Basically this is to discuss how far could choristodere diversification occur. For example, is it feasible to have Metriorhynchus like forms?...
1742
electreel64
Jun 5, 2009 10:20 am
... but i created in my post-permian world i created a group of aquatic creatures descended from procynodon. some of them have mossasaur like form. could they...
1743
electreel64
Jun 7, 2009 5:00 pm
Why not a almost blind creature who lives in muddy fresh water with a complex sonar or electrical system like boto dolphin and electrical eel and elephant fish...
1745
vjoey92
Jul 4, 2009 6:52 pm
So I'm currently working on Darren Naish's idea the Squamozoic. I'm currently working on it with someone else (known as Metalraptor). We had originally created...
1746
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 10, 2009 3:06 am
Because of problems of hosting I moved my site to another server. Now the address of English page is http://www.sivatherium.narod.ru/englver.htm And check for...
1747
Tim Morris
piatnitskysa...
Jul 13, 2009 8:21 am
... Thanks for that, Paul :D...
1748
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 13, 2009 2:46 pm
... Tim, I see this month will be the least active till the history of existing of this group. And where had you been all that time? How are you?...
1749
Tim Morris
piatnitskysa...
Jul 14, 2009 8:38 am
... I do apologise for the inactivity of this group. I've been busy most nights corresponding with my partner, who lives in the USA. Other than that, I have...
1750
ghandhimahamata
Jul 18, 2009 9:25 am
This time, I would like to discuss the limits of dicynodont diversity. Given that, by the Mesozoic, all dicynodonts were large herbivores, I guess the only...
1751
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 18, 2009 4:38 pm
... First of all, diggers up to blind mole-like forms. Possible ecological niches - herbivores and omnivores. Then, the variety of land herbivores of heavy...
1752
ghandhimahamata
Jul 18, 2009 5:59 pm
... So, theorically, if isolated in a landmass without any other predators, they could perhaps evolve predatory forms? Perhaps a thing in the style of saber...
1753
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 18, 2009 6:44 pm
... No. Two lines of therapsids, gorgonopsids => cynodonts and deinocephala => dicynodonts had been widely spreaded in Permian. I don't see any real landmass...
1754
ghandhimahamata
Jul 18, 2009 10:17 pm
... Well, I was speculating about an alternate timeline where dicynodonts somehow survived and managed to diversify and I simply asked on whereas it would be...
1755
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 22, 2009 3:46 pm
I also may imagine subpolar dicynodonts covered with rich fur and storing fat in short tails and back humps. There may be also hibernators among them making...
1756
electreel64
Jul 23, 2009 4:13 pm
... could dicynodonts evolve first a thin "protohair" on the back, and then develope it on its body to survive at so cold conditions?...
1757
electreel64
Jul 23, 2009 4:27 pm
... could they evolve to biped dicynodonts similar to the first ceratopsid evolutionary stages (psitacosaurus)....
1758
ghandhimahamata
Jul 23, 2009 9:09 pm
I'm quite interested to know if Eucalyptus will become predominant in Europe after we disappear; at least in Portugal both this tree and pine trees seem to be...
1759
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 24, 2009 3:08 pm
... In my Neocene chapters (not translated into English) there are Araucaria species in Northern hemisphere - at Hawaii. Thins plant is introduced there and...
1760
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 24, 2009 3:21 pm
... I think the hair cover is one of early features of progressive therapsids. The structure of jaw bones indicates the presence of soft muscular lips at...
1761
ghandhimahamata
Jul 24, 2009 7:38 pm
... Were soft muscular lips present in the ancestors of dicynodonts?...
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Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 24, 2009 9:41 pm
... I know what you mean. Of course, dicynodonts had beak. I mean soft lips are characteristic for related groups and are connected to the existing of other...
1763
Edgar Segovia A.
souhjiro_rel...
Jul 25, 2009 4:31 pm
And the uniform isolating hair cover could be traced back when the "prototherapsids" lost cumbersome thermorregulators as dorsal sails? Before that, perhaps...
1764
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 26, 2009 3:22 pm
... And traces of such condition are kept even at us. Look at your own skin on hand, and you'll see the ordered arrangement of hairs on it with spaces between...
1765
electreel64
Jul 28, 2009 5:33 pm
one question. can gorgonopsids also evolve hair on its skin, or are cynodonts the only great predators living in cold areas....
1766
ghandhimahamata
Jul 29, 2009 8:01 am
... Well, gorgonopsids are closer to mammals than dicynodonts, so if dicynodonts could have a hair coat so could gorgonopsids...
1767
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 31, 2009 2:58 pm
So, he next interesting group is Cacti. These plants are introduced to Old World, and in our Russian forum some interesting ideas are generated. For example,...
1768
Edgar Segovia A.
souhjiro_rel...
Jul 31, 2009 3:43 pm
Hello! I just was reviewing some info about the extent of parrot species introduced on northern hemisfere, is posible on 30 millon of years both Eurasia an...
1769
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Jul 31, 2009 6:30 pm
... Am I correct reading these lines? Did you make the project for Neocene world??? With your permission I may place this description to my project. But we...
1770
Edgar Segovia A.
souhjiro_rel...
Aug 1, 2009 3:17 am
Hi Pavel! Sorry for the bluntness, was an inspiration attack, naturally needs to be worked, if you likes the idea... Well, once calmed, i see certainly the...
1771
Pavel I. Volkov
paul_neocene...
Aug 1, 2009 11:11 am
... It's normal to accept and to decline any ideas. "The truth is born in disputes", the proverb says. Who may be an ancestor of your parrot?...
