Assert that the creature is (second option)

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From: The Osteology Lab


Description summary:
The title and description vary based on the current

Proposed Taxon:TitleDescription
1 - DinosaurornithischianThe attachment of the limb suggests a 'bird-hipped' beast.
11 - Saurischiena theropodWas it a carnivore? It has a fierceness to it.
12 - Ornithischianan ornithopodIt looks like it might have been able to rear up on two legs.
111 - Sauropoda titanosaurusThe largest of the dinosaurs, a beast of almost unbelievable height.
112 - Theropoda coelurusA small, agile hunter; the mesozoic's version of a wolf or a fox.
121 - Stegosauriana polacanthusYou can infer it from the shape of the limb.
122 - Ornithopoda hadrosaurusA spiny, bizarre-looking grazer.

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Unlocked with  is: Dinosaur, Saurischian, Ornithischian, Sauropod, Theropod, Stegosaurian, Ornithopod,  is: A Femur, Possibly Jurassic or The Forelimb of an Unidentified Beast


Challenge information

Narrow, 5 (50% base)

  • 1 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 2 - high-risk (20%)
  • 3 - high-risk (30%)
  • 4 - tough (40%)
  • 5 - very chancy (50%)
  • 6 - chancy (60%)
  • 7 - modest (70%)
  • 8 - very modest (80%)
  • 9 - low-risk (90%)
  • 10 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

Identified

Description summary:
The description varies based on the new level of

Proposed Taxon:Description
12 - OrnithischianIt is, perhaps, a leap to infer the shape of the hips from a limb bone. But palaeontology is a science of careful inferences.
112 - TheropodThis creature must have been a fierce hunter, when it was alive.
122 - OrnithopodYou can see the telltale signs of a versatile grazer, one that could stand on two feet to reach the tender leaves atop the tallest cycads.
1112 - TitanosaurusTitanosaurus is the largest, heaviest beast ever discovered as a fossil – that walked on land, at least. Its legs must have been like the trunks of ancient oak trees.
1122 - CoelurusOne of the smaller dinosaurs, but surely one of the most terrifying ones – like a rabid wolf crossed with an ornery monitor lizard.
1212 - PolacanthusPolacanthus is a strange creature; a bundle of heavy horns and spikes stacked atop a squat quadrupedal body.
1222 - HadrosaurusHadrosaurus had a spectacular crest; alas, your own specimen did not come complete with one.

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Failure

No, not quite

One of Gebrandt's assistants looks over your shoulder and points out a few mistakes in your work. They may or may not be correct, but they seem confident – you should seek out more data.