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Nuclear war
2 doesn't even look like it's connected to the rock
Small herbivores: Jakapil, Bulbasaurus
I just realized that round 2 is still going to last over a month
How many more matches do we have left before the second elimination round?
Wait, the movie counts towards this?
Damn 3 fish in a row
Azdarcho was in the Walking With series?
I forgot Cetiosaurus was even in the Walking With series
Archimedes
Stegosaurus
Cretoxyrina
Teleoceras
Stegouros
Triceratops
Spinosaurus
Albertosaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Armadillosuchus
Hello, I'm currently planning to a bransteele survivor simulation of the fossils displayed at the college I go to. It's mainly just some glass cabnets that mostly have local fossils, so a good chunk of the fossils are going to be of some lesser known stuff. Basically just say which ones you want to be in the cast and I'll take the top 16-20ish ones for the cast. Without further ago, here are the fossils you get to decide from:
Mammals:
Megalonyx
Mammuthus
Fish:
Listracanthus
Chirodus
Ammonites:
Promicroceras
Placenticeras
Baculites
Trilobites:
Phacops
Flexicalymene
Mesonacis
Dalmanites
Cryptolithus
Proetus
Peronpsis
Dolichoharpes
Ameura
Snails:
Sphaerodoma
Glabrocingulum
Crinoids & Blastoids:
Pentremites
Onychocrinus
Aglaocrinus
Brachiopods:
Neospirifer
Juresania
Composita
Meekella
Derbyia
Linoproductus
Echinoconchus
Bivalves:
Wilkingia
Inoceramus
Corals:
Hexagondria
Monilopora
Bryozoans:
Archimedes
Shri
literally named my newest D&D character after it
Ashfalls (Ash Hollow formation)
Mistake: text on the picture talks about Oviraptor while the picture is of Maiasaura
A couple questions/comments I have:
What's your target audience for this book?
This can be really helpful in helping pin down things like your audiences reading level and familiarity with the subject matter.
Are you planning to use/cite sources for this book?
I know it might sound a bit lame, but sources can be helpful in making sure your book has the correct information and can help with the legitimacy of your claims in the book
I feel like you could probably go further in depth with your information on this chapter.
Obviously I don't know how long you're planning this book to be and how much you what to go into the geologic history of the Earth, but this intro does seem to be a bit on the short side. Like, removing the picture, this only ends up being about a page worth of text, and I feel like there are a few things in this chapter that didn't get expanded upon enough/didn't get mentioned. Some things I think you could add/expand upon in a future draft of this chapter:
Bring up where the space dust came from (a previous star going supernova) - this feels like a pretty important piece of information that is completely missing
Bring up how lighter elements got pushed further away from the sun compared to the heavier elements - this would explain why the gas giants are further away from the sun compared to the rocky planets
Talk more about early Earth - this can include things like how the internal layers of the Earth formed, going more in detail about Earth's early atmosphere was different, talk about the late heavy bombardment period, talk about how earth's first oceans would have been well above modern boiling temperatures due to the higher atmospheric pressure, etc.
Not really a clear suggestion on the information surrounding the first life, but you could check this wikipedia page out, since it does mention the origin of life potenially being within the Hadian, along with biogenic graphites from 3.7 billion years ago, a bit before the oldest direct fossils of life.
Okay I'll be a Shringasaurus indicus
My Suggestions:
1. Me
2. Stegosaurus
3. Stegouros
4. Bunostegos
5. Pukicho
@SuperiorTonkAlt2 I was leaning more towards a Gobiconodontid when I came up with it, but if you think a Multituberculate would make more sense feel free to go ahead
Hyaenamimus tenuisis
A roughly dog-sized early mammal that convergently evolved bone-crushing teeth similar to those of modern hyena. It is primarily a scavenger, although it does also eat insects, lizards, and rodent-sized mammals. They typically live alone or in pairs.