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| Topic Started: Apr 19 2010, 12:01 PM (6,718 Views) | |
| Pando | Apr 19 2010, 12:01 PM Post #1 |
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Since my old topic died and I had so much revision I just created a new topic. In the Postozoic I will focus on 4 (rather than 3) time zones. They will be 25, 90, 120, and 200 million years future. In 25 million years future the world is 1 degree hotter than 2010, and rain forests cover the equator but Africa-like savannas are dominant. In the sea dolphins hold their niche but seals filter feed and otters have taken the role of seals and the ambush predator niche north of the equator, where they can't compete with the better adapted crocodilians. An order of primates descended from the Hamadryas baboon start to compete with carnivora for the niche of apex predators. In 90 million years the world is 1 degree colder than 2010, and there are no rain forests with Mediterranean climate replacing them. The savannas and grasslands are more spread, up until the taiga (boreal forests) that start around the height of Canada. Mammals are at their height. An order of neo-mesonychids descended from pigs have overthrown the carnivore baboons. Carnivora is extinct except in South America. Bats have become more dominant, keeping most birds as raptorial-like forms. During this period a mass extinction in between KT and P-Tr arrives, heating up the world and bringing an end to the reign of mammals and the extinction of monotremes. In 120 million years the world is a hot place rules by reptiles. Amphibians have been in decline ever since the human extinction, and the 90 MYF extinction brought their end. All birds also go extinct in the extinction, except for an Asian group of quadruped birds, descended from junglefowl. Bats rule the skies, with the group that rules the skies losing another finger from the membrane, allowing them to walk better and grow bigger. All the continents are connected except for South America and Antarctica, which is the only place that mammals are still dominant. Monitor lizard descendants are the apex predators. Mice and antechinus descendants rule the insectivorous niche. In the trees a group of carnivorous primates rule predator niche and another group rule the fruigivorous and insectivorous niches, all descended from the 1 monkey that survived the extinction. A group of arboreal geckos rule the rodent niche. In Antarctica a group of swingers similar to monkeys have evolved, descended from bats. In the sea dolphin-like sharks rule the dolphin niche and giant filter feeding squid rule the filter feeding niches. A new class of reptile-like chordates descended from pangolins emerge from Lemuria when it crashes into India, including the neo-theropods descended from lizargolins, which had the chance to rise with the extinction of Emperor Birds. In 200 million years all the continents have grown in a neo-Pangea. Birds and neo-reptile pangolins have taken control of the land, winning over mammals because of their better water conservation. In the trees the monkey bats has a cosmopolitan range in the coastline rain forests from when Antarctica collided with neo-Pangea. Antechinus now completely control the insectivore niche, and opossums from South America rule the rodent niche, and are the last marsupials. A few armadillos, neo-ground sloths (from South America) and ground Kinkajou (from Antarctica) roam in the southern rain forests of neo-Pangea. Flying lizards descended from the rodent geckos have taken pterosaur-like form and fill a niche similar to what bats have today. Another change that I'm doing from the original Postozoic is that instead of doing all the time zones at a time, I'm going to go time zone biome by time zone biome. The other change is in the survivor list. The only changes I'm doing is that hoatzin are extinct and sloths are extant, to fit my plans for the future. And so, welcome to the Postozoic! Edited by Pando, Apr 23 2010, 09:35 PM.
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| Pando | Apr 20 2010, 12:35 PM Post #16 |
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I've got some species for the European grasslands. Roe Horse/Roe Deer: A horse-like descendant of roe deer. They have grown to be 5 feet tall.  Rabballaby/European Wallabies: A quadrupedal grazing descendant of European wallabies. They are 7 feet long.  Lionboon/Hamadryas Baboon: A lion-like carnivore baboon. They are 5 feet tall.  Swinephant/Wild Hogs: An elephant like swine descendant. They are descended from more swine-like woolly species during the last extent of global glaciation. 12 feet tall.  Hipposwine/Wild Hogs: A semi-aquatic hairless hippo-like swine. 9 feet long. Megabeaver/European Beaver: A 5 foot long grazing terrestrial beaver. Neoleopard/Common Genet: A 6 foot long golden leopard-like genet. Chamoiraffe/Chamois: A brown giraffe-like descendant of chamois. Shoulder height reaches 7-8 feet, head height 13-15 feet tall. Edited by Pando, Apr 20 2010, 12:51 PM.
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| Ook | Apr 20 2010, 02:01 PM Post #17 |
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swinephant looks too much like elephant + i dont think that chamois have got this potentional + chance...maybe you can change its ancestor to goat |
   
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| Scrublord | Apr 20 2010, 02:05 PM Post #18 |
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Not meaning to bash on your project, but I think your critters could use some more creative names. For example, I have a giant eagle-like petrel in the Neozoic, but I don't call it a Petreagle--I call it a Harrow-wing. My monitor lizards that take over the roles of predatory mammals are called Pinchers, and my marine snakes are all named after mythical sea serpents. Think outside the box. |
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My Projects: The Neozoic Redux Valhalla--Take Three! The Big One Deviantart Account: http://elsqiubbonator.deviantart.com In the end, the best advice I could give you would be to do your project in a way that feels natural to you, rather than trying to imitate some geek with a laptop in Colorado. --Heteromorph | |
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| Pando | Apr 20 2010, 02:11 PM Post #19 |
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Thanks. I was always bad at names. And what if I shorten the tusks and proboscis to make it look more like this: 
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| Pando | Apr 20 2010, 02:16 PM Post #20 |
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How about this: Roe Horse/Roe Deer: A horse-like descendant of roe deer. They have grown to be 5 feet tall. Rabballaby/European Wallabies: A quadrupedal grazing descendant of European wallabies. They are 7 feet long. Lionboon/Hamadryas Baboon: A lion-like carnivore baboon. They are 5 feet tall. Swinephant/Wild Hogs: An elephant like swine descendant. They are descended from woolly species during the last extent of global glaciation. They look like elephants except that the nose is more like a tapirs and the tusks are a lot shorter. 12 feet tall. Hipposwine/Wild Hogs: A semi-aquatic hairless hippo-like swine. 9 feet long. Megabeaver/European Beaver: A 5 foot long grazing terrestrial beaver. Neoleopard/Common Genet: A 6 foot long golden leopard-like genet. Goatraffe/Goat: A brown giraffe-like descendant of goats. Shoulder height reaches 7-8 feet, head height 13-15 feet tall. Edited by Pando, Apr 20 2010, 02:17 PM.
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| Pando | Apr 20 2010, 06:45 PM Post #21 |
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For all who don't know I have a website for the Postozoic: http://pandoraprojects.yolasite.com/postozoic.php I am also going to put my website as an affiliate. |
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| Canis Lupis | Apr 20 2010, 07:04 PM Post #22 |
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Okay. Here's the thing about quadroped birds: not the most plausible idea, but it becomes more plausible if you use the hoatzin as the descendent. Hoatzin are the only birds that move in a quadroped-like fashion. True, this is mostly when they're juveniles, but neotony is not unheard of (though it is rare in birds). Anyway, I've never been good at names either. My suggestion is to try to come up with scientific names and call a species based around that. Like tyrannosaurus or triceratops. Sort of prehistoricize them. |
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| Canis Lupis | Apr 20 2010, 07:04 PM Post #23 |
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Okay. Here's the thing about quadroped birds: not the most plausible idea, but it becomes more plausible if you use the hoatzin as the descendent. Hoatzin are the only birds that move in a quadroped-like fashion. True, this is mostly when they're juveniles, but neotony is not unheard of (though it is rare in birds). Anyway, I've never been good at names either. My suggestion is to try to come up with scientific names and call a species based around that. Like tyrannosaurus or triceratops. Sort of prehistoricize them. |
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| Pando | Apr 20 2010, 11:59 PM Post #24 |
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I want them to originate in Asia and spread across the world, less possible if they come from South America. After the extinction it left a lot of niches that mammals once held, and junglefowl (the only surviving birds) quickly diversified in Asia to take it. And if hoatzin did it once, why can't another bird do it again? --EDIT-- If no-one objects, I want to do East Africa next. I have several ideas for east Africa. Edited by Pando, Apr 21 2010, 01:58 AM.
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| Pando | Apr 21 2010, 02:57 AM Post #25 |
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Images of all the animals for the grasslands that still need images except for the neoleopard and an updated image of the swinephant: Swinephant:  Hipposwine:  Megabeaver:  Goatraffe:  I will also start using my Yola website for my image uploads instead of DevArt, and remember to check it for new updates! And... It's an affiliate! |
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| Pando | Apr 21 2010, 10:58 AM Post #26 |
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A few more species for the European grasslands: Grazer duck/Ducks: A 3 foot tall grazing flightless duck. Flamingoose/Geese: A 5 foot tall flightless goose with longer legs, it lives on the coasts and feeds on fish and crayfish. Bear marten/Martens: 2 foot long marten descendants that look like tiny bear dogs. It feeds on eggs and small animals like rodents and ducks. Dinodeer/Water Deer: A 7 foot long dinoceratan-like water deer. They have only 1 pair of knobs from their horns and is not semi-aquatic. Megantler/Fallow Deer: A 5 foot tall deer. They have megaloceros-like antlers, but they are only 9 feet long. Megacat/Wildcat: A 7 foot long tiger-like wildcat. They have slightly elongated canines. And with that, the European Grasslands is FINISHED. If no-one objects, I'll do East Africa next. |
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| Ook | Apr 21 2010, 11:12 AM Post #27 |
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i can redraw some pictures,but you must draw it first,i need base. i have got few names Megantler-Damaceras grazer duck-anseryornis |
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| Pando | Apr 21 2010, 11:20 AM Post #28 |
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I can draw them later, after I start working on the next biome. I like the Latin names, could you tell me what they mean? And do you like the idea of doing East Africa next? |
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| Holben | Apr 21 2010, 03:11 PM Post #29 |
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yar- sorry i'm late, i haven't had time for a full reading- The deer of yours- does it have camo, or a proper tail? Do the males have pronounced antlers? |
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| Pando | Apr 21 2010, 03:22 PM Post #30 |
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The males have megaloceras antlers. And proportionately they're the same size.
Edited by Pando, Apr 21 2010, 03:26 PM.
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