Ceratosaurus/JW: E

Ceratosaurus is a starting dinosaur in Jurassic World: Evolution.

Information
Ceratosaurus fossils are available from the start of the game.

Dig Sites

 * Lourinha Formation
 * Morrison Formation

Skins

 * Savannah Pattern
 * Rainforest Pattern
 * Wetland Pattern
 * Coastal Pattern

Profile

 * Ceratosaurus is a medium sized therapod and eats large amounts of meat from any source.


 * They are normally solitary, but can exist in small social groups and alongside a modest number of other dinosaurs from other species.


 * Their territories should comprise of good sized grassland with a small area of forest cover.

Description

 * Ceratosaurus was a large therapod dinosaur. It possesed an unusual configuration of hornlets over its eyes, ans a blade-shaped horn on its snout. Its name means 'horned lizard'.


 * An unusual feature of Ceratosaurus was the dermal armor in the middle of its back.

Discovery

 * Ceratosaurus was found in the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Utah, and from the Dry Mesa Quarry in Colorado. It was first described in 1884.


 * Later finds occurred in Portugal, as well as fragments in the Morrison Formation.

Paleoecology

 * The Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is a mudstone site on the floodplain for a river system.


 * The Dry Mesa Quarry site appears to have been a mass grave as a result of a drought, followed by a flash flood.