Early and Late Triassic Packs

Given that Frontier did an Early Cretaceous Pack and a Late Cretaceous Pack, I thought may be something like that could be done for the Triassic Period. We don't have a lot of species from this time period in the game, so this could be a nice way to get more species from this time period added to the game.
Early Triassic Species Pack
1: Moschorhinus, An extinct genus of therocephalian, it was a carnivorous Synapsid found in the Late Permian to Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Supergroup. It is believed to have hunted like a big cat. They grew to be around 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) long. Moschorhinus were the only large therocephalians. During the Triassic period, they were the largest therocephalians of their time.
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Erythrosuchus, An extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles from the early and middle Triassic period found in the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group in the Karoo of South Africa. Erythrosuchus was the largest predator of its time, and was around 4.75–5 meters (15.6–16.4 feet) long. It was the largest erythrosuchid. It was featured in Life on Our Planet.

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2: Ordosiodon, An extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Early Triassic found in the Lower Ermaying Formation in Shanxi Province in China. It is known from a partial skull, and skeleton. It is believed to have had a herbivorous diet.
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3: Cymbospondylus, A basal early ichthyosaur that lived between the early and middle Triassic period. It could grow between 4 and 17 meters (13-56 feet) long. Cymbospondylus is one of the largest animals known from that time. It appeared in Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy. Its teeth structure suggest that fed on fish, cephalopods, and possibly other marine reptiles for larger species. If gets added I would recommend the developers have it require fish feeder in its enclosure, but also give the ability to use the shark feeder as well.
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Aphaneramma, An extinct genus of marine temnospondyl amphibian. It lived during the early Triassic period approximately 240 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Mianwali Formation of Pakistan, Madagascar, the Zhitkov Formation of Russia, and the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard (Norway). It is believed to have primarily hunted fish.
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Utatsusaurus: It is the earliest-known ichthyopterygian which lived in the Early Triassic period found in Utatsu-cho, which is part of Minamisanriku-cho, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and British Columbia, Canada. It grew to be 2.5–3 meters (8.2–9.8 ft.) long and weighing 57.8 kilograms (127 lb.). It is believed to have primarily fed on fish.
4: Thrinaxodon, An extinct genus of cynodonts lived in what are now South Africa and Antarctica during the early Triassic period. It was roughly the size of a fox and possibly covered in hair. It's teeth structure suggests it fed on insects, invertebrates, and small herbivores. Its generic name was taken from the Ancient Greek for "trident tooth", thrinax and odon. The specific name is Latinised Greek for "smooth-nosed". It appeared in the Walking with Dinosaurs series.
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Late Triassic Species Pack
1: Lisowicia, An extinct genus of giant dicynodont synapsid that lived in what is now Poland during the late Triassic period. Lisowicia is the largest known dicynodont, as well as the largest non-mammalian synapsid, and is estimated to have weighed between 5–6 tons, comparable in size to modern elephants. It was also one of the last dicynodonts, living shortly before their extinction at the end of the Triassic period. Lisowicia is unique amongst dicynodonts for its erect posture, with all four limbs held upright directly under its body. This is similar to the limbs of living mammals and dinosaurs, but unlike the sprawling and semi-erect postures typical of all other dicynodonts (and indeed all other non-mammalian synapsids), and shares many independently evolved features of its limbs with large mammals.
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2: Plateosaurus, A genus of plateosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe. Adults of this species grew between 4.8 to 10 meters (16 to 33 feet) in length, and ranged in mass from 600 to 4,000 kilograms (1,300 to 8,800 lb.). These animals are believed to have lived for at least 12 to 20 years, but the maximum life span is not known. The oldest individual found was around 27 years of age and was still growing. The meaning of its name is not clearly understood. In 1846, a geologist speculated that "(πλᾰτῠ́ς, breit)" [English: broad] was the origin of the name, German paleontologist believed its name was derived from the stem of πλᾰτέος (plateos), the genitive case of the masculine adjective platys in Ancient Greek. In the same year, another researcher proposed that the name derives from the Ancient Greek πλατη (platê – "paddle", "rudder"; the researcher translates this as Latin pala = "spade") and σαυρος (sauros – "lizard").
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Riojasaurus, A herbivorous sauropodomorph dinosaur named after La Rioja Province in Argentina where it was found in the Los Colorados Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin that lived during the late Triassic period. Riojasaurus is the only known riojasaurid to live in South America. It is estimated to have grown between 6.6 and 10 meters (22-33 ft.) and its weight between 800 kilograms and 3 metric tons (1,800 lb. and 3.3 short tons). Unfortunately, in 1994, 56 caudal vertebrae from one specimen, and a cast of the skull of Riojasaurus incertus, along with several other specimens, were stolen from the National University of La Rioja in Argentina, which have still not been found.
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3: Tanystropheus, An extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America. Tanystropheus is one of the most well-described non-archosauriform archosauromorphs, known from numerous fossils, including nearly complete skeletons. Some species within the genus may have reached a total length of 6 meters (20 feet), making Tanystropheus the longest non-archosauriform archosauromorph as well. Its genus name means long hinged.
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4: Raeticodactylus, A genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Triassic lower Kössen Formation (about 213-209 million years ago) of the central Austroalpine of Grisons, Switzerland. It had a wingspan of 4.41 feet. It has been debated whether it was a piscivore or omnivore.
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Given that Frontier did an Early Cretaceous Pack and a Late Cretaceous Pack, I thought may be something like that could be done for the Triassic Period. We don't have a lot of species from this time period in the game, so this could be a nice way to get more species from this time period added to the game.
Early Triassic Species Pack
1: Moschorhinus, An extinct genus of therocephalian, it was a carnivorous Synapsid found in the Late Permian to Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Supergroup. It is believed to have hunted like a big cat. They grew to be around 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) long. Moschorhinus were the only large therocephalians. During the Triassic period, they were the largest therocephalians of their time.
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Erythrosuchus, An extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles from the early and middle Triassic period found in the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of the Beaufort Group in the Karoo of South Africa. Erythrosuchus was the largest predator of its time, and was around 4.75–5 meters (15.6–16.4 feet) long. It was the largest erythrosuchid. It was featured in Life on Our Planet.

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2: Ordosiodon, An extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids from the Early Triassic found in the Lower Ermaying Formation in Shanxi Province in China. It is known from a partial skull, and skeleton. It is believed to have had a herbivorous diet.
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3: Cymbospondylus, A basal early ichthyosaur that lived between the early and middle Triassic period. It could grow between 4 and 17 meters (13-56 feet) long. Cymbospondylus is one of the largest animals known from that time. It appeared in Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy. Its teeth structure suggest that fed on fish, cephalopods, and possibly other marine reptiles for larger species. If gets added I would recommend the developers have it require fish feeder in its enclosure, but also give the ability to use the shark feeder as well.
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Aphaneramma, An extinct genus of marine temnospondyl amphibian. It lived during the early Triassic period approximately 240 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Mianwali Formation of Pakistan, Madagascar, the Zhitkov Formation of Russia, and the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard (Norway). It is believed to have primarily hunted fish.
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Utatsusaurus: It is the earliest-known ichthyopterygian which lived in the Early Triassic period found in Utatsu-cho, which is part of Minamisanriku-cho, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and British Columbia, Canada. It grew to be 2.5–3 meters (8.2–9.8 ft.) long and weighing 57.8 kilograms (127 lb.). It is believed to have primarily fed on fish.
4: Thrinaxodon, An extinct genus of cynodonts lived in what are now South Africa and Antarctica during the early Triassic period. It was roughly the size of a fox and possibly covered in hair. It's teeth structure suggests it fed on insects, invertebrates, and small herbivores. Its generic name was taken from the Ancient Greek for "trident tooth", thrinax and odon. The specific name is Latinised Greek for "smooth-nosed". It appeared in the Walking with Dinosaurs series.
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Late Triassic Species Pack
1: Lisowicia, An extinct genus of giant dicynodont synapsid that lived in what is now Poland during the late Triassic period. Lisowicia is the largest known dicynodont, as well as the largest non-mammalian synapsid, and is estimated to have weighed between 5–6 tons, comparable in size to modern elephants. It was also one of the last dicynodonts, living shortly before their extinction at the end of the Triassic period. Lisowicia is unique amongst dicynodonts for its erect posture, with all four limbs held upright directly under its body. This is similar to the limbs of living mammals and dinosaurs, but unlike the sprawling and semi-erect postures typical of all other dicynodonts (and indeed all other non-mammalian synapsids), and shares many independently evolved features of its limbs with large mammals.
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2: Plateosaurus, A genus of plateosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe. Adults of this species grew between 4.8 to 10 meters (16 to 33 feet) in length, and ranged in mass from 600 to 4,000 kilograms (1,300 to 8,800 lb.). These animals are believed to have lived for at least 12 to 20 years, but the maximum life span is not known. The oldest individual found was around 27 years of age and was still growing. The meaning of its name is not clearly understood. In 1846, a geologist speculated that "(πλᾰτῠ́ς, breit)" [English: broad] was the origin of the name, German paleontologist believed its name was derived from the stem of πλᾰτέος (plateos), the genitive case of the masculine adjective platys in Ancient Greek. In the same year, another researcher proposed that the name derives from the Ancient Greek πλατη (platê – "paddle", "rudder"; the researcher translates this as Latin pala = "spade") and σαυρος (sauros – "lizard").
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Riojasaurus, A herbivorous sauropodomorph dinosaur named after La Rioja Province in Argentina where it was found in the Los Colorados Formation in the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin that lived during the late Triassic period. Riojasaurus is the only known riojasaurid to live in South America. It is estimated to have grown between 6.6 and 10 meters (22-33 ft.) and its weight between 800 kilograms and 3 metric tons (1,800 lb. and 3.3 short tons). Unfortunately, in 1994, 56 caudal vertebrae from one specimen, and a cast of the skull of Riojasaurus incertus, along with several other specimens, were stolen from the National University of La Rioja in Argentina, which have still not been found.
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3: Tanystropheus, An extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile which lived during the Triassic Period in Europe, Asia, and North America. Tanystropheus is one of the most well-described non-archosauriform archosauromorphs, known from numerous fossils, including nearly complete skeletons. Some species within the genus may have reached a total length of 6 meters (20 feet), making Tanystropheus the longest non-archosauriform archosauromorph as well. Its genus name means long hinged.
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4: Raeticodactylus, A genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Triassic lower Kössen Formation (about 213-209 million years ago) of the central Austroalpine of Grisons, Switzerland. It had a wingspan of 4.41 feet. It has been debated whether it was a piscivore or omnivore.
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Frontier should catch up to Prehistoric Kingdom by adding Plateosaurus to Jurassic World: Evolution 2.
 
Frontier should catch up to Prehistoric Kingdom by adding Plateosaurus to Jurassic World: Evolution 2.
What are your thoughts on Ordosiodon? I had hard time finding herbivorous species from the early Triassic period, aside from Lystrosaurus. The only species I was able to find aside from Ordosiodon were Hazhenia, which is known only from a single skull fossil, and Shaanbeikannemeyeria, which I thought might look too similar Lystrosaurus.
 
What are your thoughts on Ordosiodon? I had hard time finding herbivorous species from the early Triassic period, aside from Lystrosaurus. The only species I was able to find aside from Ordosiodon were Hazhenia, which is known only from a single skull fossil, and Shaanbeikannemeyeria, which I thought might look too similar Lystrosaurus.

I have no data on Ordosiodon. Lystrosaurus look more to be of Permian instead of Early Triassic.
 
Doing Triassic packs (and Jurassic ones) could be a bit tougher than Cretaceous packs, if only because they have three epochs instead of two; Early, Middle and Late...

The balance of the options make things a little difficult as well; the Early Triassic is fairly lacking in good choices while the Middle and Late have more than enough for several packs.

[] Early Triassic []-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Erythrosuchus
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A very large predator, having a comically oversized head... it actually hails from the earliest part of the Middle Triassic, but it's pretty tough creating a good Early Triassic pack so I'm putting it here because... close enough...

  • Kannemeyeria
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One of the first large herbivores of the Triassic; a massive dicynodont like Placerias... a contemporary of Erythrosuchus, it too hails from the very start of the Middle Triassic, but what else can I put here?

  • Thrinaxodon
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A contemporary of Lystrosaurus... it's an interesting suggestion, being a therapsid on the line that eventually led to true mammals, although its legs were held out to the sides like a reptiles... being "about as large as a fox" according to Wikipedia, it's probably big enough to work with.

  • Utatsusaurus
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A small, basal ichthyosaur... it's among the most primitive known.


[] Middle Triassic []---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Prestosuchus
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Physically similar to Postosuchus, although not closely related... it was comparable in size to the largest rauisuchians like Fasolasuchus.

  • Shringasaurus
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A large and unusual animal... build kind of like a Brachiosaurus, with horns like a ceratopsian on its head.

  • Cymbospondylus
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A large and primitive ichthyosaur... built somewhat like an eel, making it quite different from other ichthyosaurs.

  • Placodus
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A fairly large marine reptile (almost ten feet long!), built like a giant iguana... its teeth suggest it ate shellfish and adaptations suggest a semi-aquatic lifestyle, like a modern seal.


[] Late Triassic []------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Plateosaurus
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An absolutely essential addition... the lack of prosauropods in JWE remains an annoyance, and this is easily the most iconic.

  • Eoraptor
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The "first dinosaur" or so it's often said... a contemporary of Herrerasaurus, it's small and primitive, and though it is thought to be closer to sauropods now, it's still very theropod like and possibly an omnivore...

  • Sillosuchus
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A potentially massive shuvosaurid; not a dinosaur at all. Another contemporary of Herrerasaurus, it vaguely resembles a massive theropod... but it was actually a herbivore with a beaked mouth.

  • Hyperodapedon
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One of the largest rhynchosaurs; unique herbivores with wide heads and long incisors for chewing... it too lived alongside Herrerasaurus... as well as Eoraptor and Sillosuchus, making a nice trio for a diverse mixed exhibit.
 
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My Suggestions for Triassic Pack :
1. Plateosaurus ( 9m long) .... To have at least one big Herbivore Dinosaur of the Triassic for JWE II please !!!!!
2. Postosuchus ( 5 m Long) .... terrestrial Apex Predator of the Triassic.
3. Tanystropheus ( 6m Long) ..... Lagoon animal or for shallow water of normal enclosoures able to use the fishfeeder.
4. Austriadactylus (1,2 wingspan) .... At least One Pterosaur of the Triassic for JWE II !
 
I know, but you mentioned Prehistoric Kingdom and that's where it came from.

@TheDinoGuy That is correct.

Speaking of Protoceratops, Psittacosaurus, Archaeopteryx, and Microraptor; take these up to this thread.

 
Doing Triassic packs (and Jurassic ones) could be a bit tougher than Cretaceous packs, if only because they have three epochs instead of two; Early, Middle and Late...

The balance of the options make things a little difficult as well; the Early Triassic is fairly lacking in good choices while the Middle and Late have more than enough for several packs.

[] Early Triassic []-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Erythrosuchus
Erythrosuchus.png

A very large predator, having a comically oversized head... it actually hails from the earliest part of the Middle Triassic, but it's pretty tough creating a good Early Triassic pack so I'm putting it here because... close enough...

  • Kannemeyeria
Kannemeyeria_DB.jpg

One of the first large herbivores of the Triassic; a massive dicynodont like Placerias... a contemporary of Erythrosuchus, it too hails from the very start of the Middle Triassic, but what else can I put here?

  • Thrinaxodon
Thrinaxodon_BW.jpg

A contemporary of Lystrosaurus... it's an interesting suggestion, being a therapsid on the line that eventually led to true mammals, although its legs were held out to the sides like a reptiles... being "about as large as a fox" according to Wikipedia, it's probably big enough to work with.

  • Utatsusaurus
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A small, basal ichthyosaur... it's among the most primitive known.


[] Middle Triassic []---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Prestosuchus
Prestosuchus-chiniquensis_%282%29.jpg

Physically similar to Postosuchus, although not closely related... it was comparable in size to the largest rauisuchians like Fasolasuchus.

  • Shringasaurus
Shringasarus.jpg

A large and unusual animal... build kind of like a Brachiosaurus, with horns like a ceratopsian on its head.

  • Cymbospondylus
Cymbospondylus_youngorum_reconstruction_2023.jpg

A large and primitive ichthyosaur... built somewhat like an eel, making it quite different from other ichthyosaurs.

  • Placodus
Placodus_BW.jpg

A fairly large marine reptile (almost ten feet long!), built like a giant iguana... its teeth suggest it ate shellfish and adaptations suggest a semi-aquatic lifestyle, like a modern seal.


[] Late Triassic []------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Plateosaurus
90

An absolutely essential addition... the lack of prosauropods in JWE remains an annoyance, and this is easily the most iconic.

  • Eoraptor
Eoraptor_NT_small.jpg

The "first dinosaur" or so it's often said... a contemporary of Herrerasaurus, it's small and primitive, and though it is thought to be closer to sauropods now, it's still very theropod like and possibly an omnivore...

  • Sillosuchus
nczg70zrc2871.png

A potentially massive shuvosaurid; not a dinosaur at all. Another contemporary of Herrerasaurus, it vaguely resembles a massive theropod... but it was actually a herbivore with a beaked mouth.

  • Hyperodapedon
Hyperodapedon_NT_small.jpg

One of the largest rhynchosaurs; unique herbivores with wide heads and long incisors for chewing... it too lived alongside Herrerasaurus... as well as Eoraptor and Sillosuchus, making a nice trio for a diverse mixed exhibit.
I just realized that I forgot to make suggestions for the middle Triassic period. So I will make some suggestions for a middle Triassic species pack here:
1: Cynognathus, An extinct genus of large-bodied cynodontian therapsids that lived in the Middle Triassic. Cynognathus was a 1.2-metre (3 ft 11 in) long predator closely related to mammals and had a southern hemispheric distribution. Fossils have so far been recovered from South Africa, Argentina, Antarctica, and Namibia. The generic name Cynognathus is derived from Greek kyon and gnathos, meaning "dog jaw". (Top, left of picture)
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2: Venetoraptor, An extinct genus of lagerpetid archosaurs from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation (Paraná Basin) of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It grew to be around 3.15 feet long. It is thought to have been able to climb trees based recurved beak and grasping hands with large claws. Its diet is not currently known, but birds with raptor-like beaks tend to be adapted for tearing flesh and the consuming hard fruit, according to Wikipedia. The generic name, "Venetoraptor", combines a reference to the tourist locality "Vale Vêneto" with the Latin word "raptor", meaning "plunderer". The specific name, "gassenae", honors Valserina M. B. Gassen, a founder of the paleontology center at the Federal University of Santa Maria. Venetoraptor is a close relative of pterosaurs.
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3: Lotosaurus, an extinct genus of sail-backed poposauroid known from Hunan Province of central China. It grew between 1.5 to 2.5 meters (4.9 to 8.2 feet) long and a heavily built quadruped. It had a herbivorous lifestyle. The specific name is derived from the Greek a and denta, meaning "toothless", in reference to its toothless beak. At the site where most fossils of this genus were found, a large number of individuals were found to have died at the same time, which suggests that they may have traveled in groups.
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4: Dinocephalosaurus, a genus of long necked, aquatic protorosaur that inhabited the Triassic seas of China. It is thought to be a marine species based on poorly-ossified and paddle-like limbs which would have prevented it from going ashore. One specimen discovered at the Luoping locality preserves a embryo within its abdomen, indicating that Dinocephalosaurus gave birth to live young like many other marine reptiles. Dinocephalosaurus is the only known member of the Archosauromorpha to give live birth, with the possible exception of the metriorhynchids, a group of marine crocodylomorphs. It was a large member of the Protorosauria, attaining a maximum body length of at least 3.5 m (11 ft). Its name is derived from the Latin words din- ("terrible"), cephalo- ("head"), and saur ("lizard") to create the genus name Dinocephalosaurus, which refers to the "ghastful skull" of the holotype.
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Qianosuchus, An extinct genus of aquatic poposauroid archosaur from the middle Triassic Guanling Formation of Pan County, China. It is represented by two nearly complete skeletons and a crushed skull preserved in the limestone. Qianosuchus grew to be around 3 meters long. It had several skeletal adaptations which indicate that it had a semi-marine lifestyle, similar to modern-day saltwater crocodiles. These adaptations have not been seen in any other archosaur from the Triassic.
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I will always support the idea for more triassic animals to pick from.

So far, we have:

• Icthyosaurus
• Shonisaurus
• Nothosaurus
• Herrerasaurus
• Ceolophysis
• Lystrosaurus

One more pack of triassic creatures would make me happy. We need more herbivores and an animal for the Aviary, that way we could have a healthy enough roster of triassic animals to choose from.
 
I will always support the idea for more Triassic animals to pick from.

So far, we have:

• Ichthyosaurus
• Shonisaurus
• Nothosaurus
• Herrerasaurus
• Coelophysis
• Lystrosaurus

One more pack of Triassic creatures would make me happy. We need more herbivores and an animal for the Aviary, that way we could have a healthy enough roster of Triassic animals to choose from.
I think it would be nice if Frontier would make two species packs focused on species from the Triassic period and two species packs focusing on species from the Jurassic period. That way both of those time periods have similar number of species packs that deal with them as the Cretaceous period does.
 
How about 2 DLC'S with a lil bit of everything. View attachment 392825
Nice Suggestions ;) !
But I would like 2 other animals in a Triassic Pack as must haves....
1.) Tanystropheus. There are lots of allmost complete skelletons for 3 Species of this Genus.
smal (1-1,5 m), middle size species (3 - 4m) and the biggest with up to 6m in length.
It would be perfect with Nothosaurus for lagoonplatforms.
2.) At least ONE Pterosaur of the Triassic !!! .... Either
A.) Reaticodactylus (1,4m wingspan) or....
B.) Austriadactylus (1,2m wingspan)
 
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