Proceratosaurus

Release Version: Carnivore Dinosaur Pack

Classification

Diet	Carnivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Middle Jurassic
Family	Proceratosauridae
Genus	Proceratosaurus
Bio Group	Small Carnivore

Size

Height (m)	2
Length (m)	4
Weight (kg)	40

Rating

Base Appeal	44
Appeal (Per $1MM)	118.9
Appeal (Per Hectare)	146.7

Proceratosaurus

Median

Stats

Lifespan	37 - 64
Resilience	80
Attack	41
Defence	11
Medical Dart Resistance	60
Sedative Resistance	60
Poison Resistance	76

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	70%
Grassland (m²)	15200	78%
Forest (m²)	4300	22%

Social Group	3 - 10
Ideal Population	0 - 23

Unlock requirements

Unlocked by retrieving the fossil from one of the following dig sites:

Dig Sites	Fossil Quality	Fossil Quantity	Locations	Duration	Cost
Minchinhampton	★	4	Europe \| UK \| Gloucestershire	02:00	$75,000
	★★	8
	★★★	7

Incubation

Duration	02:47 - 03:05
Cost	370,000

Disease

Immune	Bracken Poisoning
Susceptible	Hookworms

Description

Proceratosaurus is a small carnivore from the middle Jurassic period, one of the earliest tyrannosauroid dinosaurs. This dinosaur was mistakenly identified as an ancestor of Ceratosaurus, due to its distinctive nasal crest. This crest gave it its name, meaning "before Ceratosaurus". As only a fragment of the crest is intact on the one known specimen, it is possible the crest could have been much larger, relative to skull size, than the Ceratosaurus' horn.

Discovery

The first (and only) Proceratosaurus specimen, was discovered in Gloucestershire, England, by F Lewis Bradley in the early 1900s. This fossil is the only Proceratosaurus specimen discovered so far, and consists of a single, partially complete skull. The skull features a nasal crest which initially lead it to be thought an ancestor of Ceratosaurus (hence the name). Like many dinosaurs, modern advancements in fossil analysis have revealed the mistakes and mis-classifications of the past. In 2010 Proceratosaurus was re-classified a tyrannosauroid after CT scans revealed internal air spaces in the skull, a feature shared with dinosaurs in this group.