What dinosaurs do you keep together? Do you group them by appearance, by time period?
For my latest park, I wanted to put as many dinosaurs (by number, with visual variety in species) as possible per paddock, so I started by looking at the maximum population different species would tolerate.
Note: I use units as an approximate guide to paddock size. 1 unit is one square with the maximum length of fencing, based on the assumption that the maximum fence length is 90 feet, and a square area of 8100 feet.
The big paddock
I had 5 Struthis in here, but it kept upsetting the Camarasaurus as being too many. 3 seemed to be tolerable.
Also, a general paddock tip: electric fences can power viewing platforms, so you don't need substations to power them.
For my latest park, I wanted to put as many dinosaurs (by number, with visual variety in species) as possible per paddock, so I started by looking at the maximum population different species would tolerate.
Note: I use units as an approximate guide to paddock size. 1 unit is one square with the maximum length of fencing, based on the assumption that the maximum fence length is 90 feet, and a square area of 8100 feet.
The big paddock
| Species | Number | Min Social | Max Pop | Grass area | Grass units | Forest area | Forest units | Paddock units |
| Ground feeder | ||||||||
| Corythosaurus | 3 | 2 | 24 | 6,600 | 0.81 | 4,000 | 0.49 | 1.31 |
| Edmontosaurus | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8,000 | 0.99 | 5,400 | 0.67 | 0.63 |
| Gallimimus | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3,700 | 0.46 | 1,400 | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Struthiomimus | 3-5 | 0 | 25 | 2,500 | 0.31 | 1,200 | 0.15 | 0.46 |
| Tall feeder | ||||||||
| Brachiosaurus | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21,000 | 2.59 | 21,000 | 2.59 | 5.19 |
| Camarasaurus | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14,700 | 1.81 | 24,800 | 3.06 | 4.88 |
| Mamenchisaurus | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15,400 | 1.90 | 25,400 | 3.14 | 5.19 |
| Maximum | 21-23 | 23 | 21,000 | 2.59 | 25,400 | 3.14 | 5.73 |
I had 5 Struthis in here, but it kept upsetting the Camarasaurus as being too many. 3 seemed to be tolerable.
Also, a general paddock tip: electric fences can power viewing platforms, so you don't need substations to power them.
