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| Topic Started: Jan 27 2016, 09:18 PM (1,558 Views) | |
| Dapper Man | Jan 27 2016, 09:18 PM Post #1 |
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The Reset Once, there were giants, with long trunks on their noses and flappy ears, giants with long horns. Titans that towered over the savannah. The thing is, where did they go? For a few hundred years after the present day, 95% of mammals larger than a cat began to hit numbers beyond repair. This included those famous Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalo and Dogs. What was the final straw was the H-S Asteroid Event, which marked the end of the Holocene and the beginning of the Sileogene (As in “Restarting Era”), which saw the second age of mammals begin. It took about 65 million years for fauna to recover from the K-Pg Event at the end of the Cretaceous, and it took a little less for it to recover from the H-S Event. Fauna was severally damaged, with 20% of Invertebrate species going extinct, 60% of Fish families going extinct, 80% of Amphibian families going extinct, 70% of Reptilian families going extinct, 45% of Bird families going extinct, and, worst of all, 90% of Mammals going extinct. The year of the asteroid was hell: even Humans couldn’t survive, being too large to sustain their hunger. So, with the extinction of Suids, Deer, and Whales and other mammals, what would take their places? This is a surprising question that is going to be covered in The Reset. Contents: I: Recovery. II: Diversification. III: The World "Today". 1: Survivors and their Opposites. 2: Inhabitants of Brackish Water. (Part I, Part II, Part III) 3: The reconstructed Tree Top Canopy. (Part I, Part II, Part III) 4: Retaken Serengeti. (Part I, Part II, Part III) 5: Armoured Forests. (Part I, Part II, Part III) 6: Kelp and Algae Forests. (Part I, Part II, Part III) (More to come) Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 22 2016, 02:15 AM.
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| Dapper Man | Jan 30 2016, 01:18 AM Post #16 |
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Possibly. Could you show me a image? |
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| Dapper Man | Jan 31 2016, 03:21 AM Post #17 |
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Neophibia Evolution Ancestor: Hida Salamander (Hynobius Kimurae)  Even after the boundary was set, all the amphibians and reptiles resembling small- large predators/ insectivores were wiped out, one amphibian managed to squeeze its way through. The Hida Salamander (Hynobius Kimurae) was the largest creature on Japan, at a length of 4 centimetres, it surprisingly was able to squeeze its way through mega tsunamis, giant earthquakes, acid rain and more. This sole survivor was to rebuild what was lost: Even if it had competition from the Tyrannovaranids. This creature branched out into various forms. These include the Amphibisuchia, Ophicaudata, Amphibivaranidae (Which may or may not be in the same order as the Amphibisuchia), the Herbophagi, Microsuchia, Prehensophibia and the Amphiopteridae, proving that, not matter whats lost, life manages to hang on, and bounce back. Edited by Dapper Man, Jan 31 2016, 04:12 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Jan 31 2016, 02:42 PM Post #18 |
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How do I add a "Single Post" link? |
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| Beetleboy | Feb 1 2016, 10:37 AM Post #19 |
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three
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| Dapper Man | Feb 1 2016, 02:24 PM Post #20 |
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| Dapper Man | Feb 3 2016, 10:31 PM Post #21 |
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I added a picture from my Deviantart to a post, but it doesn't seem to be showing. Can someone help with this? |
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| Dromaeosaurus | Feb 6 2016, 01:14 PM Post #22 |
Haemothermic orthostatic matrotrophic lexiphanic deuterostome
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You need the address of the picture itself, not the DeviantArt page. Try with this (erase the space in [/img]): [img]http://pre10.deviantart.net/64db/th/pre/i/2016/032/b/9/the_reset_pic__1_by_dinosaurlover83-d9q5j27.jpg[/ img] |
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| Dapper Man | Feb 6 2016, 03:56 PM Post #23 |
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| Dapper Man | Feb 6 2016, 11:38 PM Post #24 |
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II: Diversification Even after the H-S Asteroid Event, life bounced back relatively quickly. Some descendants of the Crab Eating Fox took to the oceans, whilst others became hoofed predators that stalked the land (They became the extinct Atroxocyonids, due to the more successful and more adaptable Xenotheriids), and the earliest Xenotheriids evolved, using a body plan to dissimilar to that of the Thylacoleonids, ancient marsupial carnivorous Wombat relatives that hunted on Pleistocene Australia. In Asia, a strange order of Mammals was beginning to evolve. One of the few mammals able to survive the event was the Jerboa, and it began to diversify, as forests sprung up on almost every continent. These weren’t your usual forests; these were made up of Bamboo Trees, which were quickly able to rebuild the ecosystems destroyed by the hell storm. These unique forests, and with the complete inhalation of the Ice Caps, allowed the world to get warmer and wetter. The Jerboa descendants include two rather interesting groups: the “flying” (Not with wings but their ears) Dumbotheres, so named due to them flying like the fictional character Dumbo, and the Leptictimyids, a group of rodents resembling the ancient Leptictids. Early Caniceteans have completely taken to the seas, and an explosion of them has occurred. They split into four groups: the Ichthyoceteans, small, Ichthyosaur like creatures, the Caniceteans, large sized, seal like creatures, the Pinnipobaleeniceti, or the Baleen Dog-Seals, and the Saurotheres, Pliosaur like creatures that commonly hunt Baleen Dog-Seals. At around this time, early Aquamyids become similar to their present day designs, with the ancestral Porcohippus evolving into various forms, including the Deinotheriopotamus, a large sized (5 metres long) Aquamyid with dentition similar to that of Deinotherium, a large Proboscidean native to the African, European and Asian continents. Sparrows and Owls, one of the few avian survivors, along with Chickens, spread out, with the former becoming Cormorant like predators amongst the reconstructed reefs built by Worms and Echinoderms, which were the most common marine Invertebrates to survive the extinction. Algae survived, however, and began to form thick forests underwater, thus expanding the Algae Forest environment. Various forms thrive in these habitats, with, surprisingly, the Americas being the hotspot of diversity, as most fossils are found there. However, the most interesting location in the middle Sileogene is the Mongolia Formation, which contains arboreal Jerboas with giant Ears (Primitive Dumbotheres), large sized Genets that feed on plants (Members of the Paratheria that migrated from Africa to Asia, and, due to their herbivorous diet, have become not to dissimilar from creatures like Hyracotherium. In mainland Africa, Paratheres diversified, making a wide range of animals, from Ungulate like creatures to Lion like, making Africa another hotspot of Diversity. Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 21 2016, 10:51 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Feb 7 2016, 12:02 AM Post #25 |
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III. The World “Today” The continents have shifted little. Africa has combined with Eurasia, thus cornering the Mediterranean and making it a large, inland sea. South America has split from North America, where fauna has stayed the same; all being descended from the Agouti (Dasyprocta sp.), a highly adaptable rodent found throughout South and Central America. The world is either covered in Bamboo Forests or Grassland, with the very northern parts being covered in Boreal Forests, along with Antarctica, both housing rather different fauna compared to each other. East Africa has split of from mainland Africa, making the island continent Neozealandia, and has similar properties to New Zealand to some extent, hence its name. Australia has roughly stayed the same, albeit colliding with Papua New Guinea, with the rest of the Pacific Islands shrinking into the waves. Madagascar is covered in a archaic type of Forest: that of Oaks. Unique animals here are usually Browsers, with a few grazing types of animals here to. In the ocean, Coral reefs have been replaced with reefs made up of Worms and Sea Cucumbers, and large forests of Algae clustered around the coastal habitats. Whilst many habitats have been recycled and replaced, the continents themselves have moved very little compared to modern times. Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 21 2016, 10:51 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Feb 13 2016, 03:27 PM Post #26 |
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Inhabitants of Brackish Waters (Part I) Northern South America, deltas of the Amazon River  Circling past the Amazon River, at its tip, like many rivers, is a vast delta. Here, water is dark and cold. It is very murky, with visibility often dropping to a few metres. When the asteroid hit, almost all fauna was extinguished from the river. This included the infamous Anacondas and Piranhas, and the humble Howler Monkeys and Tapirs, with the former often preying upon the latter. However, these vanished with the hell storm of 50 million years ago. Reconstructed forests nowadays tend to be constructed of Bamboo, as it was the most successful plant of the Sileogene. Dark forests, aided with the murky water, proved to be a challenge for forest floor life, yet it prevailed. Hunting along the river delta is a monster. The Caecilliconda (Ophiviper Constrictus) is one of the only non-Neophibians left. At a length of 7 metres, it is the top predator of the Amazon River, similar to its namesake, the Anaconda. However, its ancestors, the Caecilians, never evolved a venomous bite, so the Caecilliconda uses constriction, by grabbing its prey by surprise at strangling it to death. It is a slow mover due to its body weight; a massive 2 tons. Caecilliconda’s are the most common predator in the river. It is a caring creature, sharing many traits with its ancestor, the Caecilian, like, for example, letting the young nibble away at the mothers skin, although it doesn’t kill her, unlike there ancestors, and the need to breed in water. There used to be smaller forms similar to the Caecilliconda, but migrating Neophibians disrupted the family, leaving the Caecilliconda as the last of its family. On the other hand, a much more common animal of the deltas is the Flamingo Sparrow (Phoenopasser sp.) These descendants of Sparrows (As with every other secondary bird species) are some of the most common of the inhabitants of the Amazon River. Often coming here in vast flocks, they are filter feeders, with strange scythe like bills, and a dark orange colour, they stand at a height of 1 metre. Youngsters have more of a spear shaped bill, in which they use to probe into the ground, much like Shore birds of the 21st century. They are often seen in vast flocks of up to 100 individuals, with youngsters often going back towards the trees and shorelines to probe for invertebrates. Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 21 2016, 10:50 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Feb 13 2016, 08:43 PM Post #27 |
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The Survivors and their Opposites Main Survivors •Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta Punctata) •Caecilian (Caecilia sp.) •Hida Salamander (Hynobius Kimurae) •African Civet (Civetticus sp.) •Four Toed Jerboa (Allactaga Tetradactylus) •Crab Eating Fox (Cerdocyon Thous) •Smooth-fronted Caiman (Palaeosuchus Trigonatus) •Uromastyx Flavifasciata •Eastern longnose Spurdog (Squalus Grahami) •Many Insects & Invertebrates •Cape Sparrow (Passer Melanurus) •Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops Asio) •Chicken (Gallus Gallus Domesticatus) •Any Abyssal fauna •Cats (Felis catus) •Most NZ native/ introduced fauna •Tinamou (Tinamus Solitarius) •Common Wombat (Vombatus Ursinus) •Red Legged Pademelon (Thylogale Stigmatica) •Cape Hyrax (Procavia Capensis) •Most fish Those that went extinct •Anything else Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 13 2016, 08:44 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Feb 17 2016, 11:43 PM Post #28 |
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Inhabitants of Brackish Waters (Part II) The further inland we go, the less bulky the river is. Here, in the thick forest floor, life is surprisingly tough. Water occasionally floods the area, making it more of a swamp. Without the water, the riverbeds become visible, providing more land for animals to walk on. The more north you go, the harsher it gets. The water gets more and more divided, with fewer and fewer amounts of water, the environment gets harsher and harsher. Despite this, creatures managed to adapt to the lower water levels, and maybe even thrive. Wading around the smaller amounts of the river is the Baboykabayo (Aquamys Sudamericanensis), it is a 3 metre long, hippo like Aquamyid, with long tusks jutting out from its upper and lower jaws, in which it uses to pull out roots in the ground, and for territorial displays. It is one of the larger animals of the river, and certainly a mid-browser, with hundreds of gnawing teeth and short, stocky legs; it is certainly an odd creature, with a stout frame. A common hunter in the region is the Buwaya (Parasuchus Amazonia) (which, in Filipino, means “Crocodile”), a 4 metre long Amphibisuchid Neophibian that resembles a crocodile. It is a rather small animal, with serrated teeth and a long, slim body. They hunt rather like their counterparts, waiting in the shallows, and lunging out at any unsuspecting herbivore, before grabbing them and pulling them to their deaths. Leonodiles (Tierrasuchus sp.) are some of the last crocodilians. They are land living animals resembling the long extinct Notosuchians, and are fierce predators, behaving not to dissimilar to a Big Cat of the 21st century. At a length of 5 metres, they are the top predators of the South American continent, with strongly built front and hind limbs. They are rather solitary animals, and are some of the weirdest predators of the Sileogene. With long teeth in the front and middle rows of their mouths, they are probably ambush hunters, crouching low in the ground, then springing on their prey. Edited by Dapper Man, Feb 21 2016, 10:32 PM.
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| Dapper Man | Feb 22 2016, 02:14 AM Post #29 |
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Inhabitants of Brackish Waters (Part III) The smaller fauna is usually ignored. However, there are plentiful interesting, smaller critters, which differ hugely from their ancestors. With so much filth in the water, almost none of the inhabitants have eyes. However, a few of the creatures from farther south of the river have managed to come further north, and thrived on the seemingly helplessness of their victims. The Fisherodent (Piscatomys Civetticoides) is a Xenotherid, a group of carnivorous Xenotherian that is found throughout the Amazon. About the size of a house Cat, it has a piscivorous diet, and hunts from the rocks. They are eusocial, with most members of the colony going out on a regular basis to collect fish. The Queen, on the other hand, lies in their burrows (which can be found in the sides of banks), and mates with only the fittest males. They are around 5 centimetres long, and are a common sight. On the other end of the scale is the Eusocrab (Repuntocaris Socialis), a Eusocial crab with a length of 20 millimetres for most workers, and 40 millimetres for the Female. Most males are workers, with the occasional male being able to mate with the female. At a length of around 20-40 millimetres, they are a common prey item for most predators in the river. However, they do have a defence: in which they spray hot acid from their behinds much like a Bombardier Beetle of the 21st century as a defence. A rather small and odd creature, the Unicorn Worm (Unicornocochlea Ceratus) is a bottom feeder, using its long proboscis like structure to burrow in on the algae and bacteria on the river floor, to feasts upon them by sucking them up. Its horn/proboscis is prehensile, and can be used as a “Trunk” to help bring its prey into its mouth, much like the Opabinia of the Cambrian. Another bizarre creature, except this time a flier, is the Filterfly (Balaenonodonta spp.) It is a group of Filter feeding Dragonfly descendants that, along the way, managed to turn their mouth parts into Baleen, in which they use to filter out the Bacteria that swarm the river. They are social, swarming in large groups around the river, getting their daily meals of Bacteria. They are a common prey source, and are often hunted by many Neophibians, Xenotherids and Neosuchians. |
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