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Flora/Fauna Suggestions; For all your suggesting needs!
Topic Started: Oct 4 2014, 02:29 PM (4,005 Views)
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You can suggest lineages that weren't mentioned on the flora/fauna topic here.

Remember, be realistic with what can be present on the island. Also watch out for things that might swim/fly away from the island.
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So like vagrant animals/plants?
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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.
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I would be wanting penguins, turtles (for in the rivers and/or mangroves) and some kind of pidgeon
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AZHDARCHIDS PLZ
And also Dimorphodontids.
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So like vagrant animals/plants?

Yes, pterosaurs and birds probably being a common one.
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Oct 4 2014, 02:36 PM
I would be wanting penguins, turtles (for in the rivers and/or mangroves) and some kind of pidgeon
We already have turtles; the australocheylids (no wikipedia page, only for australochelys).

Anyway, it would be nice to see you people say your reasoning behind your choices rather than just sprouting names.
Still I approve of penguins, azhdarchids and dimorphodonts; as long as they are within reason of course.
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-I'd go with Dimorphodonts because they were widespread Pterosaurs in the Early Jurassic, and were not powerful fliers, but rather gliders and probably hunted their prey on the ground. I'd really love to do something with them.
-Azhdarchids: Because Azhdarchids. 'Nuff said.
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Still I approve of penguins, azhdarchids and dimorphodonts

That's good for what I have planned.

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and were not powerful fliers, but rather gliders and probably hunted their prey on the ground.

Not exactly, but I understand the point I guess.
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I'd have to go to reread the Mark Witton book, but I'm pretty sure he mentioned Dimorphodontids taking prey on the ground rather than on the wing.
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What about anurognathids? They could become bat and caprimulgiform analogues.
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Carnivorous plants from the Eocene? I've got a concept for one.

Gracilisuchids and/or Spenosuchians would be nice, as they have a generalized body plan and much predatory potential.

Basal Sauropterygians from the Triassic would help with coastal waters.

Lastly, Passerines, Confuciusornithiformes, and Enantiornithes to fill bird niches.
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Well since flying animals could come in from at anytime this would be some of my suggestions.Anseriformes and galliformes could have some interesting species and a few small paleognaths too.We could also have hylid frogs, rafting from the mainland.
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Carnivorous plants from the Eocene?

Which ones did you have in mind?

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Gracilisuchids and/or Spenosuchians would be nice, as they have a generalized body plan and much predatory potential.
There's already many predatory theropods, so keep that in mind. However I'm leaning more towards sphenosuchians (>tfw not monophyletic) given their broader range. The closest gracilisuchids to were the island would of split off is in where today would be China. Having both might be too much, remember this is an island: not a continent.There would of been poposauroids before, but nooOOOooo. Yes I'm still a big butthurt about them.

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Basal Sauropterygians from the Triassic would help with coastal waters.

Coastal waters are dangerous territory, things can escape relatively easily. Plus there's already nothosaurs.

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Lastly, Passerines, Confuciusornithiformes, and Enantiornithes to fill bird niches.

They're probably going to be on the island anyway.
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Carnivorous plants from the Eocene?

Which ones did you have in mind?
Not sure, what was around?
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See, there's the problem. As said here, you should do research before you even think of posting a concept, especially what the ancestors/relatives are.
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