Lystrosaurus

Lystrosaurus
Classification
Binomial Name	Lystrosaurus murrayi
Name Meaning	Shovel Lizard
Diet	Herbivore
Era	Late Permian
Family	Lystrosauridae
Cohabitation Category	Therapsid
Expedition
Dig sites	Guodikeng Formation Abrahamskraal Formation
Size
Height	0.4 m (1.3 feet)
Height	0.4 m (1.3 feet)
Length	1 m (3.3 feet)
Length	1 m (3.3 feet)
Weight	90 kg (198.4 lbs)
Weight	90 kg (198.4 lbs)
Environment
Security rating	1
Security rating	1
Minimum population	4
Minimum population	4
Water	11%
Water	11%
Open space	56%
Open space	56%
Ground fiber	17%
Ground fiber	17%
Ground leaf	17%
Ground leaf	17%
Cohabitation
Likes	Microceratus
Dislikes	Oviraptor Carnivores Therizinosaurus
Stats
Appeal	51
Attack	39
Defence	15
Dominance	54
Lifespan	61
Synthesis
Batch size	4 - 6
Duration	0:02
Cost	$60,000
Incubation
Duration	0:09
Cost	$120,000

I'm a fairly trusting individual, but if you were to tell me that you'd seen anything like this before, I'm not sure I'd believe you. This tusked therapsid is Lystrosaurus. Astonishingly, this species managed to survive the Permian-Triassic extinction and went on to thrive as the dinosaurs began to populate the Earth. Here's hoping it can enjoy a long tenure this time around too. - Dr. Kajal Dua

Lystrosaurus is a genus of dicynodont therapsid in Jurassic World Evolution 2. Originating from Late Permian Africa, Asia, Europe, and Antarctica, it is included in the Dominion Malta Expansion.

History

Lystrosaurus were present in the illegal Amber Clave Market in Valletta, Malta. One individual was forced to fight and kill an Oviraptor when it used its jaws to decapitate the latter. Another individual aided in the demise of Rainn Delacourt by goring at his left hand with its beak and tusks, as a juvenile Carnotaurus tore at his right, allowing a juvenile Baryonyx to come in and mutilate Delacourt's face.

Characteristics

A short, squat herbivore is notable for its short powerful forelimbs, two large tusk-like teeth protruding from either side of its mouth, and horned beak which are used to bite off bits of vegetation as well as an unusual-shaped skull, Lystrosaurus is a dicynodont therapsid that existed during the late Permian and early Triassic periods, approximately 250 million years ago. In fact, at one stage Lystrosaurus made up around 95% of all land vertebrates, having survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event that destroyed the majority of all life on Earth. Lystrosaurus also has eyebrows.

Gameplay

Behavior

Lystrosaurus is a very small herbivore that needs at least four members of its species in the same enclosure to be satisfied. The Lystrosaurus is a species that prefers to keep to itself and does not form bonds with other species. This animal prefers to feed on Ground Leaf and Fiber, so take that into account when planning out an enclosure if you are in Sandbox mode with comfort turned on.

Despite its base stats, the Lystrosaurus is actually defenseless against carnivores due to its small size. Most larger carnivores like Carnotaurus ignores Lystrosaurus, but small carnivores like Velociraptor and Coelophysis will prey on it. The only small carnivores that don't prey on Lystrosaurus are Compsognathus, Moros, and Dimetrodon, although the latter is odd, since the Dimetrodon can also prey on the larger Homalocephale.

Paleontology

Ranging in size between 0.61 and 2.5 m (2 and 8 ft) in length and weighing 90 kg (200 lb) at most, Lystrosaurus was first described by renowned paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1870, having been discovered by fossil collector Dr. Elias Root Beadle a few years previously. Its name translates as "Shovel Lizard" in reference to its powerful forelimbs, which it may have used to dig burrows.

Paleoecology

With specimens of this genus have been found in locations across the world from Antarctica to South Africa, Lystrosaurus were the most common land vertebrate during the Early Triassic after the Great Dying of the Late Permian wiped out almost every other species on Earth. They travelled long distances during the era of Pangaea. Experts believe it preferred to live near plains and swamps and existed on a diet of small plants and other low-lying vegetation. Among its many contemporaries were archosauriform Proterosuchus, therocephalians such as Moschorhinus, and the parareptile Procolophon.

Behind the scenes

The Oviraptor disliking the Lystrosaurus is a reference to an extended scene in which Kayla Watts' Lystrosaurus is sold to someone and then used to fight an Oviraptor. In this scene, the Lystrosaurus grabs the Oviraptor and decapitates it. The decapitated Oviraptor then runs around like a headless chicken.

Gallery

External links

• Lystrosaurus on Wikipedia