Another Paleozoic Thing! I didn't even know that this animal had so many osteoderms. making them was hell. The Skeletal Diagram I used is here: https://www.deviantart.com/ivanbel/art/Scutosaurus-karpinskii-865156822
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With the demand for paleo documentaries rising more and more, Amazon decided to throw a billion dollars at this new series, Dinos World. As well as the incredibly lame title, Jurassic Park logo ripoff, and Jack Horner narrating it, Dinos World has numerous scientific inaccuracies.
Disney Pixar skips all the ARK maps and creates a movie adaptation of ARK 2, a dinosaur video game that hasn't even been released. Not starring Vin Diesel, this low-budget film features a few dinosaurs such as Velociraptor and T-Rex.
Disney Pixar's latest animated film stars a young Quetzal on a search to find her lost parents. Get ready for a song filled adventure in Quetzal!
Pixar remakes their blockbuster film, ARK, with new up-to-date animation.
Disney Pixr creates a long anticipated film titled Great Dying. Starring a young Scutosaurus on his mission to save his herd. They will encounter many dangers, and at the end, they all die.
Pixar breaks free from Disney, renaming itself Pixxjar. Their first film is New Blood, a story taking place 220 million years ago. A fearsome Postosuchus terrorizes the early dinosaurs, and they must stop the monster.
Which of these new movies looks the best? Which looks the most rediculous?
Karakiller = Terror Bird
(Gastornis, Utahraptor considered)
South American Rattleback = Doedicurus
(Protoceratops, Polacanthus considered)
Babookari = Australopithecus
(Mesopithecus considered)
Deathgleaner = Pteranodon
(Rhamphorynchus, Ornithocheirus, Anurognathus considered)
Spink = Diictodon
North American Rattleback = Scutosaurus
(Protoceratops, Doedicurus, Polacanthus considered)
What are your thought? Which animals would have been better comparisons?
(Edited by TheGeckoGamer)
Original skeletal from Ivanbel - https://www.deviantart.com/ivanbel/art/Scutosaurus-karpinskii-826492608
Proportions inspired by Dragonthunders - https://www.deviantart.com/dragonthunders/art/Scutosaurus-karpinskii-875732715
(Edited by Triceratops Prorsus)
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Btw BTD stands for "Before The Dinosaurs" as it focuses on Permian Synapsids and takes place sometime in the Paleozoic.
A Scutosaurus was feeding on a fern until, it has heard a rustle in the distance, though the herbivorous parareptile thought it was nothing and so continued eating. But then an Inostrancevia lunged from the bushes and attacked the Scutosaurus thus causing to run away and thus causing in a chase between the 2 animals. But then Scutosaurus tired out from running has decided to fight back stab the therapsid, thus causing the saber-tooth to screech in pain and so bites down on the Scutosaurus' throat very swiftly as blood splattered the Scutosaurus was dead and so the Gorgonopsian could feed.
(Yes it is a Kid's film even though it has blood because Puss in Boots; The Last Wish did have blood in it when Puss first encounters Death we literally see him bleed, and yes I might pitch it to DreamWorks because they did good on making a dark kid's movie in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)
So, I am making a book about Parareptiles and if you want to see the process of this book link to Google Doc is right here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FiT8l0DFHWKAImeZQkz3600PCs4tX99_ddTXPnLST6A/edit?usp=sharing
Though I might update the cover art, and I also might move to a book maker to make my 2nd iteration of this book, and why the volumes continue with the next page is because this book is inspired by those Marshall Cavendish animal books where instead of starting the next volume at page 1 again it starts off where the previous volume stopped at. But also I will probably make an account (not on Fandom) that will be not but posting progress on the book, but DO NOT expect all of the volumes to be published within a month as making a book takes a while especially me who gets easily distracted on the smallest things imaginable. So do not expect all of them to be publish within a month.
1: Mary anning
2: pixelized inostrancevia chasing scutosaurus
3: an ophidiophobe’s nightmare: Titanoboa
4: mastodonsaurus
5: ino and koolasuchus (size is not accurate but whatever)
6: happy simosuchus getting head rubs
(So... episode 6: synapsid domination only takes place in the early permian because i don't want to make the episode longer or anything but yeah but lets get into episode 7: permian demise...)
We are in the lopingian epoch of the permian 259.51-251.9 mya in what's now russia
Most of the pangea subcontinent is barren with few vegatation and arid theres also forest here but the number of greenery on the supercontinent is much less than today.
but creatures have adapted to survive in this(mostly)deserted world.
(shi's depiction of scutosaurus karpinskii)
Like this scutosaurus over here. he's a distant ancestral relative of modern turtles, over 2.5 meters long and probably weighted 1,160 kg
Scutosaurus normally travel in herds but this one is wandering alone...and he has sensed something, vulnerable to a fearsome therapsid.
(shi's depiction of inostrancevia alexandri, shi often refered inostrancevia as ino for some reason) the attacker was a fearsome inostrancevia. she evolved saber teeth. she's also a gorgonopsid, the first animals to evolve these kinds of teeth.
Inostrancevia is a fast powerful predator of the late permian. she bites into her victim with her saber teeth. the scutosaurus couldn't stand a chance againts this predator...
It seems like the scutosaurus is weakened by his wound and waits for the killer blow...
These cainine teeth that can reach up to 12-15 cm long are lethal weapons that predators who came after the permian will later use including the infamous saber-toothed smilodon of the still currently-ongoing cenozoic era. temperatures from volcanic activity in the permian climate is heating up the planet which triggered the largest mass extinction on earth's history.
We then traveled to south africa. where we saw a small synapsid who lives in burrows...
(shi's reconstruction of diictodon feliceps)
Smaller animals like the dicynodonts can survive the permian mass extinction. these burrowers are called diictodons.
like other dicynodonts they have a tusk and beak. they lived like a modern gopher digging spiral-shaped dig deep underground burrows which allowed them to hide from predators and sandstorms and even keep them warm even in the heat of the permian supercontinent.
to create a burrow. diictodons push dirt to create an entrance then dig deep in a spiral pattern until they made the chamber where they rest and sleep for the day. inhabiting the south african oasi is isn't a synapsid, it's a temnospondyli amphibian called rhinesuchus
(rhinesuchus whaitsi art by:shi)
Rhinesuchus fossils are found in south africa's karoo basin'. they are about 3 meters in length and weighted over 100 kg. while in other parts of south africa...
(abdalodon diastematicus art by:shi)
An abdalodon and her young are resting in the floodplains. these small cynodonts are are known from a crushed skull discovered in the karoo basin of south africa. it's name means abdala's teeth, right now her young are under their mother's protection
In south africa, we saw another dicynodont synapsid
This is pristerodon mackayi, a dicynodont who's fossils are found in south africa, zambia and india. they are among the earliest animals able to hear airborne sound to opposed via hearing vibration along with diictodon.
We traveled back to russia to see another synapsid
Proburnetia viatkensis is a biarmosuchusn therapsid of russia. she had bizzare bumps even in the protrusions of her skull. she's 1.5 meters long with a 20 cm skull, another predator is eating a carcass of an temnospondyli amphibian
This is scylacosuchus orenburgensis. a predatory eutheroceohalian of orenburg oblast pf russia. he's a distant relative of moschorhinus
(life restoration of moschorhinus preying on a dicynodont lystrosaurus)
251.9 million years ago. the great dying occured. caused by flood basalt volcanic eruptions and carbon dioxide. this is the largest extinction life on earth has ever seen....
Diictodons hide in burrows, food become scarces, and 90% of the planet's species that lived during this time go extinct. theres still hope that a few species might survive like therapsids, and a few fish, it seems our ancestors are evolving to become more mammalian a few million years later after thw great dying
we finally reached the beginning of the dinosaurs....
This is where i'm going to end this series
Because the series mainly focouses on the paleozoic and not the mesozoic and cenozoic.
So yeah
(Edited by Shi reincarnated)
First animal on the chopping block is the bajadasaurus
As well as the second animal the scutosaurus
Link to the previous episode so you understand what is happening since this is to resolve a major thing that was happening at the end of the episode.
Now for the mini episode to begin.
The park was currently in a state of crisis with a Australovenator and an Amargasaurus currently wreaking havoc all guests and personnel were told to go to the emergency shelters where they would be safe. The visitors were able to get in safely. But when the staff were getting in one of the them accidentally hit the time portal posts turning them on and a blood curdling squell was heard from the other side as a dead dinosaur dropped through it. As the staff member as a feather dropped from overhead. But the feather that dropped was too large or wrong color to be of the modern day birds in the area. But it matched the the park's most intelligent animal brought back from the past the argentavis. When the staff were cleaning the aviary like structure that holds the argentavis the australovenator was getting close so they just fled the enclosure to not die from the highly aggressive therapod but the argentavis got out. But with it now circling overhead over the time portal it found food but put it at risk to go into the past as well. But soon the staff member who turned it on was trying to turn the time portal off. But once they got close to it a medium sized feathered therapod with a crest walked through dragging the dead dinosaur through before the time portal short circuited leaving the therapod in the present. But when it saw the staff worker it didn't attack the staff worker but sniffed the staff member. But behind the staff worker something much more aggressive that got out smelled an easy meal. The staff member turned around and saw the worst animal possible to come across the always angry neovenator. The amargasaurus confused on where it was and with all the large predators scaring it caused it to crash through a few fences including the neovenator enclosure fences. The staff member heard the neovenator and all of a sudden the radio went off resulting the therapod that unknowingly was in the present let out a high pitch noise that was similar to a loon but much deeper. When the staff member didn't show up to the emergency shelter scarylookinghobo called over the radio but all that they were able to hear was the two therapod dinosaurs and the argentavis fighting over the carcass causing some of the staff to grab some rifles and tranquilizer darts for any kind of animal except the ones made to specifically use on the Dimetrodon. When the staff group got there they saw what was going on they realized a new creature was here and it brought its food causing the argentavis to be attracted to the carcass. When they got there they were successful in getting the argentavis and the neovenator sedated but ran into a bit of problem with the new therapod. It was not attacking the staff but once they made it sort of pissed off and it stepped on the wing of the argentavis grounding the bird again. But eventually the therapod fell due to the sedatives. When they looked at the new dinosaur they were barely able to get it and the other animals involved with the fight over the dead dinosaur carcass before the time portal rods turned on again and one of the most bizarre sauropods was seen walking out of the time portal bajadasaurus. They seemed nice and friendly until one of the staff tried to get the time portal rods not seeing the offspring in the small herd that walked through causing one of them to corner the staff member. Only to be deterred when the time portal closed and opened again and two large Gorgonopsids walked through and went after the offspring in the herd. The Gorgonopsids were easily deterred and afterwards sedated. But the Gorgonopsid were not alone a small herd of scutosaurus walked through but one of them stepped on one the rods breaking it ending any more animals coming to the present for now. A few hours later all the animals were contained except for one due to its own habits. The australovenator was last seen in the area where the aquatic center is. After going through the security camera footage from the aquatic center the australovenator saw the platecarpus and went after it. All that was seen once it got in the water with the platecarpus it was seen with blood red water and floated to the surface with no life in its eyes. A day later they were able to identify the therapod that came back and found it to be rather smart it was identified as sinotyrannus a rather large proceratosaurid. The Gorgonopsid was also identified as Inostrancevia. Meanwhile the time portal rods are being repaired for their last big trip of the year. For now the park remains closed to the public for repairs and fixing the issues with safety measures.
Images of the new animals
Scutosaurus
Moschops
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CARNIVORES
Inostrancevia
Type: Small carnivore.
Diet: Prey.
Appeal: 204
Likes: Compsognathus.
Dislikes: All
Social min: 4
Line: (Issac) Inostrancevia is a Gorgonopsid. a group of predatory mammals that dominated the land at the Permian. Inostrancevia was the largest member of the group infact, so it'll surely bring in a lot of guests!
Anteosaurus
Type: Medium carnivore.
Diet: Prey.
Appeal: 515
Likes: Scavenger.
Dislikes: All.
Social min: 1 (Can have two in same enclosure however.)
Line: (Dua) Anteosaurus was an apex-predator of the Mid Permian. It was an ambush hunter that used its crippling bite-force to incapacitate prey. So, make sure it can't pounce on a guest Aswell!
Lobalopex
Type: Small scavenger.
Diet: Meat and Carcasses.
Appeal: 22
Likes: All
Dislikes: Scavenger, Hybrids.
Social min: 7
Line: (Lambert) Now, don't let these little guys appearance fool you. Lobalopex here is still very much capable of ganging up on a guest, so make sure you keep it in an enclosure with a creature less likely to break out.
HERBIVORE
Moschops
Type: Small herbivore.
Diet: Ground fiber
Appeal: 78
Likes: All
Dislikes: Carnivore.
Social min: 6
Line: (Issac) Moschops was an iconic creature of the Permian, something a few of our guests will probably recognize. It's iconic herd behavior documented at such an early time in earth's history probably is a key to that popularity.
Tapinocephalus
Type: Medium herbivore.
Diet: Ground leaves.
Appeal: 178
Likes: All.
Dislikes: Carnivore, Pachycephalosaurs.
Social min: 5
Line: (Issac) Tapinocephalus here was notable for the bony bump on its head it used during fights for territory and mating rights, something guests would love to see!
Scutosaurus
Type: Small herbivore.
Diet: Ground fruit and Ground leaves.
Appeal: 112
Likes: All
Dislikes: Carnivore.
Social min: 3
Line: (Lambert) Scutosaurus, while not a threat to our fences, is still a potential to our guests threat due to the devastating tail swipes it can unleash, So keep that thing IN!
AQUATIC
Parahelicoprion
Type: Large carnivore
Diet: Shark.
Appeal: 3700
Likes: Aquatic (Medium) Aquatic (Small)
Dislikes: Helicoprion, Liopleurodon, Thalattoarchon, Aquatic (Large).
Social min: 1
Line: (Dua) Parahelicoprion is a... confusing case to say the least. First it was larger than Helicoprion, then it was smaller than it, and repeat. As of now, we can safely confirm it was larger than its close relative.
Helicoprion
Type: Medium carnivore.
Diet: Shark.
Appeal: 2003
Likes: Aquatic (Small), Plesiosaurs.
Dislikes: All
Social min: 2
Line: (Issac) Helicoprion was the undisputed apex of the Early Permian seas surrounding Russia, and now it’s in our park! It’s tooth worl was an iconic feature shared throughout its family… including the much larger Parahelicoprion!
Helicampodus
Type: Small piscivore.
Diet: Fish.
Appeal: 613
Likes: Marine (Medium), Marine (Large)
Dislikes: Marine (Small)
Social min: 5
Line: (Lambert) Helicampodus is known for making some pretty astonishing leaps to catch prey, which can be a danger as it may just leap into one of our viewing gallery’s!
Trivia!
Helicoprion can eat the shark by jumping high.
(Edited by Nonotbeast)
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