Ankylosaurus

Classification

Diet	Herbivore
Habitat	Terrestrial
Era	Late Cretaceous
Family	Ankylosauridae
Genus	Ankylosaurus
Bio Group	Armored Herbivore

Size

Height (m)	2
Length (m)	8
Weight (kg)	6,000

Rating

Base Appeal	40
Appeal (Per $1MM)	127.0
Appeal (Per Hectare)	102.0

Ankylosaurus

Median

Stats

Lifespan	37 - 64
Resilience	19
Attack	47
Defence	50
Medical Dart Resistance	76
Sedative Resistance	76
Poison Resistance	100

Environmental Needs

Comfort threshold	60%
Grassland (m²)	4900	50%
Forest (m²)	4900	50%
Preferred Paleobotany	Paw Paw
	Mosses
	Horsetails
Harmful Paleobotany	Conifers
	Tree Ferns
	Ginkgo

Social Group	1 - 4
Ideal Population	0 - 8

Unlock requirements

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

Dig Sites	Fossil Quality	Fossil Quantity	Locations	Duration	Cost
Scollard Formation	★	2	North America \| Canada \| Alberta	02:00	$75,000
Scollard Formation	★★★	2	North America \| Canada \| Alberta	02:00	$75,000
Hell Creek Formation	★★	5	North America \| USA \| Montana	02:00	$75,000
Hell Creek Formation	★★★	2	North America \| USA \| Montana	02:00	$75,000
Lance Formation	★★	5	North America \| USA \| Wyoming	02:00	$75,000
	★★★	3
	★	1

Incubation

Duration	02:47 - 03:05
Cost	315,000

Disease

Immune	Campylobacter
Susceptible	Cryptosporidiosis

Description

Ankylosaurus is a heavily armored quadruped whose squat build and club-like tail is well-known by dinosaur enthusiasts. Its name means 'fused lizard'. Its heavily armored back plates protect it from almost any attack from above, and its club tail offers an effective defense.

Discovery

The first identified Ankylosaurus fossil was discovered in 1906 in the Hell Creek Formation, Montana. There was controversy at the time as to whether this was a new genus with so few bones available. The only known club-tail specimen was found in 1910 by an expedition to the Scollard Formation in Alberta, Canada.

Paleoecology

The fossil record indicates that Ankylosaurus favored the uplands of the formations where specimens have been recovered. These regions were subtropical or temperate, with likely monsoonal climate.