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Questions that don't need their own topics vol.2; New and fresh
Topic Started: Jan 4 2018, 11:18 AM (26,888 Views)
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Is there any reliable way of predicting when and where new volcanic islands might form?
Edited by Scrublord, Jan 24 2018, 12:30 PM.
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Jan 24 2018, 12:28 PM
Is there any reliable way of predicting when and where new volcanic islands might form?
tectonic plates can provide a rough idea.
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How the map will look like if there was an ice age during Cretaceous?Any image?
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How the map will look like if there was an ice age during Cretaceous?Any image?
1. which part of the Cretaceous? it was the longest era in the entire Mesozoic, after all.

2. what sort of ice age? the one that humans arose during? the Snowball Earth ones?
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The part when the continental map is identical to ours(Gondwana breakup happened during mid).So mid to late Cretaceous period.The current ice age,of course,lol.We all know how a snowball Earth looks like,like a giant icy ball.
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I'm having a discussion on the TetZoo Facebook group about the so-called Lawndale Incident, and I just want to know: is there any authenticated record of cathartids, or New World vultures (as opposed to old world vultures, which are accipitrids) using their talons as weapons?
Edited by Scrublord, Jan 25 2018, 09:08 PM.
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Why is compared to other continents, European fauna so boring?
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Because of the current ice age aaaaaaaaaaaand.........................................Huuuuuuuuuumans!Also it has a strong asian component since Grande Coupure.
Edited by LλmbdaExplosion, Jan 27 2018, 11:53 AM.
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Because boringness is subjective.
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bc humans and agree with the above
Astarte an alt eocene world,now on long hiatus but you never know
Fanauraa; The rebirth of Aotearoa future evo set in new zealand after a mass extinction
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Guys I need help, today I had a lightbulb moment and now I'm stuck in a position where I somehow need to get bichirs into Asia (if you're curious I think I could make a speculative explanation for Oriental dragons out of these fish).

I realised (too late) after getting very excited about the concept that there are no bichirs in Asia, so I've got some questions. Any help would be much appreciated to help me rationalise the giant semi-aquatic bichir fish-dragon that we all need in our lives:

. did bichirs ever exist anywhere besides Africa? Anywhere even close to Asia?

. is there anyway at some point in the bichir's evolutionary history that it could somehow have made it to Asia? I'll need to do some research on past continental drift on this one but any help would be appreciated

Edit: think I may have come up with something but it's kind of long-winded and confusing. During Cretaceous, bichir eggs are transported to Madagascar via birds/pterosaurs, when India splits off from Madagascar it takes some bichirs with it, it joins Asia, introducing the new fishies into their new home. Eh I dunno whether I like it or not.
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Jan 27 2018, 02:28 PM
Guys I need help, today I had a lightbulb moment and now I'm stuck in a position where I somehow need to get bichirs into Asia (if you're curious I think I could make a speculative explanation for Oriental dragons out of these fish).

I realised (too late) after getting very excited about the concept that there are no bichirs in Asia, so I've got some questions. Any help would be much appreciated to help me rationalise the giant semi-aquatic bichir fish-dragon that we all need in our lives:

. did bichirs ever exist anywhere besides Africa? Anywhere even close to Asia?

. is there anyway at some point in the bichir's evolutionary history that it could somehow have made it to Asia? I'll need to do some research on past continental drift on this one but any help would be appreciated

Edit: think I may have come up with something but it's kind of long-winded and confusing. During Cretaceous, bichir eggs are transported to Madagascar via birds/pterosaurs, when India splits off from Madagascar it takes some bichirs with it, it joins Asia, introducing the new fishies into their new home. Eh I dunno whether I like it or not.
Bichirs live only in Africa.They are in good shape today by evolutionary standards,despite other relatives died out fast during either KT or the recent cooling.The thing with eggs being transported by birds is true,but is almost rare.Carp eggs for example survive a lot outside of water,but not enought to get to the destination ,if the next body of water is too far.If they got to Asia,think about freshwater plumes.
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The best candidates for asian dragons are gliding snakes and legless giant otters.To me the fact that the depiction of these dragons show that the snouts have big whiskers and both reptile and mammal traits could be a clear indication that they could be...wait a second, surviving snake like- therapsids
Edited by LλmbdaExplosion, Jan 27 2018, 04:10 PM.
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