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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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| Beetleboy | Apr 20 2016, 10:37 AM Post #16 |
neither lizard nor boy nor beetle . . . but a little of all three
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So, you say that I am rude to you, but to other people, it's fine to take an angry tone with them? I don't see the reasoning there. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 21 2016, 07:44 PM Post #17 |
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Spoiler: this is not dead, and big things are coming! Wa' Rissh Wa' Rissh Wa' Rissh Won't be featured until later. Edited by Paleo_Specs, Apr 21 2016, 07:45 PM.
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| Rodlox | Apr 21 2016, 11:48 PM Post #18 |
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I agree. though I can't see how hyraxes and passerines qualify as generalist opportunists -- yes, passerines are widespread, its a big family full of specialists. but, your project, your call. |
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| Rodlox | Apr 21 2016, 11:49 PM Post #19 |
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calm down. you want people to give you their opinions, you can't start cussing when they do. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 22 2016, 06:47 AM Post #20 |
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Guys, please don't stir shit up with one response I edited. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 22 2016, 06:48 AM Post #21 |
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Hyraxes were sort of lucky, and I was going more torwards crows and ravens in Passerines. Edited by Paleo_Specs, Apr 22 2016, 06:51 AM.
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| Adman | Apr 22 2016, 06:50 AM Post #22 |
Totally not lamna
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Pigeons aren't passerines? |
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Projects and concepts that I have stewing around 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. The Park- ??? 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. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems.. | |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 22 2016, 06:50 AM Post #23 |
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Whoops, sorry. |
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| Rodlox | Apr 22 2016, 06:55 AM Post #24 |
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ah, okay, thanks for the clarification. and at some point over the course of my life, I read that corvids were found outside of passerines...but for all I know, that was some time ago, and they've since been found back inside. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 23 2016, 03:51 PM Post #25 |
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Don't worry, this isn't dead. Just entered a time of prolonged thinking. |
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| Paleo_Specs | Apr 23 2016, 04:41 PM Post #26 |
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Mammals Spoiler: click to toggle The mammals in the WOOPWOOPWOOP are made of bats, chevrotain, rats, shrews, and raccoons. Bats are mostly carnivores, although a few herbivorous groups exist. Raccoon descendants are mostly arboreal, although a few are semi-aquatic, and some are volant. Shrew descendants are mostly aquatic and semi-aquatic. Chevrotain descendants are mostly deer-like herbivores, and a few are wading piscovores. Rats are mostly generalists, occupying a Miriad of niches. A few descendants of baboon made it until about 100 million years from now as aquatic predators. Chevrotain descendants made it until about the same time until they were outcompeted by crocodilians. Most mammals only get to about 10 feet long, and some get to about 12, although these are rarer. Mammals altogether make it out until about 1 billion years from now, when an asteroid the size of America wipes out almost all life. |
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