I created a list of dinosaurs that actually lived together, for max accurate exhibits
Looking For All Jurassic World Evolution dinosaurs listed by their Era?
Why is the Jurassic period the one most popularly associated with dinosaurs, when most of the most recognizable dinosaur species are from the Cretaceous?
I made a spreadsheet of all the animals in JWE2 sorted by time period.
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If you are like me and prefer accurate exhibits, then this list will come in handy. I have grouped animals that we can reasonably infer lived together in real life, matching both time of their existence and where exactly they lived. I have also added information on their environment where available, even though JWE does not simulate biomes, so poor Rexy will have to keep on sweating in the tropical jungle.A few notes on how to use this list:
Hybrids are missing, for obvious reasons.
Some species can be "doubled" in places where there are known variants. For instance, Brachiosaurus is an American animal, but Giraffatitan (which is so similar it used to be called Brachiosaurus itself) is an African one. Make use of the skin variants to headcanon different environments!
Some dinosaurs are placed where they are as an approximation. There are some 15 million years between Torosaurus and Nodosaurus, but that was the closest grouping for the latter.
Other animals simply have no contemporaries in game (hello Dilo) or no animal that shared their ecosystem at that time (Muttaburra is pretty lonely, as is Giga).
This is obviously pretty imbalanced and I suspect it might clash with space optimization, so it's unlikely you can get all these exhibits in any one island. Social needs complicate it even further. I haven't come round to making a suggested exhibits list yet but I might.
Alright, enough waffling, here it is.
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Very Late Cretaceous North America
Dracorex (dubious genus, might be a young Pachy)
Stygimoloch (dubious genus, might be a young Pachy)
Pachycephalosaurus
Edmontosaurus
Triceratops
Torosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Unnamed variant of Struthiomimus
Environment: flat, forested floodplain, coasts and streams
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Late Cretaceous North America
Struthiomimus
Styracosaurus
Chasmosaurus
Corythosaurus
Parasaurolophus (yes, apparently it stretches that far back)
Pentaceratops
Maiasaura
Nodosaurus (has no contemporaries in game, this is the closest bracket)
Environment: rivers and floodplains, occasional swampy approaches to water
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Late Cretaceous China and Mongolia
Velociraptor (exception to environment: semi-desert for this guy)
Gallimimus
Archaeornithomimus
Crichtonsaurus (dubious genus)
Tsintaosaurus (not a real contemporary but reasonably close)
Pro tip: Tarbosaurus was essentially an Asian T.rex, so can be included with skin variants
Environment: rivers and shallow lakes, sand dunes in some formations
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Late Cretaceous Madagascar
Majungasaurus (feels lonely man). Madagascar used to be an island back then as well, so no cigar
Environment: I have absolutely no clue
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Late Cretaceous South America
Carnotaurus
Giganotosaurus (some 30 million years earlier)
Environment: I have absolutely no clue
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Early Cretaceous North America
Deinonychus
Sauropelta
(Fun fact: if we had Acrochantosaurus, it would go here)
Environment: wide floodplains and swamps
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Early Cretaceous Europe
Polacanthus
Baryonyx
Environment: wetlands, marshes and lagoons
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Early Cretaceous Australia/Antarctica
Muttaburrasaurus (feels lonely, man)
Environment: temperate forests
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Early Cretaceous Africa
Spinosaurus
Suchomimus
(Fun fact, if we had Ourano and Carcha they would go here)
Environment: wetlands, marshes and lagoons
Note that Suchomimus and Spinosaurus don't necessarily overlap, as Sucho/Ourano lived slightly earlier and further South than Spino/Carcha (for JPOG reference)
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Very Early Cretaceous Europe
Metriachantosaurus (feels lonely, man)
Environment: lagoons and tropical coasts
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Late Jurassic North America
Stegosaurus
Allosaurus
Ceratosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Apatosaurus
Diplodocus
Camarasaurus
Environment: semiarid savannah with distinct wet and dry season
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Late Jurassic Africa
Kentrosaurus
Brachiosaurus (technically, its African variant Giraffatitan)
Allosaurus (its African variant)
Ceratosaurus (its two African variants)
Environment: shallow lagoons with flat coasts and inland vegetation
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Middle and Late Jurassic China
Gigantspinosaurus
Huayangosaurus
Chungkingosaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Environment: I have absolutely no clue
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Early Jurassic North America
Dilophosaurus (feels lonely, man)
Environment: tropical riverrine jungle
Note: a Chinese Dilophosaurus was described in 1993, but was later assigned to a different genus, Sinosaurus.
Alphabetized and Sorted by Era All dinosaurs are categorized by the Eras they lived through. I saw a bunch of people had the same idea as me for building their parks from "oldest" to newest" or vice versa so it was like a tour through time. Also noticed too that the lists on Reddit weren't the best and hadnt been updated since launch, mine include all the DLC dinos as well.
Hope this helps!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U6n_fQOy34FnUzZUl31-Xn-MQ8McRjIOSNHUfEPUsE0/edit?usp=sharing