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Lemuria; fictional continent,that split off from pangea in triassic
Topic Started: Apr 23 2010, 10:01 AM (1,773 Views)
Ook
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i have got idea of making fictional greenland sized continent,somewhere in indian ocean or pacific ocean and there will be false dinosaurd(evolved from some members of non dinosaur dinosauromorpha) there will be some terrestrial bridges in middle jurassic and eocene,since i need later birds and some mammals.

Silesaurus
herbivore dinosauromorph
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teratosaurus
carnivore rauisuchian
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Scleromochlus

small omnivore
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random lizard like Diapsid

randomlizard like anapsid

Eudimorphodon
pterosaur
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Placerias
herbivore dicynodont
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Interesting concept, when the land bridges form wouldn't a lot of other organisms also come across, so would these residents still rule or would some be out-competed?
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maybe it will be islands and animals come here via island hopping or come here by rafts(like ancestors of galapagos reptiles)
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I think there were Mammaliaformes around in the Triassic so maybe they could live on the island.
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mammalinoformes come here in jurassic(i dont want to soon have got hundred of animals to draw ;) )

K-T extinction survive here one species of pterosaur,some mammalinoformes and some endemic reptiles

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What about the Triassic mass extinction, does it have much affect on Lemuria?
Also, what's 50% complete?
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triassic extinction survive here that species on the top of this page ;)...now its complete,but i need to scan it
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Are you doing plants?
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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no,plants will be same as other jurassic plants,but later,cenozoic there will be archaic plants,like ginkos,redwoods,ferns...but flowering plants will be here too

please sorry for bad quality scan..my scaner always change color of picture
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Early Jurassic
i am bad in naming
Parasauropod
ancestor:Silesaurus
Plains,forests
This is biggest animal on Lemuria,about size of asian elephant.They young live in forests,but when they grow up,they move to plains.
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Lazy Silo

ancestor:Silesaurus
Plains,forests
this is semi-bipedal dinosauromoph,about size of cow.
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Forest Teratosaurus
ancestor:teratosaurus
Plains,forests
Top predator of Lemuria.Usually solitare,but sometimes they join into small packs and hunt Parasauropods.
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Diapsids

Tree lizard
forests
this is small,omnivore tree reptile,that live at trees.

Swift Lizard
everywhere
little insectivore

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Anapdids

False Iguana
plains,forests
1m long omnivore reptile

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Forest phantom
ancestor:eudimorphodon
forests
medium sized pterosaur,that live in forests

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Fishing ptero
ancestor:Eudimorphodon
rivers,coastal area
medium sized pterosaur,that is specialized to hunt fish

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Pterobird

everywhere
small insectivore

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Egglope
ancestor:Placerias
forests,plains
Placerias evolve here into smaller herbs,that fill niches of small herbs

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Eggpig
ancestor:Placerias
forests
pig sized omnivore

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Scleromochlus stay in same form

by crossing sea come here random species of crocodile
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mammals,birds and new species of reptiles come here in early cretaceous
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Why didn't placerias perish?
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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The long legged placerias strike me as being a bit implausible. They had sprawling limbs, and sprawling limbs are short.


This seems similar to Permian Island...
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Pando:evolution is mighty witch,if you gave them conditions,where they need runs more faster..
Holbenilord:this is continent that separated completely in late triassic,so placerias survive here
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But the placerias still have a sprawling gate, which doesn't support long legs.
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