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Biggest biological plot twist
Topic Started: Nov 6 2016, 12:28 PM (19,613 Views)
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During the mid proterozoic, fungi where actually moving creatures and animals where sessile mushroom like decomposes. The fungi took a verity of radial and asymmetrical forms, and even some bilateral ones. But then a mysterious extinction which we have no record of wiped out all of the motile fungi, leaving only basal primitive forms. Around the same time, by amazing luck, one of the sponges became neotenic, producing free swimming animals that would eventually give rise to eumetazoans. These moving forms, as well as filter feeding sessile ones became larger and more prominent. By the ediacaran period, fungi where left in the dust. Eventually, the phanerozoic started, and metazoans kicked into overdrive. But the fungi aren't complaining. Ever since the extinction happened, and for however long it takes, the fungi have waited. Waited for some series of bad event to strike down the metazoans past the point of recovery. And when this day comes, the last dying animals will see the fungal world the could have happened much earlier. The fungi shall rise again.
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Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
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During the mid proterozoic, fungi where actually moving creatures and animals where sessile mushroom like decomposes. The fungi took a verity of radial and asymmetrical forms, and even some bilateral ones. But then a mysterious extinction which we have no record of wiped out all of the motile fungi, leaving only basal primitive forms. Around the same time, by amazing luck, one of the sponges became neotenic, producing free swimming animals that would eventually give rise to eumetazoans. These moving forms, as well as filter feeding sessile ones became larger and more prominent. By the ediacaran period, fungi where left in the dust. Eventually, the phanerozoic started, and metazoans kicked into overdrive. But the fungi aren't complaining. Ever since the extinction happened, and for however long it takes, the fungi have waited. Waited for some series of bad event to strike down the metazoans past the point of recovery. And when this day comes, the last dying animals will see the fungal world the could have happened much earlier. The fungi shall rise again.

I've already had an idea about this. Hand-waving away the means of extinction(super-powerful biological weapon released on accident), fungi would come out on top of the other kingdoms to replace animals, although some slime molds try. The mycelium was essentially the 'queen' with mushroom workers running around looking for high-energy food sources to be slowly absorbed into their mother, although fungi have weird things going on with gender.


Bilateral animals are actually descended from primitive fungi-we just haven't found enough evidence pointing to Proarticulata being slime-mold like organisms.
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Bilateral animals are actually descended from primitive fungi-we just haven't found enough evidence pointing to Proarticulata being slime-mold like organisms.
That would make the lion's mane jellyfish the largest animals. Clever bastard.
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Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Megarachne was actually a spider.
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


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May 5 2017, 05:36 PM
Bilateral animals are actually descended from primitive fungi-we just haven't found enough evidence pointing to Proarticulata being slime-mold like organisms.
That would make the lion's mane jellyfish the largest animals. Clever bastard.
I take offense from this. Actual offense.
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May 7 2017, 06:56 PM
Inceptis
May 5 2017, 05:36 PM
Bilateral animals are actually descended from primitive fungi-we just haven't found enough evidence pointing to Proarticulata being slime-mold like organisms.
That would make the lion's mane jellyfish the largest animals. Clever bastard.
I take offense from this. Actual offense.
Oh, boy. I didn't mean to offend you.
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

Quotes


Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


More pictures


Other cool things


All African countries can fit into Brazil
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May 9 2017, 03:40 PM
Inceptis
May 8 2017, 07:26 PM
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May 7 2017, 06:56 PM
Inceptis
May 5 2017, 05:36 PM
Bilateral animals are actually descended from primitive fungi-we just haven't found enough evidence pointing to Proarticulata being slime-mold like organisms.
That would make the lion's mane jellyfish the largest animals. Clever bastard.
I take offense from this. Actual offense.
Oh, boy. I didn't mean to offend you.
I understand what you meant, but it's one of the most derogatory terms out there, right up with the n-word.

Anyway, I kind of derailed this.

All Nectocaris fossils found have been of a different animal other than the current cephalopod theory, including a chaetognath, derived lobopodian, the original reconstruction, and a variety of lophophorates. (I actually believe the second is more likely than the cephalopod theory.)

Terror birds were actually mostly herbivorous, using their beaks to crush and grind plant material, with some omnivores.
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Inceptis
May 9 2017, 06:00 PM
Terror birds were actually mostly herbivorous, using their beaks to crush and grind plant material, with some omnivores.
ah, so phonorocos were gastornis in behav- no, no, you're more right than you know: terror birds, gastornids, and demon ducks of doom are sister genera rather than parallel evolution!
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This is essentially a forum game by now. I vote to move the thread.
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May 11 2017, 06:39 PM
This is essentially a forum game by now. I vote to move the thread.
I second that
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


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Inceptis
May 11 2017, 06:39 PM
This is essentially a forum game by now. I vote to move the thread.
how is this a game? (seriously, i don't follow that logic)
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