Scripted behaviors against each species in this likes/dislikes subset, not guaranteed to happen. Dominance, territory, and traits etc determine whether they would actually fight.
Unlock requirements
Unlocked by retrieving the fossil from one of the following dig sites:
Dig Sites
Fossil Size
Fossil Quantity
Locations
Requirements (Logistics)
Duration
Cost
Scientists (Max)
Jurassic Coast B
1
2
Europe | UK | South Coast
10
07:00
$1,120,000
3
2
4
Synthesis
Eggs
4 - 8
Requirements (Genetics)
9
Scientists (Max)
3
Duration
02:00
Cost
$62,500
Incubation
Requirements (Welfare)
9
Scientists (Max)
3
Duration
06:00
Cost
$125,000
Genome Trait Chances
Genetic Mods (Max)
6
Appetite
50%
Small Appetite
Tolerance
-50%
Intolerant
Aggression
-25%
Aggressive
Offence
-25%
Weak
Disease
Immune
Algae Poisoning
Bracken Poisoning
Foot And Mouth
Ivy Poisoning
Susceptible
None
Description
Ichthyosaurus is a small marine reptile, measuring around 2m in length – far smaller than other genera of ichthyosaurs, which can grow up to 25m. Its paddle-like limbs and streamlined body allow it to move at great speed through water, catching its prey in its long, thin snout. Ichthyosaurus is a piscivore, with a diet consisting mostly of fish and squid.
Discovery
Celebrated English paleontologist and fossil collector Mary Anning discovered Ichthyosaurus in 1811 along with her brother Joseph, when they uncovered a skeleton while digging for fossils in Lyme Regis, on the south coast of England. The remains were initially thought to be those of a crocodile – almost 200 years later, at the beginning of the 21st Century, advances in knowledge allowed Anning’s find to be classified as a new genus.
Paleoecology
Ichthyosaurus lived during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods, around 120-220 million years ago. This genus lived in the ocean and did not venture onto land, swimming the seas of Europe and Asia – it even gave birth in water.
Cohabitation Preferences
None
Scripted behaviors against each species in this likes/dislikes subset, not guaranteed to happen. Dominance, territory, and traits etc determine whether they would actually fight.