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Quadrazoic (extra mass extinction); A world of arboreal rodents, aquatic creodonts, ungulate like lagomorphs and massive xenarthans
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Forbiddenparadise64
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Ok, here is a basic outline. What if a huge mass extinction, like somewhere between the scale of the K-T and P-Tr extinction, were to be placed about 35-40 million years ago? It is caused by an asteroid slightly (about 10%) bigger than the K-T one, plus volcanic activity. It splits the Cenozoic into the Cenozoic (65-38 million BC) and Terazoic (38 million BC-42 million AD). Ok, the Terazoic is going to be a bizzare world order. The asteroid hit off the AFrican coast in the Tethys and wiped out most of the amazing fauna living there, much mroe than the minor extinction in R-L would 3 million years later. It triggers intense volcanic activity which in turn triggers a heating similar to the Paleocene Eocen thermal maximum, this makes temperatures sore, and shortly afterwards decline again. Ocean stocks die, as do most large terrestrial organisms, unusual things start to happen to the survivors in teh absence of niches. Once the carnage is done, the Earth's fauna are twisted beyond recognition.

Over 80% of species are extinct, and the course of evolution is drastically changed. The dates taht will be covered will be the Oligocene-miocene transition (25 million BC), the late Miocene (10 million BC), the alternative pliestocene (3million BC to 4 million AD) and the Xenocene (31-42 million AD) Who with a good knowledge of prehistory and mass Extinctions wants to contribute to this project?
Prepare for the Future Walking with the future: Allozoic (pts 4-6)http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/3252142/14/#new

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Cool project, FP
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Projects:
Amammalia: A strange place where mammals didn't make it and the land is, once again, dominated by archosaurs.

Oceanus: An endless sea dotted with islands, reefs, and black holes. Literally endless, literal black holes.

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