Community Species Suggestions

[autumn plover]

^

[feral cedar]

The least social ceratopsid by far

[autumn plover]

None of the current centrosaurines we have make sense solitary

Triceratops suits small groups

But Penta would suit solitary

[feral cedar]

Misnomer as it may be, and this isn’t a valid reason to add it… I just really like its name

[peak hazel]

its one of the weirdest ceratopsids

[autumn plover]

I mean in a perfect world we’d get Chasmo/Penta/Tricera, but we already have a few ceratopsians, so if we only get a few more Pentaceratops is the best choice for a chasmosaurine

[ancient ibex]

May be standard on large headed, long frilled ones, at least going by Ojo Alamo torosaurs

[peak hazel]

torosaurus is also cool

[autumn plover]

I’m not as much a fan for its inclusion, it’s too similar to Triceratops. It’s main distinguishing feature is also found on Pentaceratops which is more distinct.

[ancient ibex]

But yeah, I believe Penta covers stuff from both Chasmo and Toro quite well

I'd stay away from Triceratopsins

[autumn plover]

^

I think the centrosaurins should be the model for chasmosaurines

They’re all reasonably distinct from one another

[ancient ibex]

Trike, Penta and Chasmo works well for a trio

Perhaps a Chasmo-lineage like Kosmo as an alt

[feral cedar]

Chasmosaurus belli/russelli + Kosmo alt is a solid DLC pick

[shell sonnet]

I don't get the sense that Penta has particularly long legs in comparison to others. I think people sometimes confuse Frontier's/JW's style choice with reality.

[old tiger]

https://tenor.com/view/dinosaur-fighting-dilophosaurus-gigantspinosaurus-drill-slash-gif-22561757

add this

when dino combat comes out

[quick ore]

wtf is this from lol

[feral cedar]

Well, the postcrania is still nevertheless unique

Also adding one of the ceratopsids whose body we have preserved is good

[autumn plover]

^even without especially long legs, pentaceratops still has that weird hump that no other ceratopsian has in that picture

only Anchiceratops comes close, which makes sense as it's somewhat closely related

[hollow flower]

Penta is my favourite of all ceratopsians

With the huge head and posture it stands out pretty well

[hollow flower]

Its also alot larger than I thought it was

[shell sonnet]

The hump isn't that unique, Utahceratops also has. A big problem of course is that the post-cranial remains of Chasmosaurines are hard to find.

This isn't a knock on Penta, I think it should come

[autumn plover]

"has in that picture"

[shell sonnet]

I just rather get Chasmo first, and add something for Dinosaur Park

[neat iris]

Neanderthals

[autumn plover]

Besides it makes sense, Utahceratops was very closely related to Pentaceratops

[neat iris]

https://tenor.com/view/cavmen-bone-ben-stiller-night-at-the-museum-gif-12557876

[modern totem]

https://tenor.com/view/skibi-di-gif-3127588730399978483

[coarse inlet]

they look pretty long and slender here

[shell sonnet]

Sure, but not really any more than most of the others

[coarse inlet]

Pachyrhinosaurus's are similar but compared to Styracosaurus and especially Triceratops

they're definitely lanky looking

but I think the shape of the torso and neck help accentuate it

[shell sonnet]

Eh..How chunky you make the legs strikes me as much of artistic interpretation as reality.

[coarse inlet]

yeah but I think that the big thing is that the taller torso shape makes Pentaceratops taller even if the limbs seem variable

plus the tall frill

it's got a very vertical presence

[median relic]

I like this

[feral cedar]

Acroceratops

[wary nacelle]

We should add masiakasaurus

Yes

[median glen]

I've heard strong arguments from the both sides

[low bridge]

Wonder where is Pyrotherium??

[steep tulip]

Sentenced to have this discussion every week

[autumn plover]

Imo the best crocs if you could only have a few: Postosuchus (iconic, bipedal and from triassic), Deinosuchus (iconic and classic, also large), Stomatosuchus (i think better than Sarcosuchus, very odd lifestyle, lived alongside spinosaurus), Desmatosuchus (another triassic, herbivorous, and quite odd looking), & Barinasuchus (better choice than another carnivorous quad croc like saurosuchus as it came from the cenozoic, and from its own group). Bonus, if we got aquatics, metriorhynchus would be good.

You get a lot of variety with these picks in lifestyle, size, diet, clades & popularity

i'm not particularly interested in just having the big three, i'd like more variety, only one would be good.

[steep tulip]

I want purussaurus as well
theres so many I want actually

[neat wind]

we need troodon having three alts

[steep tulip]

they trying to slime my goat

[feral cedar]

To be fair if we were to assume the neotype is accepted then we could easily get a triple alt split

Troodon formosus
Troodon sp.
Saurornithoides mongoliensis

[wary nacelle]

Maiasaura 😼

[median glen]

Mini exibit

[flint sable]

is that a turtle?

or ankylosaur

if its an ankylosaur

im almost 100% certain that I already know what one it is

[ancient ibex]

Dinosaur Park, Prince Creek and Djadotcha is IMO the best approach; forest, polar and desert birbs

[flint sable]

and it was not semiaquatic or even aquatic at all compared to other ankylosaurs as far as we know

on the other hand

if its a turtle?

sure why not

turtle fun

and if its not a turtle but close enough?

sure why not

turtle* fun

[steep tulip]

Its a placodontian sauropterygian
Most famous member of its group is henodus I believe?
But they were quite turtle like

Would love to get one ingame

Henodus

[steep tulip]

Struck gold while searching for info
Shame website seems to have been taken down, I would have bought one of these 100%

[shell sonnet]

The picture is of Psephoderma

[steep tulip]

Its not psephoderma because the snout it too short
Its probably a close relative

Reminds me of emiliano trocos art

https://x.com/EmilianoTroco/status/1998145051608944823?s=20

Troco (@EmilianoTroco)

Macroplacus raeticus - https://t.co/xHgiFtIkJ5

X · Dec 8, 2025, 9:37 PM

[hollow furnace]

is that not his art?

oh lol

[steep tulip]

Found it

It is lol

[neat wind]

carnotaurus and amargasaurus are must

[hollow furnace]

Carno is soft-confirmed

[neat wind]

both are from the bonaparte expedition, was rly iconic

[wary nacelle]

Bonapartenykus?

[primal gyro]

I haven't kept up with this chat so idk what has and hasn't been suggested too much,
So imma suggest 4 enclosure and 4 vivarium species (and try to avoid leaked/likely/mentioned species for base game and that one DLC idea from way back)

So (and this is tough lmao) here are the four each I'm feeling rn I guess (would be cool to see)

[check alt text]
also damn I didn't think of any small pterosaurs for the vivarium
but uh
that would be neat to be considered idk

will gladly be waiting Prehistoric Kingdillion years for any/all of these to find their way into the game

[quick ore]

what alt text?

[primal gyro]

wait is it not showing up

damn I wrote a ton of stuff 💀

i'll see if I can go into edit message and copy paste that into its own message

it seems I cannot

https://tenor.com/view/dog-dog-staring-at-sun-cute-dog-dog-closed-eyes-dog-staring-at-sunset-gif-10310895250239531072

[primal gyro]

okay apparently we need to go into settings and turn this on

weird it's not on by default

[quick ore]

oh ok

but also Australovenator is a based choice it is easily my most wanted Megaraptoran

[rich ocean]

Hmm...I'm thinking for Cenozoic species...Glyptodon, Megalania, and Dire Wolves (the real ones, not those hybrid grey wolf fakes that Colossal made)

[tulip umbra]

I dont see enough love for Gerrothorax the devils pancake

You would mostly find him at the bottom of your vivaria watching for prey to swim over it

Fun fact: unlike most jawed animals, he can only move his upper jaw. Meaning when he opens his mouth, his eyes also shift so he cant see what hes eating.

[tidal estuary]

Looks like the type to dig in and not move at all 😄

[tulip umbra]

Yes, hes also got a super flat body

[primal gyro]

you're onto something here

[amber field]

the first image 😭

[steep tulip]

Paleoparadoxia goated

[amber field]

yeah I like them too , I think some of them are semi aquatic right ?

[steep tulip]

Yes,at least desmostylus and behemotops, tho its still debated for both

[amber field]

and maybe it's the habitat semi aquatic mammal

[fiery crow]

thought that was Desmostylus for a second

[desert flame]

Megalania was featured in some old concept art, so hopefully it will return in the future.

[quick ore]

would be dope to see all of these species in game

[desert flame]

I expect at least Megatherium and Kelenken to be added in Update 19, with Daeodon and Hyaenodon returning after EA.

[quick ore]

Procranioceras would be dope

[eager thunder]

Isn’t this a Pokemon or something

[desert flame]

Honestly, Procranioceras isn't an animal that has appeared much in media, so I hope it's added in PK.

[low bridge]

Synthetoceras also Fits

Prolibytherium would go crazy

[quick ore]

what do you mean by fits

[feral cedar]

Procranioceras is such a sleeper pick

But a cool one nonetheless

[wary nacelle]

They should add the Bezel of Bufos and yes this is a very original ask

[feral cedar]

Beelzebufo is a generally cool idea, but I kind of feel like some people overestimate it when they request it for the game

[steep tulip]

still decently big for a frog, but yeah nothing crazy

[feral cedar]

It’s big but not the biggest frog, not even among extant taxa

[plush nacelle]

As usual

Name doing heavy lifting

At least from developement standpoint it is incredibly easy addition

[steep tulip]

I still want the frog

[wary nacelle]

Just like a cool guy yaknow

He just like a cool guy

[plush nacelle]

Imagine vivarium with 50 of them

[shell sonnet]

There's also the question if Beezelbufo is big enough

[wary nacelle]

Probably big enough for the smaller ones

[amber field]

how big that Eocene one ?

[steep tulip]

big

[plush nacelle]

They are going to call it gigantobuffo

And crowd will go crazy

[steep tulip]

its known from a single bone as of right now tho

[shell sonnet]

It's also a

[amber field]

what isn't described yet ?

[wary nacelle]

So uhh Yuanchuavis is a cool guy I like him

[ancient ibex]

Enantoucan from Madagascar c'mon

[shell sonnet]

Wish we had more than just the upper half of the skull

[wary nacelle]

Oh you're talking about Enantoucan

[shell sonnet]

Well Falcatakely

[ancient ibex]

That's quite neat for an Enant

[coarse inlet]

Still hoping we get an Avisaurid skull someday

[ancient ibex]

Falcatakely and an Avisaurid are both incredibly interesting enant vivarium stuff, AND based on very scarce remains

[shell sonnet]

Sure, but it would be nice to put an actual wingspan to it

(It's a cool animal though)

[plush nacelle]

Is there anything regarding avisaurus outside big size?

How do we even reconstruct it

With rather speculative bird of prey ecology

[fiery crow]

Eretmorhipis and Hupehsuchus

[steep tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/black-guy-eating-good-food-wow-shocked-at-how-good-the-food-is-gif-4442559760889363287

[wary nacelle]

Tyrannosorus rex for Terrariums 2025-2026

[amber field]

I don't want to imagine his bite force lol

[left spear]

Toddler consumer

Although keep in mind since the animal is so fragmentary It might have different proportions hence different size

[amber field]

yeah , but I think most frog's have big head proportionally

[coarse inlet]

Legs are built for seizing prey

[feral cedar]

ngl Falcatakely could be a cool vivarium bird for a Madagascar pack

[steep tulip]

One quadrilion vivariums to madagascar (good)

Tbh they aren't even that many
Just a good number

[plush nacelle]

Need some miocene animal

To hide the pain

[steep tulip]

We might get another one in ea at least

[low bridge]

Synthetoceras, Prolibytherium, Menoceras

Take Dude

[plush nacelle]

Idk anything

[left spear]

Barinasuchus

Simple as

[plush nacelle]

Barinasuchus lowkey fraud at this point. Bro is not getting into documentary like ever 🥀

I guess we will suffice with one in PK

[eager thunder]

When we inevitably end up getting “mutants” and such from Rebirth, do you think we’ll just get the 2 or get new ones? Maybe even that 2 headed raptor that does literally nothing

[plush nacelle]

Big amphibian in PK

And 2 headed brachiosaurus skin

[steep tulip]

wrong thread I think lol

[eager thunder]

Wait shit

Whoops

[silver steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/what-are-you-talking-about-gif-24870471

[eager thunder]

I apologize for being stupid

[eager thunder]

Hey did you draw your pfp?

[silver steeple]

No

[eager thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-concerned-look-around-sad-confused-gif-13135059842887918234

[flint sable]

kitty?

[left spear]

Yes the diagramm is indeed a Cat and next to It a kitten

[shell sonnet]

I can't tell how big that is, I measure in anime girls

[left spear]

0,25 frierens tall

[sharp dock]

nerpa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111

[eager thunder]

Oh I didn’t know it had a name :]

That’s like my favorite Gif

[sharp dock]

nerpa is just another word for baikal seal

[eager thunder]

Oh cool

[tame thorn]

Cane toad size. Be a cool vivarium species

[neat wind]

diplodocus or barosaurus?

[hollow furnace]

diplodocus

[neat wind]

ik it's more popular but it's more similar to apato than baro which feels more unique in shape

nah diplo is better ig, it's less robust and has more elegant shape than apato and it's so iconic

[slim flare]

Diplodocus xbillion

[neat wind]

after stego these three would be great additions. diplo and cerato are must and ornitho would be cool

[feral cedar]

Diplodocus, Ceratosaurus, Ornitholestes, and Camptosaurus are the four horsemen of missing Morrison species

[steep tulip]

you forgetting the goat eilenodon

[steep tulip]

who? people coming up with names these days lmao

[neat wind]

it's a morrison iguana lol

still cerato is the goat

we need cerato, carno and majunga all three

[median glen]

PK ads amargasaurus but

It has parental care

Would you make that deal

[left spear]

Someone walks up to you and offers you 10 thousend dollars but only if you breathe, would you make that deal?

[median glen]

Definitely

[vernal maple]

I'd also take Gargoyleosaurus or Mymoorapelta

Give Morrison ankylosaurs some love

[ancient ibex]

Not at all

Baro is pretty much just slighty longer necked Diplo, and both are quite distinct from apatosaurines

[feral cedar]

To be honest Morrison ankylosaurs are probably "filler" animals for a Morrison DLC, but outside of their formation they're just these small basal nodosaurids

At their size range, their formation is the only thing keeping parankylosaurs, Struthiosaurus in a Hatzeg pack, and even Scelidosaurus from rendering them completely irrelevant

[steep tulip]

spicomellus my most wanted jurassic anky

[flint sable]

stego and allo arent technically here yet

[frosty torrent]

Lisowicia

[primal gyro]

daeodon is probably also one of my most wanted species ngl
hope to see it and the others (who aren't the likely two for EA) to return in the future

[ancient ibex]

Dippy also may be adding something neat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTwE4IXYKQ

[modern totem]

very cool

[open heron]

It does seem like an interesting pattern that every plant eating non-avian dinosaur we've seen the colouration for (except maybe Edmontosaurus?) seems to have been a reddish-brown/orange. (assuming that is the colour of the animal here since it seems as if black scales are also an option.)

[flint sable]

you might be right

huh

thats interesting

[hollow furnace]

every plant eating non-avian dinosaur we have evidence of colour for is 4, and one is black and gray (indeterminate hadrosaur)

[flint sable]

not unsurprising but interesting, but also yes

the notorious sample size

also tyrannosaurus coloration when

this is entirely serious

[hollow furnace]

someday hopefully

[left spear]

2023

[flint sable]

the remains are probably good enough

[flint sable]

elaborate

[left spear]

Trust me i can see the present

[flint sable]

ok buddy

[open heron]

Beip, Borealo and Taco came to mind here, i'm sure there's others too.

[hollow furnace]

Sorry you're right, 5

Didn't count Beipaio

[left spear]

Could it have something to do with theropod vision? akin to tiger camuflage but more complex

[flint sable]

maybe but I have a feeling its probably something to do with sample size

[open heron]

If we assume dinosaurs did not have the same level of colour vision as modern birds then maybe.

[flint sable]

4/5 isnt exactly a high track record

[flint sable]

I would imagine at the very least coleurosaurs would have had color vision comparable to most birds, which is quite good

[hollow furnace]

And the number of large herbivorous non-avian dinosaurs we have evidence of colouration for is Psittacosaurus, Beipaiosaurus, Borealopelta, indeterminate hadrosaur, and now Diplodocus

So not exactly an exhaustive sample

[flint sable]

ye

wait we dont have anything from Eddy or Brachy?

[left spear]

I mean it's atleast nicely spread between groups

that's something

[flint sable]

someone should go check those out, theres probably something there

especially edmontosaurus

I would be thoroughly surprised if that wasnt the case

[hollow furnace]

(the sauropod melanosomes do also overlap the morphospace of black melanosomes in Black camains apparently so they could be black in theory as well)

[flint sable]

based on the preservation quality

[hollow furnace]

Edmontosaurus preserves clay molds of the skin, not the actual skin (although that may be similar to the preservation of the Mother's Day quarry skin)

[flint sable]

ahhhhh ok

would that be the case for all of the specimens of ed?

because I just had a funny thought

[open heron]

It's not enough to say this is a thing but it's definitely enough to make it something to keep an eye out for at least imo.

[flint sable]

color analysis of the skins of two edmontosaurus thought to have been the same species, found to be entirely different colors

even in the same spots

[hollow furnace]

Probably, that's part of the results of the Edmontosaurus mummy paper

[flint sable]

probably

[hollow furnace]

Idk, I don't know if the idea large animals were brown is that revolutionary

[flint sable]

also is borealopelta lowk just absolutely insane in terms of its preservation quality for an animal of its size or what

because pretty much everything else with skin coloration either comes from a slab o' dinosaur rather than a full 3d "skeleton" or is literally just the skin

[hollow furnace]

like we can only really tell three colours: brown-red-blond, black-grey, and iridescent

[flint sable]

it seems like pretty much everything else on par with preservation quality is in slab form or is a signifigantly smaller piece, or both, with the only real rival being the edmontosaurus mummies, and those arent even particularly close IMO

i guess thats what you get for being essentially a living tank

[hollow furnace]

a living tank deposited in a giant concretion

[slim flare]

So we agree baby should be based on skin impressions, but adults are whatever?

[hollow furnace]

sure

[flint sable]

idk whatever

its not really solid yet either

[outer moth]

Please

I need more Triassic species

[median relic]

god it would be so cool if we could know t. rex's coloration even at all

[eager thunder]

I wonder the Likelihood of getting all the animals needed to make Nigel Marvens prehistoric park from

[feral cedar]

We have almost all of them at this point

[quick ore]

Phorusrhacos is my most wanted terror bird tbh

[feral cedar]

T. rex, mammoths, Microraptor, Smilodon, Triceratops, and Elasmotherium are all in-game already. Furthermore, the generic 'titanosaurs' can easily be filled in for with Argentinosaurus. A blurry roadmap implies we'd get Deinosuchus in a wetland update, which only leaves Troodon, Ornithomimus, the "terror bird", Meganeura, Arthropleura, and Pulmonoscorpius

[quick ore]

also im not sure if Dongbeititan is that likely to get added

the titanosaur would have been Dongbeititan

[eager thunder]

I think in that regard we’re missing Titanosaur Troodon Ornithomimus Terror birds cave hyena Arthropleura Mei long Incisivosaurus Albertosaurus Crassigyrinus Deinosuchus and one of them giant dragon flys

[quick ore]

the terror bird is like, clearly Phorusrhacos

Meganeura wasn't a dragonfly it was a griffonfly

[feral cedar]

Well see now you're just stretching the goal post cause there's a difference between adding every animal in Prehistoric Park the TV series and adding every animal in Prehistoric Park, the location

[eager thunder]

Wait is that a place?

Like a attraction or something

[feral cedar]

what

[quick ore]

did you watch the show

he didn't bring back every species he saw

[eager thunder]

No I was just curious

It’s on my list tho

I’m planning on watching a lot of Nigel’s stuff

I remember seeing them as a kid but I don’t remember too much

I was just looking off the wiki tbh

[feral cedar]

So was I lol

But there's a place that shows which animals are specifically in the zoo and which just show up while he's time travelling

[eager thunder]

Frankly I feel like a fraud but hey, I can appreciate Nigel for being cool

[feral cedar]

I mean you're only a fraud if you pretend to be a fan of the show without having watched it

And even then that's easily remedied

[eager thunder]

I’ll probably become one once i eventually see it

[eager thunder]

I can’t believe Nigel not only revolutionized genetic engineering but also discovered time travel

[quick ore]

to be fair the show never explains where time travel came from

like the device is used every episode but it doesn't get any sort of backstory and it is highly unlikely that Nigel himself invented it

[eager thunder]

I wonder if in universe Nigel still did those documentaries and wanted to name the park prehistoric park but for copyright reasons he had to settle with prehistoric kingdom

[quick ore]

hell, they don't even explain how the time travel itself works

[plush nacelle]

Until you realise this is titanis, but show producers argued back then that titanis is somehow species under phorusrhacos genus or something like that lmao

[eager thunder]

It’s way funnier in my head that Nigel himself invented both because it turns him into a doc savage type 50s science hero

[quick ore]

like there's zero talk of any disruption of the timeline or paradox stuff

[quick ore]

wait what how

[eager thunder]

I can’t believe Nigel Marvin discovered time travel and parallel universes

[quick ore]

Nigel isn't really the technological scientist type

[eager thunder]

So cool of him

[eager thunder]

I refer to this

[quick ore]

he's a naturalist

[coarse inlet]

yeah that's why it's funny

[eager thunder]

I can’t believe Nigel Marven got like, 3 separate degrees in 3 separate sciences and is the only dinosaur time travel geneticist zookeeper alive

What a accomplished man

[plush nacelle]

Someone mind controlled them into thinking titanis is synonymus to phorusrhacos

Even narrator states during series that there arw phorusrhacos living in texas

[eager thunder]

Are we going to add Mind control onto Nigel’s accomplishments

[median relic]

meanwhile Nigel and the narrators' reasoning in the show why they didn't save certain animals:

https://tenor.com/view/uuh-ahh-turtle-tortoise-interview-gif-2275475775004195204

[quick ore]

yeah they never say that either

[plush nacelle]

And when Nigel takes his notes to show prehistoric animals terror bird species is also noted as titanis

[quick ore]

except Crassigyrinus

because they couldn't transport it I think

[median relic]

right

I still don't believe that lol

just send someone in with a net or something

and they don't even give a reason for the cave bear it just wanders back off and the narrator is like "Nigel cannot save everything" but why? lmao

[eager thunder]

Maybe it’s budgetary

Like he can’t afford an enclosure for all of them

I haven’t seen it I duno if that’s addressed or not

[median relic]

I also never really understood the point in the smilodon episode why they went back to when they were in their prime, and then when they decided to bring one to the park they wanted to spend extra time looking for them when they were barely hanging on?? (same for mammoths)

[quick ore]

I think that was more for educational reasons than anything else

[median relic]

I mean I get it but it's kind of unfortunate because it's one of the coolest time machine takes imo

[median relic]

fair

[quick ore]

It gets stated that Nigel wants to save animals when they are on their last legs simply because he is a conservationist at heart

[plush nacelle]

Nigel is cave bear hater then lmao

[quick ore]

even though it is pretty inconsistent with how it works

[median relic]

I mean yes but ultimately he'd be doing the same thing just going back to when they thrived, but it'd be way easier lol

[eager thunder]

I’m head cannoning this, duno if PK necessary has that kinda “lore” but yeah

[quick ore]

as a kid I always wondered how the asteroid impact shockwave didn't go through the portal

[quick ore]

I think that makes it funny he is making his entire project a challenge

[median relic]

he has a portal in the gate he goes through and that he comes out of when entering an old time, but then later he also has portable time machine poles that he sticks into the ground and twists to activate it, which lead back into the park gate

so when he sets up a new one back in time and goes through it back to the present... wtf happened to it lol??? How does he get it back?

[quick ore]

I guess he doesn't

[median relic]

tbf I think it's just shown as the shockwave having not reached them yet

[quick ore]

like it gets turned off and then the stakes are left there

[median relic]

I mean clearly he does he uses it every episode

unless new ones are being made for every trip

[quick ore]

yeah

we're probably thinking about this more than the creators ever did

maybe the stakes aren't the actual time machine and just connect back to it

[median relic]

I know, I never really thought about it when I was younger either though tbf

[median relic]

that's probably it

maybe he just picks up the stakes he first enters back in time out of off screen and when he's shown putting them up again it's those same ones?

good enough explanation

either way now I'm curious: Do you prefer prehistoric park's premise or chased by dinosaurs/sea monsters premise more?

[quick ore]

me?

[median relic]

yes

[quick ore]

prehistoric park

[median relic]

as in the time travel being visible and relevant to an overarching plot vs Nigel just inexplicably being in Nemegt somehow

[quick ore]

well Nigel does use time travel himself once in chased by dinosaurs

and it is unlike what he uses in prehistoric park

[eager thunder]

Nigel has upgraded himself to reality warped goody

This will be great for the vs wiki/j

[quick ore]

i mean

no joke he literally has on screen torn a hole in the fabric of spacetime

[plush nacelle]

Prehistoric park

I like them extinct animals in zoo setting

[eager thunder]

My favorite niche trope

[median relic]

fair but also consider how sick this timeline transition was 🙏 and then him just being there with this cool little info board and the cool sound

[eager thunder]

Especially went not limited to just Dino’s

[quick ore]

a-

oh my god

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Nigel_Marven?so=search

[eager thunder]

Your shitting me

[median relic]

never visibly is what I meant

[median relic]

WHAT

[quick ore]

no, he does

[median relic]

I don't recall

unless you're talking about the deleted scene-

[quick ore]

https://www.reddit.com/r/walkingwithdinosaurs/s/1YEMdZKfo8

yeah

[eager thunder]

Nigel Marven having paradox immunity works well

[median relic]

yeah that

lmao

[eager thunder]

I can’t believe Nigel Marven invented the paradox immune Time Machine

[median relic]

I was going to say with that + the seamless transition, and the narrator calling him a "time traveling zoologist" instead of a "zoologist who time travels" could imply it's just a power he has in that "verse" lmao

[eager thunder]

Yeah Nigel can just do that

[median relic]

oh my GOD lmao

[eager thunder]

I can’t believe Nigel Marvin could beat up Spiderman

[median relic]

"regeneration" "superhuman" 🥀 and people wonder why I hate powerscaling

[eager thunder]

Nah it’s cool cause it’s funny

[quick ore]

what other characters are in his tier

[median relic]

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Tier_9-B

[plush nacelle]

I think you guys dont realise how high Nigel is when we take into account that tearing space feat

[median relic]

the hulk, pennywise, among other things 💀

[eager thunder]

Nigel Marvin pinning down pennywise “now you see this cosmic bugger is real crafty”

[median relic]

Nigel Marven with prep time vs the Hulk according to vs. battles wiki:

https://tenor.com/view/jujutsu-kaisen-anime-fight-gojou-satoru-yuki-itadori-gif-18754687

[quick ore]

LMAOOOO

[eager thunder]

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

[primal gyro]

well for some of them wasn't it because he was only taking them from points where they were an endangered species?
which is why he had to search for the mammoths at that one time point, but didn't collect any when he went further back in time

I scrolled a little down and someone already said this about the mammoths and smilodon but whatever we ball

[median relic]

I'm genuinely crying laughing rn and I don't do that often 💀

[eager thunder]

So this is how they feed the animals Nigel can just do that

Walks into the paddock and they know their place

[plush nacelle]

1-C Nigel Marven casually destroying planets

[quick ore]

hold on does this mean he no-diffs characters in any tier below him? that's fucking hilarious

[eager thunder]

Nigel Marvin fucking obliterating the doom patrol

[median relic]

Nigel Marven tearing open a triassic ocean portal and dropping a shastasaurus on pennywise:

https://tenor.com/view/sephiroth-smash-brothers-super-smash-brothers-ultimate-smash-despair-advent-children-gif-19525471

[eager thunder]

This is the greatest mental visual

[primal gyro]

what did doom patrol do to deserve this 💔

[quick ore]

Nigel warning his enemies about his full power:

https://tenor.com/view/gibbering-wreck-nigel-marven-walking-with-dinosaurs-sea-monsters-gif-26521012

[eager thunder]

They’re the Doom Patrol it’s their thing

Fighting an all powerful extinct animal zookeeper is definitely in their wheelhouse

[median relic]

before cutting Freddy Fazbear's (another 9-b character) head off with a time portal Dr. Strange style:

https://tenor.com/view/nigel-marven-walking-with-dinosaurs-sea-monsters-idiot-angry-gif-26520994

[eager thunder]

Nigel Marvin sending Darkseid to the Mesozoic extinction event with his time portals

[median relic]

"slip a sock over their head as soon as you cover their eyes they calm down-"

[quick ore]

omfg

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:AdamGregory03/Wild_Kratts

Nigel Marven vs Kratt Bros. Death Battle

[median relic]

this was literally a meme for a while tbf

I'm not surprised

[quick ore]

pulling from all of Nigel Marven's shows and all of the Kratt's shows

[median relic]

what was it, one guy always posting about Wild Kratts vs Sephiroth or something lmao??

[eager thunder]

Nah they’d team up

[quick ore]

it's a death battle

[eager thunder]

The Justice league for Zookeepers

[median relic]

and it'd be like "Chris getting a sperm whale power suit and breaking his bones" or smth

[quick ore]

Nigel would be able to put up a fight even without a power suit given he can outrun dinosaurs and lifts all sorts of heavy animals

[median relic]

jesus I never imagined Nigel with a creature power suit

he'd be unstoppable

[median relic]

I mean yeah he is "superhuman" apparently 😭

what's so funny is that I don't think that page even accounts for anything in prehistoric park, it's just the WWD specials

[eager thunder]

Has Nigel ever outran a Carno?

[median relic]

which fair because they're clearly separate verses

[median relic]

not on screen but I bet he could

[eager thunder]

Cause that would put him ahead of the current fastest man alive

[quick ore]

no it does

[median relic]

he has outran old t rex and tarbosaurus speed estimates

[median relic]

it mentions that separately though

the page isn't actually taking PrePark into account for stats afaik

[quick ore]

what do u mean

PrePark stuff is mentioned all over the stats section

[median relic]

ok nvm

I didn't read all of it lol

[median relic]

me playing "BBC Brawlers" in 2030 after the up to date WWD special remakes dropped:
"I guess Nigel just needed to let go of the past and join a bunch of other cool zoologists in a fighting game!"

[spring ridge]

Canis lupus spelaeus

[limber needle]

This would have a very different meaning for someone outside the UK

[eager thunder]

Having Megalosaurus to match with Iganadon thematically would be neat

[autumn plover]

It doesn’t really match with Iggy though, Baryonyx does more

Plus we already have Torvosaurus as megalosaur rep

[feral cedar]

Megalosaurus would’ve been an awesome alt to replace the inferior gemstone skin

Torvo tanneri/gurneyi + Megalo, akin to how there’s Parasaur walkeri/cyrtocristatus + Charono

[eager thunder]

Megalo and Iggy where the first 2 dinosaurs ever discovered I mean

[shell sonnet]

Except Iggy isn't anymore

technically

[steep tulip]

Mantellisaurus second ever dinosaur

[eager thunder]

??

[shell sonnet]

I don't even think that's true, Streptospondylus was named before the maidstone slab was found

[shell sonnet]

Long story short, the original remains called Iguanodon are no longer considered to be Iguanodon, whose neotype has been transfered to a Belgium specimen found in the 1870's and was always considered a different species anyway. Instead the Mantell findings have either being transfered to other genera or considered nomen dubium.

[eager thunder]

Wait, wouldn’t that make future fossils not iguanadon and not the first?

Like if Torasuarus was discovered to just be a trike wouldn’t all Toros become Trikes?

Or am i confusing this

[coarse inlet]

The think is that iguanodon is historically important enough and so much work has been done on the Belgian specimens using that name that discarding the name would create more confusion than changing the type species

This is why Tyrannosaurus rex was preserved instead of Manospondylus gigas

Or Plateosaurus trossingensis instead of the dubious type species P. engelhardti

[eager thunder]

Damn
I had a jwe2 build I was really proud of with Iganadon and Megalosarus at the entrance for thematic reasons and that kinda takes that out

[coarse inlet]

Nah not really

They’re still very thematically connected

Like even if we can’t say for sure that Iguanodon anglicus is really Iguanodon, that’s still the animal the name was first applied to

[shell sonnet]

Technically the Maidstone Slab specimen has pretty much always been considered a different species from I. anglicus

[quick ore]

The real question is, should we add Hylaeosaurus?

[shell sonnet]

Probably not

If we need a British nodosaur, Polacanthus is right there

One thing to remember is that Hylaeosaurus is like 5 million years older than the Wessex gang.

[quick ore]

true Polacanthus is way better

[shell sonnet]

And even Polacanthus I'd want to come as alt to Gastonia

[feral cedar]

Wouldn’t surprise me if Hylaeosaurus was a polacanthine

[autumn plover]

I feel 0 need to add the first 3 dinosaurs known to science purely on the fact that they were the first. If all that they bring to the table is being the first then there's no point. Iguanodon actually brings a lot to the table outside of being one of the first

and as HTP said, there are better choices for british nodosaurs

there are also better choices for megalosaurs (it's already in-game), and british theropods (Baryonyx is planned)

[steep tulip]

Torvo is very similar to megalo

Maybe it could be an alt

[frosty torrent]

Majungasaurus

[left spear]

Madtsoia featured 🔥 🔥 🔥

[flint sable]

Titanosaur Cameo🔥 🔥 🔥

Rahonavis Cameo 🔥 🔥 🔥

Adalatherium mention 🔥 🔥 🔥

[tulip wharf]

a large theropod that would be cool to see would be Siats Meekerorum, lowkey the real-life Indominus Rex

[ancient ibex]

No

[steep tulip]

Pretty sure they aren't even sure to what group this thing belonged to

[ancient ibex]

We aren't even certain whether it is a carch, a megaraptor or a tyrannosaur

[flint sable]

perhaps...

it was a hybird...

[steep tulip]

Maybe I am the shortsighted one

[flint sable]

and big paleo doesnt want us to find out

[steep tulip]

🐐 🐐 🐐

[quick ore]

none of what you think looks like Indominus in this reconstruction is something known from the animal

[quick ore]

when I see skeletals showing just how little we actually have of a species someone suggested one of those soundbytes of a fart with reverb plays in my head

[silver steeple]

Its definitely not either of the last two

[shell sonnet]

It's also from the bad part of Cedar Mountain, so that's another point against it.

[ancient ibex]

Except it keeps getting recovered as that

[flint sable]

its actually a really weird noasaur or abelisaur trust

[left spear]

Montanaspinus' true identity

[autumn plover]

I don’t see how it could be anything but an Allosauroid

It was too early for large tyrannosaurs and we have no evidence of Megaraptorans in NA

[ancient ibex]

People were keen on carch Labocania as well

The long branch attraction is strong between those

And, well, megaraptorIDS are without a doubt Gondwanan, but there is weird stuff going on with Siats, Chilantaisaurus and Shaochilong

Because those are scrappy as hell

[left spear]

I searched up Labocania and this was the first image

[modern totem]

We need labocania

in game

[left spear]

For the record this is what it actually looks like

[steep tulip]

I hope devs add basking rocks for critters that you can place around/inside water
Also atopodentatus

[silver steeple]

Only in matrices with bad outgroups and poorly weighted characters

Siats ends up with Neovenator and kin more often than not

That entire grouping ends up as megaraptorans when there aren't enough carnosaurian outgroups in a matrix

[autumn plover]

No

[kind oriole]

https://discord.com/channels/173172667623407616/1299416017658839061 post it in enrichment suggestions, unless you count rocks as species

[steep tulip]

I felt like asking for it when no species can utilize it at the moment doesn't make too much sense

When the time comes maybe I will

[flint sable]

stromatolite when

[flint sable]

Tiktaalik but thats a whole different boat

also probably spino if big enough

but other than that nah

oMg gUyS mApU cOnFirMeD

[low bridge]

Mau revenge arc

[mint creek]

Mapusaurus confirmed

Good job Ez

[low bridge]

No problem dude i do my job

[steep tulip]

Mapusaurus for ea

[low bridge]

Better have Alt to Classic Animal like in Paraceratherium case we have Juxia

[low bridge]

Yeah

Mapu is underrated for 2 reasons: 1: It is Big, 2: It was a Pack Hunter

🔥🔥🔥

[low bridge]

"Earth Lizard"

Dude

[peak hazel]

we don't know that it was a pack hunter

there were 7 I think found at the same place in the same site
which can mean a lot of things

[kind oriole]

on a poll with 27 votes, yeah that represents community engagement

[low bridge]

Bc community doesn't like to learn about animals that no one talks about

Or just don't care

🫣

[lean hound]

Idk EZ mapusaurus is pretty popular..

Okay maybe not popular

But well known in the paleo circle

[low bridge]

Allosaurus also was found in Mass Graveyard, Albertosaurus also

And Mapusaurus too

Dude

[lean hound]

While that is interesting it doesn’t really counter my message

[low bridge]

He was in D.P (2011)

[quick ore]

not really

never got named

[median relic]

in planet dinosaur yeah

wdym?

[slim flare]

Do we believe Mau U17 Pachycephalosaurus deconfirmation? If so, what do you think will be in its place?

[mint creek]

Yeah I believe

Prenocephale will be the real animal

[slim flare]

What would be the alt species?

Homalocephale?

[steep tulip]

We believe

We believe he lying

[neat wind]

Dracorex cause damn badass name

[steep tulip]

I hate harry potter

[mint creek]

Prenocephale with uh

Deinonychus alt

[steep tulip]

Homalocephale goo goo gaga baby

10 species is real
Trust
Mau is quick to deconfirm stuff that won't happen

Yet he didn't with the 10th species

[left spear]

Idk It sounds surreal

[mint creek]

Maybe it'll be Sivatherium

[left spear]

Like on the old map It was extremely obviously It was Pachycephalosaurus

And you can't just change a u17 species like that

I'm still on the boat of pachy + alts

[slim flare]

YES

[slim flare]

Why not?

[neat wind]

No deinonychus without long tail ornithopod and two big spikes nodosaurid

[slim flare]

They don’t have models far a head of time

[left spear]

Honestly Deinon with a fructivorous secondsry diet would go kidna hard

[slim flare]

Not even all the vivarium species are finished

[steep tulip]

They do have voicelines

But anyway

Who you swapping it with

[left spear]

I mean that roadmap was made in what, u11? They most likely already had voicelines and concept art

Besides like

It's pachy

Would EXTREMELY weird if It wasn't in-game

[mint creek]

That doesn't mean the animals haven't been shuffled around. Maybe Pachy got swapped with a U19 animal.

[left spear]

I can belive It was moved to 19

But cancelled?

Nah

[slim flare]

Trello is unchanged

[hollow furnace]

I mean voice line animals have already been removed/rearranged, see Yi

[left spear]

That being said Pachy still fits the update just too well as one of the representative species for every facet of combat

[slim flare]

And there’s no other fruitivores upcoming

[mint creek]

Diets can also change

[neat wind]

We need troodon cause frugivore, three alts, formation rep and smart

[quick ore]

no

[left spear]

I mean tbh that could just be a slip or porpouseful

[quick ore]

leave that shit behind fuck JK Rowling

[slim flare]

Porpuseful

[steep tulip]

Yeah but this way of thinking doesn't fit my agenda

[hollow furnace]

Porpoise for update 17?????

[mint creek]

Dracorex will be in game but it will be called "Pachycephalosaurus at below 50% age"

[left spear]

Idk man island german is hard

[quick ore]

ok Horner

[slim flare]

*Stygimoloch

[steep tulip]

Dracorex is for little kids

[left spear]

Rowling aside it's just a terrible name that doesn't represent the animal at all

[mint creek]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-dinosaurs-dinosaur-king-dinosaurking-gif-23674594

blows up chat

[steep tulip]

Child play

[hollow furnace]

*Dracorex

[steep tulip]

Real men ask for atopodentatus

[left spear]

I won't even bring up the species name

[slim flare]

I mean, it not a terrible dragon

[left spear]

Idk, it just tries to hard

Specially for a small Pachycephalosaurus

[hollow furnace]

Dracorex is a completely fitting name for the animal

Like, look at it

[quick ore]

can Homalocephale be an exhibit animal? it's about taco sized right

[mint creek]

Dracorex is a sick ass name, it's the species name that's cringe as fuck

[hollow furnace]

Definitely

Also depends what you choose to do for adult homalocephale

[left spear]

Idk like it's spiky ig

[steep tulip]

I think so
I've heard its just a juvenile and the adult might have been similar to preno tho

[left spear]

It's a bit lazy imo

[quick ore]

you literally don't need Dracorex as a pachycephalosaur when Pachycephalosaurus, Stygimoloch, and Prenocephale exist

[steep tulip]

Stegoatceras

And the other one

[quick ore]

that too

Stegoceras

[steep tulip]

From the early cretaceous

[quick ore]

idk if any of them are synonyms tho

[left spear]

Also that, it's a bit inconsequential

I'd rather have 2 pachys + stigy than a three way alt

And i'm a sucker for alts in general

[quick ore]

remember when Pachycephalosaurus was randomly reconstructed as being like, T. rex sized in older paleoart?

[mint creek]

I hope it does this in-game

[quick ore]

wait genuine question; how plausible would some fluff be on a Pachycephalosaur? like besides quills

[left spear]

Actual complex feathering?

I'd imagine unlike

[quick ore]

not complex

like downy stuff

[steep tulip]

50/50

[slim flare]

I mean, firmly plausible

[steep tulip]

Actually more towards scaly since psittaco is fairly basal

But not too impossible

[left spear]

Fuzz is decently complex, i'd only call quills and similar to be basic feathering

[neat wind]

Quills like on taco is not bad

[left spear]

Quills probably quite likely, more advanced forms if are not impossible but i wouldn't say likely either

They just seem more scale coded to me

[hollow furnace]

Entirely possible

We don’t have evidence to suggest it and all other marginocephalians we have integument for don’t, but integument seems to potentially be quite variable and pachycephalosaurs diverged from ceratopsians in the Early Jurassic so there’s a lot of divergence between the two

[quick ore]

I've always had a soft spot for recons like these, despite how they may be implausible

just aesthetically pleasing to me

reminds me of mountain goats and stuff

[mint creek]

First guy looks like he's wearing a fluffy jacket

[steep tulip]

First one a bit much but I really like the second one as well

[lean hound]

I wouldn't mind the second one if it was a lilbit less extreme

personally I'd want something like this

[steep tulip]

This basically all scaly

[left spear]

Looks like iguana quills

[lean hound]

I meant the feather length itself, not the skin to feather ratio

[steep tulip]

Oh lol

[neat wind]

I rather all scaly

[steep tulip]

Its not their fault they are dead, but these stinky ass critters couldn't set on anything like damn
Pick a side

10th species is fr

[short rover]

Not a chance lol

[quick ore]

sometimes I wonder what the future could have had in store for Pachycephalosaurus in a timeline where the asteroid never hit

I can imagine some proper megafaunal species evolving

would have been cool

[plush nacelle]

Spread of grasslands and death

[feral cedar]

I'm itching for the species reveals

[steep tulip]

Survives on a random island until colonialism hit them and rats ate all their eggs

If noasaurs survived they would be ruling south africa atm

[plush nacelle]

Imagine, if some non-avian dinos survived on NZ

Just for us to learn that bunch of maoris ate last remaining individuals 500 years ago

[steep tulip]

🥀 🥀

Enough material for a mymmy maybe

[plush nacelle]

But question is wheter these would even survive to holocene

Cause what kind of stuff must have been happening there for even crocs and turtles to go extinct lol

[left spear]

Until there was a mass extinction i doubt they would diversify much

But if Hadrosaurs/Ceratopsians went extinct/ Lost as lot of diversity on North america i could see them becoming the Next dominant middle-sized herbivorous dinosaur group

[steep tulip]

They probably reproduced steadily fast
With no competition whatsoever they could diversify pretty easily imo

[plush nacelle]

I think caenagnathids would become dominant

I feel like maniraptora would become more dominat with time with other clades dying to the point of being the last remaining dinosaurs group

[left spear]

Eh

Nah

Well atleast like

On a reasonable time frame

Obviously if we're talking like 100my+ then sure

But without a k-pg or p-t style extinction i doubt non-maniraptorams would just die off

Thyreophorans specially seem like a hardy bunch to me

[plush nacelle]

Oh right

These are going past grasslands

[hollow furnace]

Hadrosaurs would thrive with the expansion of grasslands

They’re already well adapted to processing bulk amounts of tough plant material

[coarse inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/guardians-of-the-galaxy-guardians-of-the-galaxy2-peter-quill-star-lord-star-lord-what-gif-24549462

Yeah hadros were the best at chewing in the history of life

[short rover]

He’s very clearly lying

[left spear]

Is he?

[left spear]

Maybe he isn't and we're getting Micropachycephalosaurus instead

[left spear]

Yup, see? seems legit to me

[coarse inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/parks-and-rec-cadence-joke-gif-13244350

[wary nacelle]

Corythoraptor cause I just saw an ai video of horrendously unrealistic corythoraptor in a zoo and I wanna recreate it

[eager thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/dies-of-death-davy-jones-falls-in-water-remote-gif-22568708

[steep tulip]

Pachycephalosaurus isn't coming what??

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-ishowspeed-ballon-d'or-ballon-d'or-shocked-ishowspeed-noway-gif-9357582452923318096

[short rover]

You’re falling for this?

He said his reasoning for it not being in the game was “head too thick”

[eager thunder]

Oh I am stupid

[left spear]

I mean

its a pretty damm strong reason

indeed it head too thick

[short rover]

I see what you did there…

[slim flare]

I literally called Mau a “known liar”

[median glen]

Magyarosaurus

[left spear]

Oh how the turns have tabled

[fiery crow]

as a When Dinosaurs Roamed America enthusiast… please give us Rutiodon in the future

[coarse inlet]

Honestly I’d prefer Smilosuchus

Or Redondasaurus

[fiery crow]

I’d really like to see some non-dino/synapsid Triassic representation in the future in general honestly. I think Shringasaurus and Sillosuchus would also be cool.

[coarse inlet]

Definitely

[steep tulip]

Rebirth spino looking ass

[coarse inlet]

I would shell out for a Triassic DLC for sure

[shell sonnet]

I would be disappointed; too many things from there I want.

[steep tulip]

I hope atopodentatus is in it

[shell sonnet]

Atopodentatus is like a marine pack.

[fiery crow]

Postosuchus. Carnufex. Hyperodapedon. Hupehsuchus. Tanystropheus. Effigia. Sharovipteryx. Odontochelys. Mastodonsaurus. Euparkeria. Morganucodon. Atopodentatus. Nothosaurus. I could go on.

[hollow flower]

Agreed

[fiery crow]

get us some non-mammal Cenozoic reps too.

[coarse inlet]

Valid lol

PK: Triassic, a spinoff game with 100 species

[amber field]

maun you specialized on paleozoic animal , right ?

I wonder what you like to see in the game

[steep tulip]

Wasn't it semi aquatic?
If no atopo then tany

[hollow flower]

I made my highschool research paper on the Ordovician so id say so

[coarse inlet]

Yeah but they said no diving till they can do an aquatic dlc

[shell sonnet]

Plus, it's a mostly marine animal

[fiery crow]

Megalodon. Gastornis. Argentavis. Anthropornis. Carbonemys. Barinasuchus. Boverisuchus. Quinkana. Meiolania. Varanus priscus. Trilophosuchus. Titanomyrma.

[coarse inlet]

I’d say non-vivarium semiaquatic stuff could be limited to croc type lifestyle for now

Titanomyrma is way too small

[hollow flower]

Endoceras, Anteosaurus, Jaekelopterus, Secodontosaurus and Heterosteus due to it and Endo being from my home country

[amber field]

I think I need to see some bivalves as background for vivarium's

[hollow flower]

Endoceras is also the best nautiloid to add in my opinion

[steep tulip]

🥀

[fiery crow]

when it comes to the Paleozoic period if I were to list everything I wanted I’d accidentally end up spamming this channel.

[hollow flower]

Shikamaia, Megalodon and Inoceramus are the best candidates

[coarse inlet]

lol

[hollow flower]

Shikamaia in particular

[coarse inlet]

NEED INOCERAMUS

[steep tulip]

I think tany works without diving tho
Maybe better than crocodilians

[coarse inlet]

if we get a marine dlc then we gotta have it

[coarse inlet]

Depends which interpretation of it’s lifestyle we’re going for

[hollow flower]

Very odd bivalve

[shell sonnet]

I stand by this for the initial set
PK Marine
Geosaurus giganteus or Dakosaurus maximus
Ichthyosaurus communis/anningae
Pleisosaurus dolichodeirus
Kronosaurus queenslandicus/Monquirasaurus boyacensis
Mosasaurus hoffmanni or Tylosaurus proriger
Dunkleosteus terrelli
Basilosaurus cetoides
Leedsichthys problematicus
Pterygotus grandidentatus or Jaekelopterus rhenaniae
Parapuzosia seppenradensis

[fiery crow]

either it or Cameroceras (or both) in my opinion.

[amber field]

I think we need some armored fish or the largest fresh water fish that ever lived

[coarse inlet]

Rhizodus would rule

[hollow flower]

Cameroceras these days is a bit small compared to Endoceras

[fiery crow]

Rhizodus

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-and-take-my-money-futurama-fry-take-my-money-money-gif-15195954

[hollow flower]

All the big species of it are now Endoceras instead

Rhizodus I would love to see

Criminally underrated fish

[fiery crow]

a lot of people say they’d be scared of swimming with Megalodon but the idea of stepping into a lake with Rhizodus inside of it scares me way more honestly.

[steep tulip]

Thought it being partially terrestrial is pretty safe to assume
Afaik it had additional ligaments to prevent its body to fall onwards, so it probably stayed outside the water a fair bit

[fiery crow]

I feel a lot of people underestimate just how deep a lot of rivers/lakes are.

[coarse inlet]

My pitch:
base aquatic species
Plesiosaurus
Ichthyosaurus
Mosasaurus

Marine DLC Pack
Elasmosaurus
Dunkleosteus
Otodus
Cymbospondylus
Basilosaurus
Metriorhynchus
Xiphactinus
Hesperornis
Anomalocaris *
An ammonoid of some kind*
Pterygotus*
Mixosaurus*

Freshwater DLC Pack
Rhizodus
Pannoniasaurus
Onchopristis
Leptocleidus
Mastodonsaurus
Stupendemys
Sarcosuchus
Vancleavea
Champsosaurus*
Hibbertopterus*
Titanoboa*
Henodus*

[fiery crow]

are the asterisks for vivie animals?

[peak hazel]

where is Eurhinosaurus

the other goat whos less cool then cymbospondylus

would also have a pliosaur in the base roster

[coarse inlet]

Yes

[fiery crow]

probably Liopleurodon

[coarse inlet]

If I was adding all the ichthyosaurs I wanted to there’d be nothing else

[tough marsh]

Nice

[coarse inlet]

Oh shit you’re right how’d i forget

[peak hazel]

I think we have a lot of Kronosaurus and Pilosaurus but not liop

[fiery crow]

they should add Spinofaarus as an April Fools joke.

[steep tulip]

Lio the one that fits better if plesio is in
So we have animals of varying sizes

[peak hazel]

Plesiosaurus wasn't very big

[amber field]

they are very underrated

[coarse inlet]

My marine pack pitch but it’s all ichthyosaurs (and co.):
Cymbospondylus
Eurhinosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus
Guizhouichthyosaurus
Temnodontosaurus
Shonisaurus
Platypterigius
Ichthyotitan
Hupehsuchus*
Mixosaurus*
Eretmorhipis*
Grippia*

[slim flare]

No Koolasuchus? Cringe!

[steep tulip]

The amount of aquatic animals I want in the game is so big, Im probably not going to see half of them

[peak hazel]

ichthyosaur sweep

I think the mosasaurs are slightly cooler overall
but ichthyosaurs are an incredibly close second for marine reptiles

[fiery crow]

me but for Prionosuchus… god he’s so cool…

[coarse inlet]

I think Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs are tied

Mosasaurs are neat but nowhere near as weird

[peak hazel]

I remember hearing that the large mosasaur body plan evolved a few times in the separate lineages

[coarse inlet]

I go back and forth on whether I like ichthyosaurs or plesiosaurs more tbh

[peak hazel]

if thats true then yeah they're pretty weird

[coarse inlet]

At least 4 I think

Which rules

[peak hazel]

4 is the number I've heard

[coarse inlet]

But plesiosaurs are just

Insane

No other animal has ever swam like that

[peak hazel]

just the inherent terrestrial species becoming marine again always leads to weird things

since none of them do it the same way

[coarse inlet]

Mosasaurs were turning into ichthyosaurs by the end tho

[peak hazel]

that is true

plotosaurus is one of my palaeontology opps

[peak hazel]

was plotosaurus a weird offshoot or were all the last mosasaurs doing this stuff

[left spear]

Bro looks like if Meat canyon made an icthyosaur

[steep tulip]

Just a weird one

Others were weird in other ways

[peak hazel]

yeah thats just the marine reptile thing

[coarse inlet]

Meanwhile if I had to choose a mosasaur roster with unlimited budget:
Mosasaurus
Tylosaurus
Globidens
Plotosaurus
Pannoniasaurus
Phosphorosaurus
Megapterygius
Khinjaria

[fiery crow]

bro’s head is the size of a walnut 😭

[steep tulip]

Mosasaurs didn't have enough time to experiment with bodyplans

[peak hazel]

would you not include the weird basal mosasaurs

[steep tulip]

All things considered they were pretty diverse still

[coarse inlet]

I would as vivarium stuff

Just forgot to put that

Pannoniasaurus is pretty plesiomorphic tho

[left spear]

Hey don't do this to me

Pannonia can perfectly be a regular aquatic

[coarse inlet]

And then with plesiosaurs I’d be suffering to choose 8

[coarse inlet]

Yeah?

[peak hazel]

its almost like theres so many cool marine reptiles

[coarse inlet]

That’s what I saw saying

[coarse inlet]

Umoonasaurus is an underrated Plesiosaur https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1240w,f_auto,q_auto:best/msnbc/Components/Photos/060707/060707_umoon_hmed_9a.jpg

[steep tulip]

Placodus prob has a 0.00000001% chance of making it in
But I will cope

[left spear]

Well then i'm sorry, the wording makes it sound otherwise lol

[peak hazel]

I only know this guy from jwtg

[coarse inlet]

I was saying of my 8 proposed full exhibit species one of them is rather plesiomorphic

[fiery crow]

when it comes to this game I honestly feel like anything is possible. don’t put your hopes down just yet.

[tulip umbra]

Also Abyssosaurus

Had larger eyes for deep water

[coarse inlet]

Yeah

What’s crazy is Abyssosaurus lived in a ridiculously deep inland sea

[peak hazel]

seems a bit weird for a reptile

[fiery crow]

this picture of it is really creepy

[left spear]

Sir that's just a viperfish

[feral cedar]

hot take: I think that we should focus on the three “-saurs” for marine animals

Ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs

All other marine animals are cool but I think are secondary imo

[coarse inlet]

I feel like we need at least one cetacean

[steep tulip]

Every game focuses on them, would be nice to something else for once too

Not saying we shouldn't get them

[peak hazel]

(Basilosaurus)

[steep tulip]

Just that I prefer some of their space to be used for other groups

[low bridge]

Indohyus

[median glen]

I jus want some shrimp, lol

[low bridge]

Shrimp Tacos U want

[fiery crow]

considering one of the vivarium animals for U16 was teased to be a “semi-aquatic mammal”, we might end up getting it sooner than we realize.

[limber needle]

yesyesyes waiter one anteosaurus please

[tulip umbra]

If we get marine animals, the must have mascots are mosa, icthy, plesi/elsamo, liopleuro/krono, meg, dunkle, basilo, livyatan imo

[mint creek]

Weirdly, I think Stellars Sea Cow would be my most wanted marine mammal

[amber field]

I really want dwarf hadrosaurs

[mint creek]

Hell yeah

[amber field]

we have the one from PhP

[low bridge]

If u want Dwarf Hadro put Edmontosaurus on scrap of land, surround it with water, isolate, wait 3 million years and then u have your own free dwarf hadro dude

[mint creek]

https://tenor.com/view/this-user-true-true-gif-get-this-man-a-true-get-this-man-gif-15991766605167524344

[left spear]

Anything is possible with enough time

Except laser zebras

[fiery crow]

my current “wishlist” of everything I’d like to see in the game.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YNA_vDITJMLGYv0kGDUdX4zoajYM5r2B5yfFLzeL3mQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

I’m aware we probably won’t be getting all of these. but I do think we’ll absolutely get some and that’s all that matters to me.

[quick ore]

that's

that literally isn't "Asmodeus"

that's Homalodotherium

and there's no reason to choose Asmodeus over Homalodotherium anyway, pretty sure that Homalodotherium has a nearly complete skeleton (unless I am mistaken, I can't seem to find a skeletal of it besides this)

[median glen]

So I suggest Homalodotherium instead

[quick ore]

yayyyy

def in my top 10 most wanted SANU's

[open heron]

What even possessed the scientists to name a creature of that type 'Asmodeus' in the first place?

Asmodeus is a three headed demon associated with lust and desire.

[fresh ember]

TBF, we have other extinct animals named after demons.

Although with Asmodeus, I can't help but feel there'd be a lot of restraint in regards to coming up with names for skins.

[frosty torrent]

Protypotherium

[left spear]

Paleontologist will give animals the most random unfitting mythological names for a smidge of attention

It's quite disgraceful if you ask me

[open heron]

It was named in 1894 so i'm not sure if there'd be much attention to be had.

[left spear]

Bizarre

[fiery crow]

Diprotodon (with Euryzygoma as an alt. species)

[amber field]

or put it on arctic

[steep crane]

It’d be cool if you have to house baby megalania separately once they hatch to stop the parents from eating them.

[left spear]

The paleopedia has a cannibalism percentage

Just put Varanus' at 90%

[wary nacelle]

Bawitius cause I don’t think my original message was in the right area

[eager thunder]

It looks like a missile

I love it

[fiery crow]

oh wow
so apparently this was discovered in the Bahariya Formation

Spinosaurus must’ve eaten it then

[wary nacelle]

Spinosaurus better have eaten it

[tulip umbra]

Spino lived with many giant ass fish

[ancient ibex]

That's how you get a giant ass fish eater

[eager thunder]

Why must I only choose one

[hollow furnace]

you don't must

it's a multiselect poll

[steep tulip]

Where the goat palorchestes

[eager thunder]

Oh

[median glen]

https://x.com/LiterallyMiguel/status/1999943521349013784?t=5y1Qk9aHMViUxq3ymFm32w&s=19

Literally Miguel 🇻🇪💥🔫 (@LiterallyMiguel)

X · Dec 13, 2025, 8:44 PM

Whatever this is

[slim flare]

Is that a hypothetical protobat?

[quick ore]

Why would you suggest a species that you literally don't even know the name of or are even sure actually exists?

[mint creek]

Because this channel should not be taken half as serious as people assume it should

I support whatever that thing is

[last thistle]

People love the idea of animals but 99% of the time they r just a bone

[quick ore]

I'm saying that we literally don't even know if whatever this art is depicts an actual fossil species

[sinful coyote]

It is a theoretical species fwiw. The artist labelled it a hypothetical ancestral bat.

[quick ore]

or is some hypothetical protobat

[last thistle]

I can’t talk bc I love Utahraptor which we do have a lot of but it hasn’t fully been published on

[mint creek]

PK needs more fragmentary species. Thankfully we're getting Saurophaganax to fill this niche.

[quick ore]

https://tenor.com/view/malcom-there-it-is-gif-11114058655658354411

[sinful coyote]

screenshot of that source, if anyone needs it

[left spear]

Yep

Hypothetical ancestral bat

[flint sable]

still fire spec evo though

well

its spec evo and paleoart

at the same time

[sinful coyote]

yeah, would be a great arboreal vivarium animal if it were real and was scientifically described as such.

[river perch]

well

[flint sable]

indeed

[river perch]

lets go find it

[flint sable]

thats the hard part

bat bones are pretty dang fragile and we wouldnt even know where to look

even the absolute earliest bat fossils are essentially modern bats

[river perch]

all we need is a shovel and some gloves and we'll have as many vivarium species as we can hope

[quick ore]

odds are even if we found a protobat, we wouldn't know it because it'd be only teeth

[flint sable]

hell, even the fruit bat/insectivore bat split is older than the oldest fossil bats iirc

[river perch]

that actually is interesting i wasnt aware

but makes a lot of sense i suppose

as always fossilization conditions are gatekeeping us 😔

[flint sable]

the only major difference is that the tail was not yet connected to the back legs by a patagium, other than that essentially modern

[quick ore]

there's also the idea that their transition into the air would have been remarkably fast evolutionarily speaking

seeing as how pterosaurs are in a similar boat, it isn't that far fetched to assume the transitional period was short

[flint sable]

definitely

iirc the absolute earliest bat fossils we got are like

57 mya iirc

lemme check

[quick ore]

and the early birds that we know of aren't exactly "missing links" either

[flint sable]

55 mya

[quick ore]

and for birds the shift from nonvolant to volant seems to have happened multiple times

[flint sable]

so the transition from what essentially a shrew to essentially an entirely modern bat was only approximately 9 million years at the absolute most

this is, of course, assuming mesozoic bats didnt exist

[eager thunder]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRx4iFl921anpEk487fXch3KnpNtU80yrhasowgbBvMEAsr_OlH9yzHV9aMz5HUdB6YEWC_nnHvHCLPRctBAMGmeihrh7DHIHjswFjAMsBN&s=10 how’s about a pterygotus?

[flint sable]

which they almost certainly didnt but that would be really funny if they did

[flint sable]

not bad

pretty good actually

[eager thunder]

Looks really neat

[quick ore]

if we got fully aquatic vivs then yeah

[eager thunder]

Probably could fit in a bigger viv

[quick ore]

my choice for a sea scorpion is Hibbertopterus since it would fit with the vivariums we currently have

[eager thunder]

It looks so silly and I love it

[buoyant zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/i-bestow-upon-you-a-boop-ollie-boop-ollie-and-lauren-boop-boop-exchange-gif-22807860

[eager thunder]

Largest touch tank animal known to man

Falkland Islands wolf https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf3R5DFqKho7y9cWiz8iKx-LqOLsH3W72MaNZ442x7buw32n-u8mmn3tp2NpVAl4POyjdeU85VsjNzAbqWBV7_azaaTnZE8gn9Bs-vSLA&s=10

For the recently extinct most likely

[quick ore]

you can send images to this channel directly you know

[eager thunder]

I’ve been copying and pasting

I’m on mobile

[quick ore]

why not download the images