Pachyrhinosaurus

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## *Pachyrhinosaurus*

* Evolution 2
* Database

## Classification

### Family

Ceratopsidae

* Evolution 2

## Size

### Weight

2.4 m
(7.9 feet)
6.1 m
(20 feet)
3,000 kg
(3 tons)

## Environment

### Minimum population

4
3

### Ground fiber

5%
48%
48%

## Cohabitation

### Likes

Ornithomimosaurid
Ceratopsid
Ankylosaurid
Hadrosaurid

### Dislikes

*Torosaurus*
*Sinoceratops*
Dr. Wu Hybrids
Stegosaurid
*Therizinosaurus*

## Incubation

### Cost

$270,000

***Pachyrhinosaurus*** is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur in *Evolution 2*. It originated from Late Cretaceous North America.

## History

*Pachyrhinosaurus* was one of the species intended to be exhibited in the original Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar. However, it had not been cloned at the time of the 1993 incident. A 1996 asset catalogue of the dinosaurs present on Nublar and InGen's Site B facility on Isla Sorna, reported that 8% of the *Pachyrhinosaurus* genome had been completed.

## Characteristics

Measuring around six meters in length and weighing as much as three tons, *Pachyrhinosaurus* is a herbivorous dinosaur from the ceratopsid family, with strong teeth in its cheeks for breaking down tough vegetation. Its name translates to "*Thick-Nosed Lizard*", referring the unusual blunt shape of its snout. Rather than nasal or brow horns typically seen in other ceratopsians, *Pachyrhinosaurus* bares a massive, thick, flattened bone on their heads, commonly referred to as a "*nasal boss*", with one over the nose and another smaller one over the eyes.

## Paleontology

The first *Pachyrhinosaurus* remains were recovered from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta in the mid-1940s, and were described by American fossil expert Charles Mortram Sternberg in 1950. The initial find consisted of two partial skulls, while further investigation of the site unearthed additional fossils in subsequent years.

*Pachyrhinosaurus* is an herbivorous dinosaur from the ceratopsid family, with strong teeth in its cheeks for breaking down tough vegetation. Its name comes from the unusual blunt shape of its snout – *Pachyrhinosaurus* translates to "*Thick-Nosed Lizard*" – while this genus is identifiable by the array of adornments on its skull, including a frill and horns. *Pachyrhinosaurus* can grow up to six metres in length, and weigh as much as three tonnes.

### Paleoecology

*Pachyrhinosaurus* lived around 75-66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, and is native to Canada. It co-existed alongside many other species of dinosaurs such as fellow ceratopsians *Anchiceratops* and *Arrhinoceratops*, the ankylosaur *Edmontonia*, hadrosaurs *Edmontosaurus* and *Saurolophus*, as well as theropods such as *Atrociraptor*, *Struthiomimus*, *Troodon*, and the apex predator *Albertosaurus*. The discovery of communal bone beds suggests that it lived in large herds and migrated great distances. It foraged in woodlands for food, with its diet consisting mainly of leaves, shrubs and plants.

## Trivia

* Despite being based on the species *Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai*, with the three-pronged horn in the middle of the frill, the player unlocks this dinosaur by sending dig teams to the Horseshoe Canyon formation, where *Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis*, a different species of *Pachyrhinosaurus*, is from. *P. lakustai* was actually found in the nearby Wapiti formation.

## References

1. ↑ *What Killed the Gene Guard Act?*. (February 23, 2018). Dinosaur Protection Group. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
2. ↑ *Pachyrhinosaurus*. Jurassic World Evolution 2 Database. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
3. ↑ *Pachyrhinosaurus*. Prehistoric Wildlife. Retrieved April 28, 2023.