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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 18 2016, 04:35 PM Post #1 |
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It's a grassy plain, and a group of deer-like animals with horns shaped like spades feed on grass. A predator with a long snout,strong legs, and long tail rests happily, and a group of odd reptiles fly above. Just then, a large frog-like creature charges out onto the plains, and the animals panick. The beast attacks one of the deer-like animals, and the long-snouted predator runs away. This is Terra Futura, 150 million years from now. When bats and reptiles rule the skies, and when passerines chase down Chevrotain. This story takes place in the very long time known as the Allotemporum, or Odd Era A Brief History of the Future A small fish swims by, and a Dunkleosteus snaps it up. Then a forest appears, and a Meganeura flies ahead. After that, it's a scrubland, and a dimetrodon is chasing an eroyops across the barrens. Next, there's a desert, and an eoraptor calls out to a mate, shaking his feathery plumage. After that, it's a plain, and a camptosaurus runs from a Saurosphagonax. Then, a forest, and a Tyrannosaurus roars. Next, it's a scene of the earth, and an asteroid slamming into it. Then, a scene of a Troodon walking across a barren landscape, shivering. After that, a rainforest and small early primates leap from tree to tree. Then, it's a grassland, and a Paraceratherium bellows as a chalicothere walks by. Next, it's a Savannah, and an Austrolopithecus runs from a Deinofelis. Then, an icy tundra, and a mammoth herd walks by. Next, we stop at a city- in 2016. After a few years of pollution and poaching, the earth was in very bad shape, and humans had killed off quite a few species, including big cats, a few elephants, rhinos, some sharks, and giraffes. After humans had killed off about 59 different species, the governments formed a union and decided to all live in one, massive city, located in the center of the US. The city expanded to most of America, and was not creating much pollution- humans were using eco-friendly fuels. After a few hundred years, humans started to send more probes to Mars- terraforming the planet. After that, they sent a massive ship filled with half the human race inside, but almost on their way to Mars, something failed, and half the human race was dead. The other half spent hundreds of years making sure nothing could go wrong, and soon all humans were on Mars. They then sent the two probes Apollo and Artemis to Athena, and cheered when they found out it had life. They started becoming space nomads, traveling the galaxy and forming alliances with alien races, until one day, they got a transmission from a planet- Persephone-482 to be precise- a fuzzy one, saying the race were the Wa' Rissh, that their planet was a restricted area, and that they were our creators, and were amazed at how well we had done. Humans were doubting that, until a cloaked figure boarded the ship, and said he was an Wa' Risshi ambassador. Then, humans started respecting the Wa' Rissh, and the Wa' Rissh respected them back. Meanwhile on earth, scince pollution was dissapearing gradually, plants and animals' numbers boosted up- leading to more carbon dioxide and oxygen for plants and animals. About 50 million years from now, an asteroid the size of Madagascar hit- and wiped out almost all life. The ones to take a foothold were the most adaptable, intelligent, and flexible groups- the ones we will go over next. The Survivors Of The C-At Extinction Event The C-At extinction was one of the largest in history, comparable to the Permian extinction. Most animals that survived had special features that allowed them to survive. Mammals Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fish, Invertabrates, and Insects
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 18 2016, 04:37 PM Post #2 |
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Table Of Contents Chapter I, an introduction Edited by Paleo_Specs, Apr 18 2016, 04:39 PM.
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| Corecin | Apr 18 2016, 05:25 PM Post #3 |
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I cannot wait, yay, woo. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 18 2016, 05:27 PM Post #4 |
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:3 I'll add some more info soon |
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| Dapper Man | Apr 18 2016, 05:41 PM Post #5 |
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A better intro then the last. It does seem promising, as long as it doesn't go dead, like some projects... (Cough, not mine) |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 18 2016, 05:51 PM Post #6 |
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Glad you like it. I'll try to keep it alive as long as possible. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 18 2016, 08:29 PM Post #7 |
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What would you guys like to see after I cover the geography? |
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| Corecin | Apr 19 2016, 12:45 PM Post #8 |
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Hmmm let's see this is on the speculative evolution wiki.....I wonder what you should cover? |
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| Jasonguppy | Apr 19 2016, 01:40 PM Post #9 |
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I'd like to see a layout of the 'major' groups you have! Maybe just some representatives from each major group you have? |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 19 2016, 04:27 PM Post #10 |
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The main groups I'll be covering are bats, birds, crocodilians, salamanders, and Unglate descendants of Chevrotain and mouse deer. |
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| Dapper Man | Apr 19 2016, 04:30 PM Post #11 |
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I'd be interested to see the Crocodilians. By chance, have they diversified from their current niches? |
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| Hertz | Apr 19 2016, 05:17 PM Post #12 |
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I agree with Saessy. Crocodilians would be wonderful to see in new niches.
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 19 2016, 05:58 PM Post #13 |
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They're mostly herbivores, although there are a few larger carnivores, but they're not very common. |
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| shimegi | Apr 19 2016, 07:15 PM Post #14 |
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Cool so far. My only problem is that the "birds did better than mammals in After Man" has been a bit overdone. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 19 2016, 07:23 PM Post #15 |
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Did you even read my reasoning? More groups of mammals survived than birds, BTW. Edited by Paleo_Specs, Apr 22 2016, 06:46 AM.
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