Styracosaurus

Styracosaurus albertensis★★★☆☆
Exhibit
Exhibit Crowding	60%
Temperature	8-22 °C
Fence Security	Strength High > 2.5m
Exhibit
Plant Biomes
Forest	20-50%
Water	10-40%
Social
Group Size	1-2 Males 1-2 Females
Diet
Plants
Creation
Breeding Cost	$3,000
Digsites
Digsites	Dinosaur Park Formation

Styracosaurus albertensis is a medium-sized herbivorous ceratopsian that lived in the northern regions of North America during the Late Cretaceous. Known for its spiky frill and lengthy nasal horn, Styracosaurus remains a popular dinosaur.

In-Game

Description

A well-known animal, owing to its uniquely prickly appearance, Syracosaurus is renowned for its lengthy nasal and frill horns. Comparable to the modern day rhinoceros in size, Styracosaurus is no push-over and more than capable of wielding its impressive array of horns to defend itself. In Prehistoric Kingdom, Styracosaurus's back is littered with a number of thorny quills, similar to the quilled tail of its much smaller relative Psittacosaurus, giving Styracosaurus an overall appearance similar to a giant prehistoric porcupine.

Management

To be announced.

In-Game Trivia

Nigel Marven

With a head like that, we must be looking at a Styracosaurus.

Nigel Marven

The fossil record shows a bonebed of what was assumed to be a herd of these animals, but from what I've found they're far more antisocial than expected… Perhaps a result of modern climate conditions or irregularities in the genome? I'll leave that up for you to decide.

Nigel Marven

Styracosaurus belongs to a group of ceratopsians called centrosaurines, which tend to have longer nasal horns, shorter brow horns, and spiny frills. The famous Triceratops, in contrast, belongs to the chasmosaurines, which instead favor longer brow horns and long, simple frills.

Nigel Marven

The purpose of those gorgeous frills has long vexed paleontologists. Were they primarily for display? Temperature regulation, or neck protection? Now that we have one in the flesh, hopefully we can solve this mystery once and for all!

Paleontology

Styracosaurus was found and named in 1913 by paleontologist Lawrence Lambe. Its name means "Spiked Lizard".

Gallery

• Photos
• Development

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A pair of jagged Styracosaurus in an enclosure.

A coastal Styracosaurus in a marshy environment.

A sleeping psychedelic Styracosaurus.

Render of Styracasaurus' unnamed skin from Cindy's Artstation.

Render of Styracasaurus' Shoreline skin from Cindy's Artstation.

Render of Styracasaurus' Psychedelic skin from Cindy's Artstation.

Styracosaurus Species Profile using outdated model, as seen in the August 2019 Devlog.

Styracosaurus Walk Cycle using outdated model, as seen in the December 2019 Devlog.

Styracosaurus Run Cycle using outdated model, as seen in the December 2019 Devlog.

Concept art of the Redone Psychedelic skin.

Old Styracosaurus concept art of two skins no longer ingame.

Concept art for the cut Tribal skin

Trivia

• Styracosaurus was one of the dinosaurs available in Prehistoric Kingdom’s alpha.
• Styracosaurus’s new skins and updated model were first shown off in the Early Access Launch trailer.
• A popular dinosaur, Styracosaurus has regularly appeared in multiple pieces of media, including Disney's Dinosaur and the Jurassic Park franchise.
• Unlike Triceratops, which is a chasmosaurine ceratopsid with its distinctive pair of brow horns, Styracosaurus is a centrosaurine ceratopsid, more closely related to Pachyrhinosaurus. Derived members of this group are famous for their distinctive long nose horn or boss, and lack of brow horns.

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