Xenogene

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Xenogene; How life bounced back after a mass extinction
Topic Started: Mar 5 2016, 11:54 PM (1,895 Views)
Diabolical Bear	Mar 5 2016, 11:54 PM Post #1
Infant Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,828 Joined: Dec 9, 2015 Favorite Quote: You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.	Xenogene There were a variety of creatures that walked this earth. Giant creatures, swimming creatures, even bipedal creatures thrived in many different habitats. Unfortunately all of those animals are gone now. Extinct. Animals such as Wolves, Tigers, Lions, Buffalo, Bears, and even Humans fell victim to forces beyond their control. A seven mile wide meteor struck the coast California, forming the Ventura crater. The impact shot millions of tons of debris into the atmosphere which blocked out the sun, caused tsunamis, and radiated lethal heat worldwide. No land animal larger than 60-70 pounds survived. Aquatic animals held the advantage in that aspect. This is the H-X asteroid, marking the end of the Holocene and writing the beginning of the Xenogene (meaning "strange era"). The Xenogene is a period of rehabilitation and diversity.

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HangingThief	Mar 10 2016, 09:40 PM Post #31
ghoulish Posts: 1,238 Group: Members Member #1,870 Joined: Feb 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Yank Also known as: A noxious pest of livestock and stored grain products. Gender: Chitinous	Diabolical Bear Mar 10 2016, 06:21 PM HangingThief Mar 9 2016, 02:56 PM Why would all the sharks be descended from goblin sharks? Not all. Most. Yes, but why? What's wrong with regular sharks? They've existed unchanged for a very long time.
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Diabolical Bear	Mar 10 2016, 11:17 PM Post #32
Infant Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,828 Joined: Dec 9, 2015 Favorite Quote: You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.	HangingThief Mar 10 2016, 09:40 PM Diabolical Bear Mar 10 2016, 06:21 PM HangingThief Mar 9 2016, 02:56 PM Why would all the sharks be descended from goblin sharks? Not all. Most. Yes, but why? What's wrong with regular sharks? They've existed unchanged for a very long time. The idea was that this mass extinction was so catastrophic that only a few species of shark and other animals survive.



HangingThief	Mar 11 2016, 12:24 AM Post #33
ghoulish Posts: 1,238 Group: Members Member #1,870 Joined: Feb 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Yank Also known as: A noxious pest of livestock and stored grain products. Gender: Chitinous	Diabolical Bear Mar 10 2016, 11:17 PM HangingThief Mar 10 2016, 09:40 PM Diabolical Bear Mar 10 2016, 06:21 PM HangingThief Mar 9 2016, 02:56 PM Why would all the sharks be descended from goblin sharks? Not all. Most. Yes, but why? What's wrong with regular sharks? They've existed unchanged for a very long time. The idea was that this mass extinction was so catastrophic that only a few species of shark and other animals survive. But why goblin sharks? Sharks have survived all the other mass extinctions unchanged. If goblin sharks had some sort of advantage over typical shark families, they wouldn't be so uncommon and monotypic. And if they became macropredators, they'd probably lose that freaky jaw since it's almost certainly useless for anything besides snagging small, soft bodied prey.
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El Dorito	Mar 11 2016, 02:57 AM Post #34
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Diabolical Bear	Mar 11 2016, 09:49 AM Post #35
Infant Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,828 Joined: Dec 9, 2015 Favorite Quote: You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.	El Dorito Mar 11 2016, 02:57 AM To be fair goblin sharks probably aren't that rare at all, they are just kind of inaccessible. They live in the very depths of the ocean, so yes. They are inaccessible.



Dragonthunders	Mar 11 2016, 09:52 AM Post #36
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	Diabolical Bear In 50 million years Well, is good to know how when this happen, but, there are still too many plot holes in its history. Up to this point you have described that organisms that have survived, their future forms, but you has not described how and why, besides the lack of an overview of how the whole planet has evolved and looks at this time. I'm not trying to be picky about this, I just want some consistency in your project so that others can understand how this future world has developed. Diabolical Bear The idea was that this mass extinction was so catastrophic that only a few species of shark and other animals survive. I think that is already fairly well established, however, is not necessary to have only one species of each type of animal to exemplify. At one point, mass extinctions are capable of annihilating entire groups, but others can easily survive with a considerable number of species. I would recommend that you not be so specific with survivors, there are some types of animals that really should be named by groups and families, not a species. Also, goblin sharks are not really appropriate option, they are too specialized, they may be good survivors by the environment where they live, but this type of animal have been in their niche for 125 million years, they survived the K/Pg extinction event and still remain here without major changes. Several of the current families of sharks have existed since the Cretaceous period so that an asteroid would not be an inconvenient. El Dorito To be fair goblin sharks probably aren't that rare at all, they are just kind of inaccessible. Well, actually they are the last of its family, and also its range is too limited for its lifestyle.
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GlarnBoudin	Mar 11 2016, 03:35 PM Post #37
Disgusting Skin Fetishist Posts: 1,902 Group: Members Member #1,641 Joined: Feb 15, 2015 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternate Evolution Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" Gender: What is a gender? A miserable pile of secrets!	I agree with DT-a bull shark or a dogfish would be a better choice.
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Diabolical Bear	Mar 11 2016, 08:50 PM Post #38
Infant Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #1,828 Joined: Dec 9, 2015 Favorite Quote: You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.	GlarnBoudin Mar 11 2016, 03:35 PM I agree with DT-a bull shark or a dogfish would be a better choice. But other species of shark do survive like the tiger shark, blacktip reef shark, and blue shark.



HangingThief	Mar 11 2016, 09:10 PM Post #39
ghoulish Posts: 1,238 Group: Members Member #1,870 Joined: Feb 10, 2016 Gender: Male Nationality: Yank Also known as: A noxious pest of livestock and stored grain products. Gender: Chitinous	Diabolical Bear Mar 11 2016, 08:50 PM GlarnBoudin Mar 11 2016, 03:35 PM I agree with DT-a bull shark or a dogfish would be a better choice. But other species of shark do survive like the tiger shark, blacktip reef shark, and blue shark. So why would most sharks be descended from goblin sharks?
	Hey.


Dragonthunders	Mar 13 2016, 01:21 PM Post #40
The ethereal archosaur in blue Posts: 3,039 Group: Global Mods Member #690 Joined: Jan 22, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Salvadoran Favorite Quote: "There is only one war that can afford the human being: the war against their extinction" Isaac Asimov Also known as: DT, thunders Gender: still male	You know, maybe would be good if you see this two guides for make a good and accurate project before continuing this, I would not want us to spend whole pages arguing about if that is or isn't right in your project without reaching any conclusions. http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5585667/1/ http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5574215/1/
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Adman	Mar 13 2016, 01:27 PM Post #41
Totally not lamna Posts: 3,898 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: Sep 2, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: The Great Atlantic Steppe Favorite Quote: “I dont leran from no one“ -Archeo	Dragonthunders Mar 13 2016, 01:21 PM http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5585667/1/ That reminds me, I still have to update that thread.
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Corecin	Mar 25 2016, 03:57 PM Post #42
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,567 Group: Members Member #1,893 Joined: Mar 21, 2016 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: American :/ Favorite Quote: “Life’s too short to spend it being mean to people.” Also known as: Literally just any spin on Corecin Gender: Nonbinary	Seems like n interesting project, can we see these new dogs or cats? And will we ever sea any smaller animals? Because it seems like everything returned to the size of animals that went extinct, wouldn't they be smaller? That's usually how it works in the case of dinosaurs being the largest land creatures and mammals being smaller.



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