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Flora/Fauna Suggestions; For all your suggesting needs!
Topic Started: Oct 4 2014, 02:29 PM (4,012 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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Sigh... I guess I can use derived dimorphodonts for my idea, then...
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As much as I like anurognathids I don't want them to be on the island.

But I already have an idea for a WIP.It's an anurognathid that mimics a species of eusocial moth so they can feed on their larvae and eggs without being noticed.Haven't developed it though.
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But I already have an idea for a WIP.It's an anurognathid that mimics a species of eusocial moth so they can feed on their larvae and eggs without being noticed.Haven't developed it though.


Eusocial moths might be a stretch, and a vertebrate that mimics them to feed on their offspring might be an even bigger stretch, considering it would probably be easily to just catch insects and such in flight.

I personally still don't really want anurognathids, we have loads of other early pterosaurs to work with anyway.
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Anurognathids are already hyperspecialized and look too much like bats, though... Something else may be better.
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I was thinking about Archaeocetes when I thought about Nothosauridae - what is really preventing them from simply evolving and escaping, as we had discussed?

Then I thought, wouldn't any mass extinctions or other forces that wiped out their "mainland relatives" prevent that anyway? Coastal species I suppose would survive, but not the others.
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Wait a minute. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't several people say they chose Early Jurassic because it is more restricting? Now people want a bunch of groups to do whatever they want instead of working what we restricted ourselves with?
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These suggestions still have to be WITHIN REASON. And just because you suggest them does not automatically mean that they are going to be accepted.
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The keyword was want, but I see your point.
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Lastly, Passerines, Confuciusornithiformes, and Enantiornithes to fill bird niches.

They're probably going to be on the island anyway.
Does this mean I can use the latter two?
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I think it's okay to use them... After all, they're only suited to overland flying... You don't see birds-of-paradise crossing the sea everywhere from New Guinea, just the nearest islands (and a continent which just happens to be around)
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Does this mean I can use the latter two?

Actually, confuciusornithiformes are probably too far away for them to arrive on the islands (since they are only known from Asia, and the Anisian islands never connected to Asia at all). Enantiornithes however were in fact the first birds to fly across oceans (or so I heard), so they would probably get on the islands.
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Could someone do a drift map of our islands through time? It should be easier to map biogeographical decisions this way...

Well, since Hybrid said that our islands didn't pass Asia, this precludes them from having confuciusornithids...
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Keep in mind they're was almost certainly far more species then are known, and probably ranged outside of Asia. But Enantiornithes can easily fill the niche.
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Are there freshwater bivalves? Or maybe brachiopods?

EDIT: also, are there any specific freshwater crustaceans of any kind?
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If there are any freshwater crustaceans and bivalves, they would be closely related to crustaceans and bivalves elsewhere. Freshwater brachiopods are out.
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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.
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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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