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| [ARCHIVED] Postozoic (old); Earth, 25, 100, & 200 MYF -- old thread | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 24 2010, 03:42 AM (5,041 Views) | |
| Pando | Feb 24 2010, 03:42 AM Post #1 |
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In this world, Earth is inhabited by humans for the next 5 million years, until they finally leave. Even though they have found out how not to harm nature, a mass extinction has occurred, and animals that are Extinct in the Wild have not been released back into the wild of Earth. Plus evolution has been slow as we have not allowed any mutants that have occurred to breed. Here we jump forward to year 25 million, where we will be looking at life. Also I would like to do 100 million years in the future and 200 million years. World in 25 million years: California has separated and drifted north west, and is covered in lush forests. North America has separated from South America (though not by much) and moved slightly North, causing huge taiga in the North, forests around the current U.S.-Canadian border and around the coasts, huge prairie in the center, in Central America is a rainforest, and the south-eastern corner of the U.S. (around Florida to Louisiana, north to Southern Missouri (due to Mississippi river) and north to South Carolina) is a huge swamp from the slightly higher ocean level (due to more ice melted in Antarctica than frozen in Greenland). South America has drifted slightly northward, causing the entire Northern 2/3 to be covered in rain forest, and the southern third to be covered in savannah. Antarctica has drifted north too, and the southern half is covered in ice sheets, while the northern half covered in tundra savannah (coniferous trees). This has caused unique fauna to evolve in Antarctica. Africa has crashed into Gilbratar, blocking off the Mediterranean and causing it to dry out, forming a huge salt desert. The northern half of Africa is dry savannah with Acaica plants littering the landscape, similar to todays African Savannah. Europe’s western and northern side is covered in forest, the southeastern side is covered in prairie. Asia is covered in rain forest to the south-east, the center of Asia in a huge strip is covered in forest, and now-Russia is covered in taiga. There is also a huge desert in the area of the Gobi desert today. Australia has moved northward to the equator and crashed into Papua New Guinea, it is now covered in rain forest everywhere except for the central savannah, not too different from Africa’s savannah. Africa east of the Nile has broken off and formed East Africa (AKA Lemuria) and is covered in rain-forests. Madagascar has drifted farther from Africa, and is still covered in rain forest. The primary herbivores are lemurs, the primary carnivores are tenrecs, which are very diverse, resembling hedgehogs, otters, weasels, rats, etc... Greenland has become bigger by way of the Canadian isles, and has moved northward to become an Australia-sized north pole Antarctica, effectively keeping the sea level at about the same level. There is also approximately 30% oxygen content in the air from the extra plants in Antarctica, allowing arthropods to become 150% bigger (15 inches big approx), and bigger chordate limit. You can call the habitats by these names. Antarctic savannah tundra. South American savannah/rain forest. North American grassland plains/forest/Central American rain forest/taiga/swamp. Californian forest. West African rain forest/savannah. East African rain forest. Madagascar rain forest. Australian rain forest/savannah. European forest/grassland plains/Mediterranean desert. Asian desert/forest/rain forest/taiga. To name an animal, putting in the begging (name)/(ancestor)/(scientific name, if any)/(habitat) would be nice. I'll put a survivor list, then creatures I created soon. I'll also attach an early draft of it I made, but you need Pages (Mac OS X only) or possibly OpenOffice to open it.
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| Pando | Mar 17 2010, 01:17 PM Post #106 |
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Did I say that they were extinct in Pangea II? In fact, their still the rulers. As I said (I think it was the 2nd page) that in the desert arthropods are the rulers because no tetrapods live in the deserts. They only live in the rain forests which stretch about 200-300 miles inland. |
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| Pando | Mar 18 2010, 03:42 PM Post #107 |
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I've also been thinking about replacing the mersnails with shrimp. |
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| Pando | Mar 20 2010, 01:38 AM Post #108 |
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I have the flying lizard that brought up so many questions. Flizard/Unknown Squamate/Near-worldwide 100 MYF to worldwide 200 MYF: A pterosaur-like flying lizard. They are a new class of animals, with fur, only 2 lower jaw bones, the other 2 ones have turned into ear bones like mammals, endothermic, and a 4 chambered heart (the ventricles of reptiles are already so close to becoming 2, and already happened in mammals and birds). In 100 MYF they live in North Amerafeurasia (North America, Africa, Eurasia) and fill herbivorous forms, but by 200 MYF they have completely displaced birds, forcing most of them to extinction, leaving only a few flying forms, but most of them are descendants of megafowl. By 200 MYF some have developed other things, like crests, feather-like fur, beak-like mouths, among others. 
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| Pando | Apr 28 2010, 04:10 PM Post #109 |
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