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"item.prehistoricfauna.thagomizer": "Thagomizer",
"item.prehistoricfauna.geological_hammer": "Geological Hammer",
"item.prehistoricfauna.plant_fiber": "Plant Fiber",
"block.prehistoricfauna.plant_fiber_block": "Block of Plant Fiber",
"block.prehistoricfauna.plant_fiber_block": "Plant Fiber Bale",
"block.prehistoricfauna.thatch": "Thatch",
"block.prehistoricfauna.thatch_slab": "Thatch Slab",
"block.prehistoricfauna.thatch_stairs": "Thatch Stairs",
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"item.prehistoricfauna.dilophosaurus_skeleton": "Dilophosaurus Skeletal Mount",
"block.prehistoricfauna.dilophosaurus_crate": "Fossil Crate",
"entity.prehistoricfauna.scelidosaurus_skeleton": "Scelidosaurus Skeletal Mount",
"item.prehistoricfauna.scelidosaurus_skeleton": "Scelidosaurus Skeleton Mount",
"item.prehistoricfauna.scelidosaurus_skeleton": "Scelidosaurus Skeletal Mount",
"block.prehistoricfuana.scelidosaurus_crate": "Fossil Crate",
"item.prehistoricfauna.thagomizer_pickaxe": "Thagomizer Pickaxe",
"item.prehistoricfauna.dromaeosaur_claw_scythe": "Dromaeosaur Claw Scythe",
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"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.allosaurusBite": "Allosaurus bites",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.allosaurusHurt": "Allosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.allosaurusDeath": "Allosaurus dies",
"prehsitoricfauna.subtitle.allosaurusSnores": "Allosaurus snores",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.allosaurusSnores": "Allosaurus snores",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.hesperornithoidesIdle": "Hesperornithoides squeaks",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.hesperornithoidesHurt": "Hesperornithoides hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.hesperornithoidesDeath": "Hesperornithoides dies",
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"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.citipatiIdle": "Citipati honks",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.citipatiHurt": "Citipati hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.citipatiDeath": "Citipati dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.citipatiWarning": "Citipati ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.citipatiWarning": "Citipati hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.telmasaurusIdle": "Telmasaurus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.telmasaurusHurt": "Telmasaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.telmasaurusDeath": "Telmasaurus dies",
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"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.pinacosaurusIdle": "Pinacosaurus gurgles",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.pinacosaurusHurt": "Pinacosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.pinacosaurusDeath": "Pinacosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.pinacosaurusWarning": "Pinacosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.pinacosaurusWarning": "Pinacosaurus broadcasts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.plesiohadrosIdle": "Plesiohadros bellows",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.plesiohadrosHurt": "Plesiohadros hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.plesiohadrosDeath": "Plesiohadros dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.plesiohadrosWarning": "Plesiohadros ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusIdle": "Dilophosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.plesiohadrosWarning": "Plesiohadros broadcasts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusIdle": "Dilophosaurus trombles",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusBite": "Dilophosaurus bites",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusHurt": "Dilophosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusDeath": "Dilophosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusWarn": "Dilophosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.dilophosaurusWarning": "Dilophosaurus clatters",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.megapnosaurusIdle": "Megapnosaurus trills",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.megapnosaurusHurt": "Megapnosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.megapnosaurusDeath": "Megapnosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.megapnosaurusWarn": "Megapnosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusIdle": "Sarahsaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.megapnosaurusWarning": "Megapnosaurus shrieks",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusIdle": "Sarahsaurus grunts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusHurt": "Sarahsaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusDeath": "Sarahsaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusWarn": "Sarahsaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scelidosaurusIdle": "Scelidosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.sarahsaurusWarning": "Sarahsaurus bellows",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scelidosaurusIdle": "Scelidosaurus honks",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scelidosaurusHurt": "Scelidosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scelidosaurusDeath": "Scelidosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scelidosaurusWarning": "Scelidosaurus broadcasts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scutellosaurusIdle": "Scutellosaurus groans",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scutellosaurusHurt": "Scutellosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.scutellosaurusDeath": "Scutellosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.calsoyasuchusIdle": "Calsoyasuchus bellows",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.calsoyasuchusHurt": "Calsoyasuchus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.calsoyasuchusDeath": "Calsoyasuchus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.calsoyasuchusWarn": "Calsoyasuchus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.calsoyasuchusWarning": "Calsoyasuchus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.kayentatheriumIdle": "Kayentatherium grunts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.kayentatheriumHurt": "Kayentatherium hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.kayentatheriumDeath": "Kayentatherium dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.trilophosaurusIdle": "Trilophosaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.trilophosaurusIdle": "Trilophosaurus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.trilophosaurusHurt": "Trilophosaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.trilophosaurusDeath": "Trilophosaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.desmatosuchusIdle": "Desmatosuchus guahs",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.desmatosuchusHurt": "Desmatosuchus hurts",
"prehsitoricfauna.subtitle.desmatosuchusWarn": "Desmatosuchus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.desmatosuchusWarning": "Desmatosuchus bellows",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.desmatosuchusDeath": "Desmatosuchus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusIdle": "Postosuchus groans",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusBite": "Postosuchus bites",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusHurt": "Postosuchus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusDeath": "Postosuchus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusWarn": "Postosuchus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasIdle": "Placerias ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.postosuchusWarning": "Postosuchus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasIdle": "Placerias gargles",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasHurt": "Placerias hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasDeath": "Placerias dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasWarn": "Placerias ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.placeriasWarning": "Placerias groars",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.coelophysisIdle": "Coelophysis chirps",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.coelophysisHurt": "Coelophysis hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.coelophysisDeath": "Coelophysis dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.coelophysisWarning": "Coelophysis urahs",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusIdle": "Poposaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusIdle": "Poposaurus growls",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusBite": "Poposaurus bites",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusHurt": "Poposaurus hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusDeath": "Poposaurus dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusWarn": "Poposaurus ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.typothoraxIdle": "Typothorax ?",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.poposaurusWarning": "Poposaurus hisses",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.typothoraxIdle": "Typothorax honks",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.typothoraxHurt": "Typothorax hurts",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.typothoraxDeath": "Typothorax dies",
"prehistoricfauna.subtitle.portal": "Portal wooshes",
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"entity.prehistoricfauna.skeleton.neutral": "Neutral",
"entity.prehistoricfauna.skeleton.rotating": "Rotating",
"entity.prehistoricfauna.skeleton.pushable": "Pushable"
}
}
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While studying the horsetails that
grow here, I stumbled upon a
flock of Aepyornithomimus! A flock
of seven were eating away at
Cobbania growing along the shore
before they noticed me.
Interestingly, they all ran in a
group from me, rather than
scampering off into different
directions like other animals I've
encountered.

These feathered theropods
belong to a group known as
ornithomimids, or bird-mimics. Their
behavior reminded me of birds
back home flying away when
children came near them. After
several hours of cautious
observation, several fell asleep,
while others stayed awake for
several more hours. I believe that
they are cathemeral, and don't
necessarily sleep on any form of
schedule.
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When approaching a lake, I noticed
something floating atop the water.
I originally believed it was a stick,
but upon closer examination, it
was a small crocodilian. I believe
that this was Calsoyasuchus. It
tried lurching at me when I was
drinking, but I was able to back
away. Luckily, it is far faster in
the water than it is on land, so I
was able to get back before it
could take my foot.

While returning to the watering
hole, I noticed a group of
Calsoyasuchus on the shore. They
had dragged several Ceratodus
onto shore and were eating or
sleeping on the rocks. I figure
that they must be crepuscular, as
they don't seem to have a
collective schedule beyond
basking when it's hot enough.
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In my years of exploration
attempting to document these
strange lands, I have begun to
feel the toll of all my scars and
broken bones. For this reason I
set out from Ischigualasto to find
a suitably scenic place to rest.
After many miles I found a chain
of mountains in a warm, tropical
region. The trees are
predominantly of the strange
Cheirolepid variety, with their
strange succulent-like foliages, in
abundances and sizes I could only
find here. The mountains ring
around a wide valley landscape to
the north, crossed with dense
swamps and wide sand-choked
lakebeds, which I believe
represents the creation of the
great Chinle Group in the American
southwest. Such lush warm places
have always been my favorites,
and although I will continue to
explore and document, I believe
this is the last place I will live in.

Plants of Chinle

Agathoxylon
It is a towering conifer with great
ridges in its bark, this tree is
amongst the tallest I've ever seen
and certainly the heartiest, with a
trunk a whole three meters
across. It is absent from the
mountains but dominate in the
lowlands, the swamps especially
being stable enough for them to
grow to huge sizes over many,
many years. It contains multiple
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very similar species, some
relatives of Araucaria, some being
Cheirolepids.

Woodworthia
These trees are common in the
mountains, and are very peculiar.
The wildfires which plague the
land affect their growth harshly:
lower branches are burnt away
and scar with thick woody knobs
which come to cover their long,
thin trunks. Their hardy
Cheirolepid foliage is wonderfully
vibrant.

Schilderia
On the rare occasions I find this
tree, it puts me in awe. They are of
a medium height, outcompeted by
the other trees yet nothing to
sneeze at, but their true wonder
is in their width. The dark foliage
has many long upwards facing
limbs, like an immense artichoke,
stretching the tree into a girth
like a great castle. When I felled
one, the wood surprised me with
its vibrant magenta hue! I have
taken great pride in the beautiful
rocking chairs I have carved
from it.

Clathropteris
Very common ferns, with long
fronds radiating off the top of a
long thin stem.

Phlebopteris
Quite akin to the related
Clathropteris, and also
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very common. The fronds are wide
and looping. Chinle is the only
location where I have discovered
this plant, which is quite
fascinating.

Cladophlebis
Cladophlebis is a fern which I
have long known to be water-
loving but weedy, crowding out
many other grounds plants and
being the first to grow when a dry
wasteland is quenched with water,
yet strangely in the wet tropical
Chinle where I would have
expected it to reach its peak, it is
of only a moderate abundance and
does not outgrow the other
foliage.

Horsetail
An ever-consistent food source
for animals throughout the ages.
In Chinle I have finally found a
relative which was lost in later
eras, the Neocalamites.

Otozamites
They are spindly Benettitaleans.
Whenever I see blood on its
fronds I remember his scream,
which I have not heard for many
years now...

Zamites
The tall, hardy Zamites are mostly
just found in the sandy seasonal
lake beds. It is a strange place to
be reminded of my early
adventures.
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Neocalamites
Small descendants of the long-
extinct towering Calamites which I
have so far only heard as
legends from other explorers,
Neocalamites are survivors of the
dangerous Permian, a time I never
managed to cross, who eked out
an existence along the riverbanks
of the Triassic. Though a shadow
of past sizes, Neocalamites are
still appreciably tall and hearty.
Springing up in great densities
in Chinle's lowlands, I have found
that they are dense enough to rig
and carve into a good building
material.
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While I was observing a nest, a
very interesting theropod
dinosaur approached. Sporting
fluffy feathers and a noticeable
head crest, I knew that I was in
the presence of the oviraptorid
Citipati. Despite being an
"egg-thief", the Citipati
approached the eggs, puffed out
its feathers, and roosted on them,
providing shade from the midday
sun. Upon arrival though, a large
lizard cautiously approached the
nest. Before it could grab an egg,
another Citiapti rushed out of the
nearby plant covering and began
to chase it.

After several hours, the other
Citipati returned carrying what
looked to be the corpse of that
lizard. They shared it, and when
the sun set, began to doze off.
Despite the great heat, these
Citipati appear to be diurnal.
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I discovered another interesting
animal at midday. Hiking the sides
of the mountain with fresh
Trilophosaurus meat, I
encountered fuzzy dinosaurs
sleeping on top of one another!
They have long necks and thin
snouts filled with sharp teeth, and
a vibrant orange coat of
feathers. Knowing instantly it was
a predatory theropod, I made
haste to return to my home with my
haul. I believe the species may be
Coelophysis bauri, a common fossil
found in the rocks this place
would eventually preserve. Since
the animals I saw were sleeping
during the day, it may be worth
searching for them at night to
see if they are nocturnal!
After watching the lowlands for
multiple nights, I am quite confident
the vibrant theropods are
Coelophysis due to their great
numbers, and their more frequent
use of hands to grab food. They
are indeed nocturnal, likely having
good night vision thanks to their
reflective inner eyes which make
them quite intimidating to see at
night. They seem to have a degree
of sociality, not moving in groups
but tolerating and communicating
between each other as they
forage. Neither of the larger non
-dinosaur predators seem to be
active at this time, so
Coelophysis's nocturnality is
probably their way of avoiding
becoming food!
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