Styracosaurus

Classification

Diet	Herbivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Late Cretaceous
Family	Ceratopsidae
Genus	Styracosaurus
Bio Group	Armored Herbivore

Size

Height (m)	3
Length (m)	9
Weight (kg)	3,000

Rating

Base Appeal	27
Appeal (Per $1MM)	85.7
Appeal (Per Hectare)	103.8

Styracosaurus

Median

Stats

Lifespan	46 - 72
Resilience	20
Attack	52
Defence	29
Medical Dart Resistance	106
Sedative Resistance	106
Poison Resistance	100

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	45%
Grassland (m²)	6600	73%
Forest (m²)	2500	27%
Preferred Paleobotany	Horsetails
	Palms
	Rotten Wood
Harmful Paleobotany	Paw Paw
	Mosses
	Cycads

Social Group	2 - 5
Ideal Population	2 - 14

Unlock requirements

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

Dig Sites	Fossil Quality	Fossil Quantity	Locations	Duration	Cost
Dinosaur Park Formation	★	2	North America \| Canada \| Alberta	02:00	$60,000
	★★	5
	★★★	3
Laramie Formation	★★	5	North America \| USA \| Colorado	02:00	$90,000
	★★★	4
	★	1

Incubation

Duration	03:14 - 03:35
Cost	315,000

Disease

Immune	Campylobacter
Susceptible	Hookworms

Description

Styracosaurus was a large ceratopsian dinosaur with distinctive horns protruding from its neck frill. It lived in what is now North America, and its name means 'spike lizard'. They are believed to have lived in herds, and travelled in large groups for protection and foraging for food. Its tough beak and shearing cheek teeth would have been ideal for slicing up plant matter.

Discovery

The first Styracosaurus remains originated from the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada in 1913. Other species of Styracosaurus have since been found in other locations like the Two Medicine Formation in Montana.

Paleoecology

Styracosaurus lived in a region of rivers and floodplains. These became more swamp-like as the Western Interior Sea encroached deeper inland. Its seasons were wetter and drier than the modern equivalent, and there was plentiful plant life including conifers.