Chungkingosaurus

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***Chungkingosaurus*** is a genus of huayangosaurid dinosaur in the *Jurassic World Evolution *series**, originating from Late Jurassic Asia.

In *Evolution*, *Chungkingosaurus* can be excavated from the Ziliujing Formation dig site during the Campaign Mode on Isla Muerta.

## Characteristics

*Chungkingosaurus* looked fairly similar to *Huayangosaurus*, with diamond shaped plates on its back but it also has four twin pairs of thagomizers, or tail spikes. One of the smallest known stegosaurs - at around three meters in length - *Chungkingosaurus* is an herbivorous dinosaur and gets its name from the location of its discovery, Chongqing in Sichuan, China. Like *Stegosaurus*, *Chungkingosaurus* possesses distinctive spikes adorning its neck, back and tail that helps it to protect itself from predators. The base genome of *Chungkingosaurus* is a light green coloring with dark green stripes on the back with white plates, beak, and spikes.

## Gameplay

### *Evolution*

#### Behaviour

*Chungkingosaurus* is a social dinosaur that lives in medium to large groups and can tolerate a relatively populated exhibit, including other herbivores or even small carnivores such as *Dilophosaurus*.

#### Skins

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 ARID

 JUNGLE

 RAINFOREST

 SAVANNAH

 TUNDRA

## Paleontology

The first *Chungkingosaurus* was discovered in 1977 in the Chunking Group of the Upper Shaximiao Formation, when a group of Chinese paleontologists excavated numerous bones including part of a skeleton, back plates and tail vertebrae. In 1983, Dong Zhiming – one of the group that unearthed the first *Chungkingosaurus* artefact – officially classified it as a member of the Stegosaurinae family.

*Chunkingosaurus* is one of many stegosaurs found at the Dashanpu Formation. *Tuojiangosaurus* is the largest of these stegosaurs, while the others are much smaller. It has been suggested by palaeontologists that the large *Tuojiangosaurus* lived in open plains, while the smaller stegosaurs used their narrower bodies to live in denser forested areas.

*Chunkingosaurus* was slightly more primitive than most stegosaurs of the Late Jurassic, being a direct descendant of the older *Huayangosaurus* which was found in the same location at an older stage of the Jurassic. The skull for example is much deeper and the teeth less well developed. However these traits have given rise to the theory that *Chunkingosaurus* is in fact a juvenile or an adolescent *Tuojiangosaurus*. However, this has not been proven yet.

### Paleoecology

*Chungkingosaurus* lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago, across much of Asia – in particular the Chongqing and Guizhou region of China. It roamed forest areas alongside many giant sauropods like *Mamenchisaurus* and *Omeisaurus*, the large predators *Yangchuanosaurus* and *Szechuanosaurus*, as well as other stegosaurs such as *Tuojiangosaurus*, *Gigantspinosaurus*, and *Chialingosaurus*.

## Behind the scenes

The *Chungkingosaurus* is one of few species in *Jurassic World Evolution* with no prior appearances in the franchise, and was first revealed through its silhouette in a video released by IGN on May 7, 2018, detailing the first twenty minutes of the campaign mode.

## External links

* Chungkingosaurus on Wikipedia

1. ↑ *Jurassic World Evolution: The First 20 Minutes - IGN First* IGN. May 7, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2019 – via YouTube.