flapping flight, it is assumed that it was flightless as well.

The Protarchaeopteryx and Pedopenna are totally compatible with each other.

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Additional info:

Protarchaeopteryx_MD2009.ztd              uca: 78D3DE24 dated 15 November 2009

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Animal Type: 78D3DE24

Protarchaeopteryx

Well-developed, vaned feathers extended from the short, stubby tail; the hands
were long and slender, and had three-fingered clawed hands. It appears to be
one of the most primitive members of the Oviraptorosauria and the large
incisor teeth suggest that it is closely related to, or synonymous with,
Incisivosaurus. It was probably an herbivore or omnivore, but its hands are
very similar to small carnivorous dinosaurs.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Coniferous Forest; Location: China; Era: Cretaceous
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 98.
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):
39 Coniferous Floor, 6 Dirt, 6 Grass, 9 Fresh Water

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):
1 Medium Coniferous Rock (DD), which is its most liked rock,
and 1 Small Rock - Small.

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