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| Green Neospoggia; dominant in the late Carboniferous neospoggia-reefs | |
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| Vultur-10 | Sep 1 2010, 08:26 PM Post #1 |
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Green Neospoggia (Viridispoggia sp.) Size: 4-10 m tall Diet: plankton, small animals, occasionally neocharophytes Habitat: north coast of Gondwana; eventually universal in shallow warm to temperate seas Time: middle and late Carboniferous When the forest-building neospoggia recovered from the end-Devonian extinction, they did so in a very big way. The forest neospoggia is not only far larger than previous species, its slender 'trunk' or central column is forked, and some of these 'branches' contain a special substrate (a mass of spongy, unreinforced chitin) allowing neocharophytes to 'take root' there. These neocharophytes attract small animals, which the neospoggia then eats; in extreme hunger the neospoggia can feed upon the plants themselves. The first Viridispoggia species appeared in the mid-Carboniferous, in warm, shallow waters north of Gondwana. The genus rapidly expanded and diversified, however. |
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| Pando | Sep 2 2010, 01:08 AM Post #2 |
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Obey or I'll send you to the moon
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I like the concept. *gives a thumbs up* |
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| The Dodo | Sep 2 2010, 01:21 AM Post #3 |
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Prime Specimen
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Yes, great concept. |
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| Vultur-10 | Sep 6 2010, 08:11 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks! |
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