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| 1 Million years AD; The strange unfamiliar world of the not so distant future | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 23 2015, 04:28 AM (6,497 Views) | |
| El Dorito | Dec 23 2015, 04:28 AM Post #1 |
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All pictures will be able to be found here: el-d0rito.deviantart.com Most future evolution projects take place in the more distant future, over 5 million years away. But life can evolve and change over much shorter timescales. This especially applies after extinction events. Only a few hundred thousand years after the K-Pg extinction, Palaeocene mammals had already become larger than any known Mesozoic mammal. Today, a similar, though as yet less severe extinction event is taking place. Already most of the megafauna that existed for the past several million years have gone extinct, leaving niches open. The only things keeping them open are human activities and time. But history and common sense tell us that at some point in the next thousand years our planetary civilisation will probably collapse, largely eliminating the main factor stopping life carrying on. Fast forward 1 million years, and the 'wild' is again the normal state of the earth. The oceans have risen some 80 metres due to human induced climate change, for the same reason most of the worlds ice is gone too. Several super volcanoes have erupted, and the last remnants of the modern 'concrete jungle' have crumbled. Humans are rare, and are considerably different to 21st century people. They are no longer a significant force effecting the earth. Some groups of animals are identical to those we are familiar with, some are similar but obviously different, and a few are unlike anything found in the modern era. This is the world in 1 million years AD. Edited by El Dorito, Jan 5 2016, 08:55 PM.
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| El Dorito | Jan 12 2016, 07:07 PM Post #136 |
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This list is not complete at all but are some of the groups. Giant storks that are 3 metres tall and can still fly because it would be majestic and scary. Skarks, marine monitor lizards that are generally like small sharks, but several species are more like mosasaurs in their shape and size. (The name is not a typo). Pinnicetaceans, basically the next 'whales', descended from some sort of pinniped, probably an earless seal. Some early members look like early whales, but later forms look more like pliosaurs. The future island of Amistempor, which is the landmass that is today known as Baja California, which split off slightly and started moving north parallel to the west coast of North America. It is populated with chickenosaur descendants that look like feathered non-avian dinosaurs. Endothermic squamates, including bipedal monitor lizard descendants that vaguely resemble Jurassic park dinosaurs. Sum mor stuf ay carnt rememba rite nau. |
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| El Dorito | Jan 14 2016, 07:46 AM Post #137 |
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First animals for 10 Million years AD segment. Picture Terror Seal, Phobocetus phoneus The Terror Seal is a large predatory pinnicetacean that lives some 11 million years in the future. At up to 9 metres long and over 4 tons, similar to the modern orca, they are the largest carnivoran of all time (so far), and at current also the largest pinnicetacean. Because of the short time since the first Pinnicetaceans diverged from conventional pinnipeds, only 5 million years or so, terror seals, and existing Pinnicetaceans in general, are not as completely adapted to aquatic life as cetaceans are, they still have partly heterodont teeth, and a flexible neck that can move independently of the body. This is all sure to change in the future, and terror seals can be thought of as analogues to basilosaurids in terms of how derived from their ancestors they are. Neptune Skark, Selax neptunicus The Neptune Skark is a large marine monitor lizard found all over the Pacific and Indian oceans. At first glance, the skarks might appear to be descended from the Paddlesnake of 9 million years earlier, but it isn't. The Paddlesnake was an evolutionary dead end that went extinct when sea levels dropped around 2 million years AD. Skarks evolved from more distant ancestors around 8 million years AD. Over the next 3 million years these lizards evolved from semi aquatic cold blooded eel-like creatures to large shark or mosasaur-like creatures. The Neptune Skark is the largest of the skarks, at up to 7 metres long and up to 2 tons. Neptune skarks have different teeth to those of most skarks, the teeth are more like those of large sharks than any lizard. The Neptune Skark is the fully largest marine reptile to evolve since the Mesozoic. Much more to come Edited by El Dorito, Jan 14 2016, 07:49 AM.
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| Beetleboy | Jan 14 2016, 10:39 AM Post #138 |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 14 2016, 04:35 PM Post #139 |
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Pretty awesome seals and lizards |
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| El Dorito | Jan 14 2016, 08:26 PM Post #140 |
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I take it you know which one is which then, I forgot to label them. |
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| El Dorito | Jan 15 2016, 07:35 PM Post #141 |
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I'm surprised this hasn't started a discussion yet, most of the things I say do... (I'm not trying to be a self centered attention seeker, I would just rather not think of my project as 'dead'). |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 15 2016, 07:41 PM Post #142 |
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I don't think there's as many people on the forums as there usually is. I've noticed that the last reply in the habitable zone was mine in Aliens of Beryoni from the 13th at 22.30. I guess one reason could be that it might be due to the fact you live way ahead of mostly everyone else here, time zone wise Anyway sorry, offtopic. Why are the lizards called Skarks, may I ask? Edited by CaledonianWarrior96, Jan 15 2016, 07:43 PM.
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| El Dorito | Jan 15 2016, 08:44 PM Post #143 |
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I am the illuminati I can see the future. I know the answers to the universes biggest questions...  Thought someone might ask. They are called skarks because I repeatedly I have written skark instead of shark, so I thought it would be a good name. There are also about 20 species of skarks existing over a 70 million year period from 10 to 80+ million years in the future. Edited by El Dorito, Jan 15 2016, 08:54 PM.
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| revin | Jan 15 2016, 09:15 PM Post #144 |
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I like the new updates. I do think it's within the range of plausibility of this timeline. What do terror seals and Neptune skarks eat? |
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| El Dorito | Jan 15 2016, 11:28 PM Post #145 |
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Both are apex predators that eat large fish and marine tetrapods, basically they are both kind of like killer whales today. Neptune skarks can tolerate colder water than other marine reptiles, but they generally avoid areas south of Australia and New Zealand. Terror seals are rarely found in tropical areas, and larger species are only found in the Southern Hemisphere. This is kind of a rare encounter, and things could easily go the other way if circumstances say so. Both of these things are actually potential prey to the Great Big White Shark, which is the next thing I will showcase. It's just easier to start off with the ocean because there are less variables |
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| El Dorito | Jan 16 2016, 11:56 PM Post #146 |
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Great Big White Shark, Megaloselache eldoriti Picture: coming soon The great big white shark is pretty self explanatory, it's basically a larger descendant of the modern great white. It's not a whole lot bigger, but with lengths of 8 metres being not uncommon, there is definitely a difference. A more important difference is in the teeth, the teeth are thicker and more heavily built, and superficially look similar to those of the 'megatooth' sharks, though not quite as robust. The genus Megaloselache seems to have diverged from the modern white shark at roughly the same time as the first Pinnicetaceans evolved, though the transition appeared to have happened over a time period from 3-7 million years in the future with the modern shark being the final product. Being powerful and very fast swimmers, great bigs are an apex predator, hunting primarily marine mammals, though anything sizable is on the menu. Even terror seals and neptune skarks, which can be as big as the shark itself, and are potentially very dangerous, are considered potential prey. In particular, isolated terror seals are at high risk of attack. Unlike its modern day ancestor, great bigs typically kill prey smaller than themselves by charging at high speed with an open mouth towards the animals head or ribcage, killing the prey almost instantly. Many times the prey might not know it is under attack until it is too late. During such attacks the shark often looses a significant number of teeth, though as a shark this is of little consequence in the long run. Edited by El Dorito, Jan 16 2016, 11:56 PM.
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| Beetleboy | Jan 17 2016, 08:23 AM Post #147 |
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Love it. |
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| El Dorito | Jan 17 2016, 07:12 PM Post #148 |
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I'm going on holiday for a week so feel free to discuss this among yourselves. |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 18 2016, 05:04 AM Post #149 |
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Would your GBW shark really need to be in a different genus? I mean if the difference is that it's slightly bigger and has different teeth then I think it just needs to be a new species. Megalodon was in the same genus as the great white and there are huge differences between them. Also no offence but Great Big White Shark sounds a bit lazy. You could've just changed some of the words, like maybe Grand White Shark or something like that? I was also going to question the survivalbility of the great white, but I'm assuming like the Tasmanian Devils they've also been preserved by conservation projects that boosted their numbers and survival in the future |
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| Beetleboy | Jan 18 2016, 10:07 AM Post #150 |
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Generally, perhaps the names could be a little more unique? Nothing serious or anything, but I think it could help. |
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