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Dinosaurs by Era

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2024-10-15 10:14:01

Introduction

So, you want to build a Jurassic Park which, unlike the novels and movies, actually contains only dinosaurs from the Jurassic era? Then you've come to the right place!

JWE2 features animals spanning around 360 million years of history - there is no gameplay problem with mixing dinosaurs from different eras and so this guide primarily for those who want to build parks or enclosures with dinosaurs themed around particular eras.

The information here comes from the games own information and isn't cross checked against current dino-knowledge, so if its wrong email the devs and not me :)

Devonian

Spanning a period of time approximately 419 to 359 million years ago, this is the oldest period of time covered by the game, and is represented by a single species.

Marine

Dunkleosteus

Permian

Preceding the "age of Dinosaurs" the Permian period was approximately 299 to 251 Million years ago, within the game this period is represented by two species.

Terrestrial

Dimetrodon

Lystrosaurus

Triassic

The Triassic period, approximately 251 - 201 million years ago is the period of time when the first Dinosaurs roamed the Earth, this is mirrored in the game with the appearance of five species, two of which are true Dinosaurs.

Marine

Nothosaurus

Ichthyosaurus

Shonisaurus

Terrestrial

Coelophysis

Herrerasaurus

The game lists "Nothosaurus" as being "Triassic" whilst indicating the other species from this era as being "late Triassic" - I haven't distinguished between epochs here but will for other eras.

Early - Mid Jurassic

Now we're into it! The Jurassic era (approx. 201 - 145 Million years ago) features some of the iconic and recognisable dinosaur species - albeit only 26 of the 122 species featured in the game come from this era.

The games database distinguishes between Early, Mid and Late Jurassic species, I've grouped the Early - Mid (up to the 166/165 MYA mark) species together here, with the exception of Jeholopterus which is designated "Mid-Late" so its gone into the Late Jurassic section.

Marine

Attenborosaurus

Plesiosaurus

Terrestrial

Cryolophosaurus

Dilophosaurus

Huayangosaurus

Megalosaurus

Monolophosaurus

Proceratosaurus

Segisaurus

Flying

Dimorphodon

Late Jurassic

Following on from the above, the late Jurassic period (161 - 145 million years ago) is represented in JWE2 by 16 species, listed for your convenience below.

Marine

Liopleurodon

Terrestrial

Allosaurus

Apatosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Camarasaurus

Ceratosaurus

Chunkingosaurus

Compsognathus

Diplodocus

Dryosaurus

Gigantspinosaurus

Kentrosaurus

Mamenchisaurus

Metriacanthosaurus

Stegosaurus

Flying

Jeholopterus

Early Cretaceous

The Cretaceous period was the last era where dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and spanned from 145 to 66 Million years ago. The bulk of animals represented in JWE2, as well as some of the most iconic species from the Jurassic Park/World franchise come from this era.

The in-game database splits animals from this era into Early and Late Cretaceous, and so I've done the same here.

Marine

Kronosaurus

Terrestrial

Acrocanthosaurus

Amargosaurus

Baryonyx

Concavenator

Deinonychus

Iguanodon

Minmi

Muttaburrasaurus

Nigersaurus

Ouranosaurus

Polocanthus

Sinosauropteryx

Suchomimus

Utahraptor

Wuerhosaurus

Yutyrannus

Flying

Cearodactylus

Dsungaripterus

Maaradactylus

Tapejara

Tropeognathus

Late Cretaceous

By far the largest category in the game, with the majority of animals represented here.

Marine

Archelon

Elasmosaurus

Mosasaurus

Styxosaurus

Tylosaurus

Terrestrial

Alamosaurus

Albertosaurus

Ankylosaurus

Archaeornithomimus

Atrociraptor

Australovenator

Carcharodontosaurus

Carnotaurus

Chasmosaurus

Corythosaurus

Crichtonosaurus

Deinocheirus

Dracorex

Dreadnoughtus

Edmontosaurus

Euoplocephalus

Gallimimus

Giganotosaurus

Gigantoraptor

Homolocephale

Maiasaura

Majungasaurus

Microceratus

Moros Intrepidus

Nasutoceratops

Nodosaurus

Olorotitan

Oviraptor

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachyrhinosaurus

Parasaurolophus

Pentaceratops

Pyroraptor

Qianzhousaurus

Sauropelta

Sinoceratops

Spinosaurus

Struthiomimus

Stygiomoloch

Styracosaurus

Tarbosaurus

Therizinosaurus

Torosaurus

Triceratops

Troodon

Tsintaosaurus

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Velociraptor

Flying

Barbaridactylus

Geosternbergia

Pteranodon

Quetzalcoatlus

Thanatosdrakon

Miocene

The Miocene period dates from around 23 Million years ago to 5 million years ago, and has one representative in JWE2

Marine

Megalodon

Holocene

The Holocene is the current period we are in, which started 11,700 years ago, JWE2 uses this period to cover its various hybrid species, which I've included here for reasons of completeness.

Terrestrial

Ankylodocus

Indominus Rex

Indoraptor

Scorpios Rex

Spinoceratops

Spinoraptor

Stegoceratops

Conclusion

I hope this list has been useful to you avid park builders, if you've found this useful, or if you've spotted any errors please leave a comment :)

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3332977257

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