Talk:Get The Dino You Want/@comment-65.191.172.92-20120815164302/@comment-5051663-20120820004457

The roller coaster is an Old Favorite. When was it introduced? Early June. What was the active Tier 1 Air dino at the time? Brontornis. Well, they didn't actually have Dino Fusion working quite then, but when it started about a week later the Brontornis was active.

Dino Cycles generally start when a new dino is introduced (but not always: the mesohippus did not start a new cycle). That happens about every two weeks.

Here's my reconstruction of the Dino Cycles:

June 5: Woolly Rhino introduced and active, the first Tier 2 Tundra dino. Well, actually Dino Fusion didn't start until about a week later. It is required that in any tier 1-3 you have an Air dino, a Tundra dino, and at least one Forest or Desert dino, otherwise there is a fusion combination that has no valid result.

June 15: Spinosaurus introduced and active, the first Tier 1 Forest dino.

June 29: Corythosaurus introduced and active, the first Tier 2 Forest dino.

July 14: Giant Sloth introduced and active, Sabretooth Tiger goes to sleep. Triceratops active, Corythosaurus goes to sleep. Either July 14 or July 20: Pterodactyl active, Brontornis goes to sleep.

July 20: Ingridia introduced and active, Archaeopteryx goes to sleep. Lucky Mammoth changed to tier 1 and becomes active, Andrewsarchus goes to sleep. Love Stegosaurus changed to tier 1 and is asleep. Either July 14 or July 20: Pterodactyl active, Brontornis goes to sleep.

July 27: Minmi introduced and active, the first Tier 3 desert dino.

The introduction of the mesohippus did *NOT* start a new cycle.

August 18: Nemicolopterus introduced and active, Bambiraptor goes to sleep.

I am making some assumptions that changes are made all at once and not gradually over a few days. I'm going by the dates of introduction on the wiki, the actual date for the dino might vary by a day or so either way. I'm also using my record of fusions.