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| Deciding the Island Fauna; We're /THIS/ close to starting this shibang. | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 30 2014, 05:35 PM (1,853 Views) | |
| Troll Man | Sep 30 2014, 05:35 PM Post #1 |
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READ THIS WHOLE THING AND COMMENT ON AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. Thank you all for helping with this thing so far! This will be the last pre-creation thread I promise, after this I will write the tutorials and what-not and then all of you can post threads and stuff. So we've gone through the islands' details and such, but now is time to decide on the general vertebrate fauna of the place (due to their large diversity, the archipelago's invertebrates and plants will be answered on a need-to-know basis). So I've listed the potential fauna from the ages that can make it to the Ansian Islands (yes, that's the name I gave it, if you have a better suggestion say it below). Flying and marine animals have mostly been omitted because they can get to the islands at any time (decide by your own judgement what species could potentially get to and survive on the islands). --- Mid Triassic (242MYA; India/Africa) •Silesauridae (and Nyasasaurus relatives of course) •Rhynchosauria •Poposauroidea •Stagonolepididae •Temnospondyli •Erpetosuchidae •Dicynodontia •Nothosauria •Protorosauria •Procolophonoidea •Phytosauridae •Placodontia •Xenacanthida •Mawsoniidae Early Jurassic (199MYA; Africa) •Sauropodomorpha •Coelophysidae •Dilophosauridae •Heterodontosauridae •Rhynchocephalia •Protosuchidae •Morganucodonta •Tritylodontidae •Tritheledontidae •Australochelyidae •Lesothosauridae •Thyreophora Early Eocene (55MYA; India) •Archaeoceti •Herpetotheriidae •Proboscidea •Eosimiidae •Rhacophoridae •Bombinatoridae •Brontotheriidae •Dichobunidae •Gondwanatheria •Tillodontia •Psittaciformes* --- The ones marked in light blue designate my personal wish list. The ones in red designate a choice which is permanent by my own decision and cannot be argued against. But anyway, I need all of you right now to choose the islands' vertebrate species right now by doing what I just did (highlight the ones you wish for) except with your own choices. Here's a blank template: Spoiler: click to toggle These choices will be less "permanent" to say and may be slightly altered later on to suit your needs but right now we need something to work with right now. Remember you can only choose a limited number; don't go nuts. Let's say a maximum of 16-18 faunal groups for now shall we? (I'll be lenient with smaller animals of course). You may also mention marine (mosasaurs, pinnipeds, seabirds, etc.) and volant animals (groups within birds, pterosaurs and bats) that you wish to have on the islands or any from the relevant time periods/places that I have forgotten to list. You may also only list a few that you really want. One last thing, how should we present this project? Do you wish to present it from an omnipotent perspective (everything is known, no reason given, like After Man), an implied human-view (mankind is implied but not explicitly stated, with a few natural gaps in information, like Perdido) , completely human-view (mankind is confirmed; information is gathered as research and notes and experiences can be listed, like SpecWorld)? It'll be very important for this project how we will present it after all. I think I'll end this thread by... tomorrow 5pm EST (roughly 22.5 hours from now)? After this I'll write up the introduction and relevant information + a tutorial and then we can finally begin this shindig. |
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Isla del Mundo Perdido! Diyu! R'lyeh! --- Also can into [天]. | |
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| Hananas59 | Oct 1 2014, 01:02 AM Post #16 |
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I dont have time to fill this but for me most things are okay. If you pick some new groups then I'll spec with them |
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| Lycaon | Oct 1 2014, 01:15 AM Post #17 |
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All hail Odin! All hail the Allfather!
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I cast all my votes on Psittaciformes. |
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| Adman | Oct 1 2014, 04:53 AM Post #18 |
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•Silesauridae •Rhynchosauria •Poposauroidea •Stagonolepididae •Temnospondyli •Erpetosuchidae •Dicynodontia •Nothosauria •Protorosauria •Procolophonoidea •Phytosauridae •Placodontia •Xenacanthida •Mawsoniidae •Sauropodomorpha •Coelophysidae •Dilophosauridae •Heterodontosauridae •Rhynchocephalia •Protosuchidae •Morganucodonta •Tritylodontidae •Tritheledontidae •Australochelyidae •Lesothosauridae •Thyreophora •Archaeoceti •Herpetotheriidae •Proboscidea •Eosimiidae •Rhacophoridae •Bombinatoridae •Brontotheriidae •Dichobunidae •Gondwanatheria •Tillodontia •Psittaciformes |
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Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems.. | |
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| Monster | Oct 1 2014, 05:07 AM Post #19 |
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Space Oddity
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Things from the list that I would like: •Rhynchosauria •Temnospondyli •Dicynodontia •Nothosauria •Xenacanthida •Mawsoniidae •Heterodontosauridae •Rhynchocephalia •Protosuchidae •Morganucodonta •Australochelyidae •Lesothosauridae •Thyreophora •Proboscidea •Rhacophoridae •Bombinatoridae •Dichobunidae •Tillodontia •Psittaciformes Things from the list I would really not like: •Gondwanatheria Other things: •Columbidae •Rallidae •Fringillidae •Sphenicidae •Corvidae •Scolopacidae •Procellariformes •Diomedeidae •Larus •Dimorphodontinae •Scincidae •Gekkonidae •Mystacinidae •Phocidae |
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| Dragonthunders | Oct 1 2014, 08:00 AM Post #20 |
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The ethereal archosaur in blue
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•Silesauridae •Rhynchosauria •Poposauroidea •Stagonolepididae •Temnospondyli •Erpetosuchidae •Dicynodontia •Nothosauria •Protorosauria •Procolophonoidea •Phytosauridae •Placodontia •Xenacanthida •Mawsoniidae •Sauropodomorpha •Coelophysidae •Dilophosauridae •Heterodontosauridae •Rhynchocephalia •Protosuchidae •Morganucodonta •Tritylodontidae •Tritheledontidae •Australochelyidae •Lesothosauridae •Thyreophora •Archaeoceti •Herpetotheriidae •Proboscidea •Eosimiidae •Rhacophoridae •Bombinatoridae •Brontotheriidae •Dichobunidae •Gondwanatheria •Tillodontia Black= I would like Red= More or less I would like green= I would not like Edited by Dragonthunders, Oct 1 2014, 07:10 PM.
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Projects "Active" projects The Future is Far Welcome to the next chapters of the evolution of life on earth, travel the across the earth on a journey that goes beyond the limits, a billion years of future history in the making. The SE giants project Wonder what is the big of the big on speculative evolution? no problem, here is the answer Coming one day Age of Mankind Humanity fate and its possible finals. The Long Cosmic Journey The history outside our world. The alternative paths The multiverse, the final frontier... Holocene park: Welcome to the biggest adventure of the last 215 million years, where the age of mammals comes to life again! Cambrian mars: An interesting experiment on an unprecedented scale, the life of a particular and important period in the history of our planet, the cambric life, has been transported to a terraformed and habitable mars in an alternative past. Two different paths, two different worlds, but same life and same weirdness. My deviantart | |
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| Martin | Oct 1 2014, 10:50 AM Post #21 |
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Prime Specimen
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I also like the idea of having mawsoniids.They even evolved a 6m giant in the mid Cretaceous (spinofood). |
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| Adman | Oct 1 2014, 01:08 PM Post #22 |
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Totally not lamna
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I was also thinking about endemic aquatic species, and those could exist in either freshwater or on the coast, where it's pretty obvious endemic species won't occur unless they are unable to cross oceans to get to the mainland. Also do we have an idea about which flying or marine vagrants will get to the island? |
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Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems.. | |
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| Monster | Oct 1 2014, 01:27 PM Post #23 |
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Hey Admantus, I listed a few flying and marine I'd like: •Columbidae - pigeons •Rallidae - rails •Fringillidae - finches •Sphenicidae - penguins •Corvidae - crows, ravens, jays etc •Scolopacidae - waders (phalaropes, sandpipers, snipe etc) •Procellariformes - tubenoses - petrels •Diomedeidae - albatrosses •Larus - gulls •Dimorphodontinae •Mystacinidae - bats •Phocidae - seals Edited by Monster, Oct 1 2014, 01:31 PM.
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| Martin | Oct 1 2014, 01:31 PM Post #24 |
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Maybe fake sea lion phocids? |
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| Monster | Oct 1 2014, 01:32 PM Post #25 |
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I was thinking something like a monk seal. But with an SE twist : )
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| Adman | Oct 1 2014, 02:17 PM Post #26 |
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Totally not lamna
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I'm also wondering what other vagrants could make it over in previous time periods. Hybodont sharks? Tapejarids? Trematosaurs even? |
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Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems.. | |
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| Martin | Oct 1 2014, 02:28 PM Post #27 |
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Prime Specimen
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Yes trematosaurs and tapejarids (tree sloth tapejarids with one fingered hands), but maybe not hybodontids.Hybodontids are too used in the Skull island reborn project. |
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| Velociraptor | Oct 1 2014, 02:30 PM Post #28 |
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What about Anurognathids? EDIT: or maybe Caprimulgiformes Edited by Velociraptor, Oct 1 2014, 02:37 PM.
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| Monster | Oct 1 2014, 02:38 PM Post #29 |
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Anurognathids would be nice. Freshwater hybodontids...muahahaha |
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| Velociraptor | Oct 1 2014, 02:46 PM Post #30 |
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Mundo Perdido already has freshwater hybodonts, though... |
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