vectormoon In reply to stugIIIF [2021-06-05 16:19:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh my fuck— DON’t WRITE THESE COMMENTS ON MY PROFILE! Do I thank every one of my subscribers on Youtube? No! Why do deviants thank every one of their watchers?

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joekr9 In reply to vectormoon [2021-09-13 18:15:19 +0000 UTC]

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stugIIIF In reply to vectormoon [2021-06-05 21:12:39 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to stugIIIF [2021-06-06 04:19:13 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Teracles [2021-01-25 23:14:53 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Gwasanee [2020-06-16 16:09:56 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-09 14:49:15 +0000 UTC]

Also, what timescale for evolution? I know it’s geologic but how long for significant changes? Hundreds of thousands of years? Millions? Tens of millions?

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-09 18:09:14 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 00:44:59 +0000 UTC]

This is going to be tough. I need to define 150 freaking intervals. I think I want to lay out some basics for major changes. Mass extinctions seem to follow a cycle of around 150 Ma between pairs about 50-70 Ma apart. And while this is probably a coincidence, I’d rather play it safe.And I will give percentages in the form of simple fractions, that can be modified based on what would actually end up surviving such an event.
1. 3/4 at 5 Ma — it hits mammals the hardest, wiping out most except for aquatic mammals and burrowing rodents. It does hit birds, fish, reptiles, and bugs pretty hard as well. I don’t know what would cause this, mainly because I don’t have that many examples.
2. 4/5 at 165 Ma
3. 7/10 at 225 Ma
4. At least 19/20 at 385 Ma (intended to be a more severe extinction than the P/T event, likely due to a similar cause) This leads to the change in reproduction that you mentioned, including having both male and female elements at once.
5. 3/4 at 445 Ma
6. 4/5 at 560 Ma
7. 7/10 at 700 Ma
8. 100% non-microbial at 720 Ma

And supercontinent cycles:
150-250 Ma
310-390 Ma
560-700 Ma

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 02:03:33 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 02:39:44 +0000 UTC]

I’m not writing a novel, though I probably will have some kind of semi-intelligent species after the 385 Ma extinction (which leads to the Argazoic Eon). Having the first extinction at 5 Ma is intentional — it simplifies what we have to work from.

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vectormoon In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:09:43 +0000 UTC]

After that I’m thinking that the extinction was caused by an event that increased carbon dioxide levels, allowing kind of a “second Carboniferous” of sorts, as more carbon dioxide = warmer = more forests = more oxygen = giant bugs. So, bugs become the dominant species, at least for a little while before oxygen levels drop back to normal at the end of the Cimecian. This starts the Mesogeiakean, or the surprising shift of the spotlight back to birds. I’m thinking, of course birds have been evolving during this. I think camouflage would already be present, after all, giant flies are a thing. So, green and brown birds, mainly. I think a small size would be a survival trait given less weight to move by flying, so apodiforms, thus greater wingspan evolves, and larger sized birds also begin to show some competition with sharper talons. Now that bugs are tiny again in the Mesogeiakean, the birds are now a threat, as they can take advantage of this new food source, so some might convergently evolve nest/colony systems like ants did in the past, and others may fly way out of reach of birds, and others still may survive just by sheer numbers, as the bird beaks are not yet optimized for catching many bugs at once, generally more as woodpecker-type birds that live off plants and smaller worms that live inside trees. So, this resolution of the bug problem clearly results in an increase in biodiversity among birds, which fills all available niches. The mating calls will likely start off being very high-pitched as a result of the Cimecian, as mating calls wind up outside of the hearing range of insects that can hear.

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:00:19 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 03:51:28 +0000 UTC]

By the way, do you know of a tool that allows you to easily model animals?

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vectormoon In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:51:44 +0000 UTC]

I guess the Spore creature creator comes to mind?

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 04:01:14 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 13:58:30 +0000 UTC]

By the way, Palicene is “new again,” keeping with the trend of naming Neogene and Quaternary epochs after different things to do with “kainos” (new) (Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene)

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 13:55:35 +0000 UTC]

The first 5 Ma interval is during the Palicene. However, this epoch is cut short by the Q-B event just after, leading to the Cimecian, specifically the Dendronian epoch.

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 03:31:19 +0000 UTC]

By the way, would you please take care of the sketching?

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:36:34 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 13:52:42 +0000 UTC]

Ok. I’ll make the 700 Ma extinction a little more severe. I actually have an eon, era, and period all named “Telikozoic” (final life) for this time in Earth’s future. The Telikozoic has 2 epochs, one again named Telikozoic and another named Zestilian (hot sun).

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 15:07:05 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 21:26:03 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 03:22:18 +0000 UTC]

I guess I could include that? To be honest, that would probably at least temporarily outcompete the bugs for these niches.

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vectormoon In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:29:20 +0000 UTC]

So bugs are mainly flying at this point. But later into the Cimecian they come back to the ground.

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vectormoon In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-10 03:25:48 +0000 UTC]

And the lystronychians are still a thing at that point and through the Mesogeiakean as well. So that can kind of work? Given that the lystronychians mainly live underground, maybe not.

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-09 14:45:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, simply where should I start? Is there anything we’re pretty sure will happen (like how we know how the continents will move in the next 50 million years or so?) Like, what trends have we seen in fossil records of the Cenozoic?

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Machinazoic In reply to vectormoon [2020-06-09 18:00:12 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Machinazoic [2020-06-10 00:12:14 +0000 UTC]

No, I know what’s up with the continents, I was just using that as an analogy. I just know jack squat about trends in evolution. Also, I’m actually thinking Amasia, forming around 150 Ma, because the dominant ocean is actually mostly the Southern Ocean, not the Atlantic. So it still checks out with subduction and whatnot. And I’m going to have it break apart around 250 Ma because the Southern Ocean needs to close eventually.

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vectormoon In reply to achillias-da [2020-05-12 16:29:42 +0000 UTC]

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vectormoon In reply to Suspectum [2020-04-22 15:34:37 +0000 UTC]

Frick you.

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