u/Angel_Froggi

(Some context and anatomical notes)

This species would be the equivalent to earth’s Pandericthys, not necessarily the first “fish” to crawl on land but one of the predecessors. It is a bottom dwelling species in shallow brackish ecosystems, feeding on small organisms in the mud.

The front limbs are similar to those of lobe finned fish, with the fin tip made from three bone fingers and a handful of rays between each. A ring of plates line the oral cavity, with two pairs of mandibular limbs surrounding it. The tail fin is actually adapted from a third limb, derived from a structure superficially similar to the tripod fish. The dorsal and anal fin are supported by structures eventually adapted into the hip. The spine of these animals are located near the bottom of the animal, gradually raising and ending in the dorsal fin, with the body cavity sitting in a canoe shaped rib cage.

Most of the things said I said about the anatomy here would also apply to other “fish” in this world. Let me know what you think!

I was thinking about Torvosaurus recently and noticed that its elongated snout is superficially similar to something like a spinosaur. This is generally an adaptation for eating fish, but not much else about it is adapted for a fully piscivorous diet. From this I believe it could’ve fished like a grizzly bear, running after fish in shallow rivers.

This is just the opinion of an amateur enthusiast so take everything I said with a grain of salt

Edit: I am an idiot

It’s right between my Allosaurus f. and Dryosaurus enclosures. I don’t want to add a habitat, so maybe a guest area of some sort

By this I mean a set of foliage pieces that fit within one of the current biomes but is a bit more specific. An example would be a peat bog biome that would fit within the wetlands category

Idk if this is a dumb question but it’s been on my mind

(Second two images belong to Anderson design group, not sure about first two)

Alaska wildlife reserve, would be home to Reindeer, Gray Wolf, Moose, Grizzly Bear, Wolverine, Arctic Fox, Red Fox, NA Beaver, etc

Everglades wildlife reserve, would be home to Raccoon, Alligator, Cougar, Coyote, American Flamingo

PNW wildlife reserve, would be home to Cougar, Coyote, Gray Wolf, Red Fox, Raccoon, Striped Skunk, NA beaver, California Sea Lion

Yellowstone wildlife reserve, would be home to American bison, Grizzly bear, Coyote, moose, bighorn sheep, cougar, gray wolf, red fox, raccoon, striped skunk, NA beaver

These are only animals that are from PZ1, you could definitely add to most of these lists

I thought it would be interesting to bring up since theyre not currently found there but used to live in the UK before being hunted to localized extinction. It would also be a nice conservation message to portray

I was imagining it possibly acting like nile crocodiles that ambush large prey from rivers, but considering it was for a time synonymous with Shamosuchus I’m starting to doubt that idea.