Community Species Suggestions

[eager thunder]

I don’t have space

[proper raven]

why download an image that youre just gonna post for 5s and forget down the line

[tulip umbra]

I propose Sahonachelys for the semi aquatic vivarium, he was a cute lil guy

I hope pk can become known for more than just dinosaurs and mammals, so adding small reptiles, fish, amphibians, arthropods, … could really contribute to that

[fiery crow]

he looks like he’s smiling. I love him.

[quaint plank]

:D

[digital pendant]

Honestly so true

[amber field]

I think is already known after U16

[autumn plover]

It’s popularity will explode after the combat update

[tulip umbra]

Depending on what the coming species are, the general perception will still be dino, mammals and tik + simo.

[amber field]

and lizard and fizzey critter we don't know what is it

so not just tiktaalik

[tulip umbra]

Thats what i said

[amber field]

yeah lol

[tidal estuary]

long horse

[quick ore]

I don't think just posting an image without any description is very helpful

[median glen]

Just a sec

That's a Stenomylus

A camel

[amber field]

it's more of gazelle like camel

[median glen]

But I don't think it should be added

[quick ore]

wait then

why did you post it in the species suggestion thread

[lean hound]

?????????

[quick ore]

this isn't the species unsuggestion thread 😭

[median glen]

Posted in case someone's like him

[feral cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-i'm-dead-lol-laughing-lmao-gif-7585881974681125832

what

[median glen]

Like, I don't like the fella but someone may

[quick ore]

that makes like, less than zero sense

like idek how to respond to this why are you posting a species you yourself don't want and don't know if anyone else does

[median glen]

Yeah, but someone may

[feral cedar]

...anyway, I haven't directly suggested a species here in a while so here goes!

Pentaceratops my beloved (by Anthony Hutchings)

[fiery crow]

…but you don’t, so why do you seemingly care about it enough to post it?

[median glen]

Gosh you post a Stenomylus and everybody loses

[quick ore]

because you aren't making sense 😭😭😭

[median glen]

I understood my mistake, and I apologize

Sorry

[fiery crow]

we’re not losing it. we’re just asking why you would post it if you yourself seemingly don’t want it. it doesn’t matter if you were posting it on behalf of other people or not. you are being weird.

[median glen]

Won't happen again

[feral cedar]

And by the same guy, Kosmoceratops. I think we could even out the ceratopsid roster ngl

[fiery crow]

I’d like to see Sinoceratops

[quick ore]

I really want Zuniceratops personally

[feral cedar]

Plus as far as frills go kosmo and penta are very distinct

[quick ore]

some smaller or more basal ceratopsians would be good for variety

[feral cedar]

May I politely inquire as to why?

I'm sorry but I tend to squint suspiciously at 2015 and onwards species that appear in Jurassic World movies LOL

[left spear]

I mean we are probably not getting any other large asian Ceratopsid

And sino is fine on it's own

[digital pendant]

I agree that was undeed in its entirely. Some people take it to police this chat when its justs a simple species dump chat

[feral cedar]

We're good on centrosaurines in my humbleopinion

[fiery crow]

mostly just JW: E nostalgia

[left spear]

I mean that's fair

[quick ore]

n

nostalgia?

those games are super new aren't they

[fiery crow]

it’s nostalgic for me. I was in high school at the time it was released and I played it.

[quick ore]

ohh ok

[left spear]

Jwe 1 is seven years old

[quick ore]

fuck

but also

just remember it wouldn't have any holes in its crest

[left spear]

And i pleyed jwe1 for the first time when i was 10

[fiery crow]

Aquilops would work as a vivarium dino

[left spear]

So it's also nostalgic for me

[quick ore]

well damn ok

[left spear]

It could but ehhhh

Its like

A dinosaur of all time

[quick ore]

I feel like Aquilops as a viv wouldn't be as good as representing a non avian dinosaur group that wouldn't otherwise be in the game at all besides as a viv species

[feral cedar]

The superior vivarium ceratopsian is Yinlong

heehee

(I like its name)

THE HIDDEN DRAGON 🗣️

[quick ore]

true

[feral cedar]

It even has weird heterodontosaurid skull features

Look at those "tusks" of sorts right around the beak

[fiery crow]

Sinosauropteryx or Halszkaraptor would work imo (and I’m pretty confident either or is gonna be one of the “funky dinosaurs” in U16)

[feral cedar]

I think its small size, Late Jurassic dating, and weird skull allows Yinlong to stand next to Psittacosaurus and feel like two properly distinct basal ceratopsians that do not step on each other's toes at all

[fiery crow]

I’m guessing either:

• Castorocauda (the most likely in my opinion)
• Cyrnaonyx
• Didelphodon (also likely)
• Indohyus (also likely)
• Kolponomos
• Obdurodon
• Palaeosinopa
• Praepusa
• Puijila
• Steneofiber
• Steropodon
  for the “semi-aquatic mammal”

[left spear]

DHARRAGARRA 🔥🔥🔥🔥

But being serious maybe Obdurodon?

[fiery crow]

“fuzzy Triassic critter”:

• Chiniquodon
• Ecteninion
• Megazostrodon (also likely)
• Morganucodon (also likely)
• Peteinosaurus (also likely)
• Rosamygale
• Thrinaxodon (the most likely in my opinion)
• Venetoraptor

[fiery crow]

I feel like Obdurodon might be a bit too big personally

[left spear]

It's about Tik size

[fiery crow]

ah

[left spear]

Bit smaller i think

It's just taller

[fiery crow]

so if Pterygotus or Jaekelopterus were ever in, they’d probably be good vivarium animals too then? or were they bigger than Tik

[tulip umbra]

People just dont want this thread to dissolve into pics without even so much as a name.

[tulip umbra]

Theyre def bigger than tik, but might have to go in vivaria as well for the same reason as titanoboa

[left spear]

Jaek is 3+ meters long, It could be an exhibit, since they don't go through metamorphosis.

Problem would more so the animations

[fiery crow]

“arboreal lizard”:

• Coelurosauravus (also likely)
• Drepanosaurus (the most likely in my opinion)
• Hylonomus
• Kuehneosaurus (also likely)
• Lapitiguana
• Longisquama (also likely)
• Sharovipteryx (also likely)
• Suminia (also likely)
• Xianglong

[silver steeple]

Much smaller lol

Tik is about 2m

Well no sorry

Obdurodon is about that size

The largest Tik specimens are nearly 4m tho

The game uses the 1.5-2m size of the holotype

[fiery crow]

second “funky dinosaur”:

• Anchiornis
• Aquilops
• Avisaurus
• Bambiraptor
• Buitreraptor
• Caudipteryx (also likely)
• Confuciusornis (also likely)
• Eoraptor
• Graciliceratops
• Halszkaraptor (most likely in my opinion)
• Hesperonycus
• Heterodontosaurus (also likely)
• Ichthyornis (also likely)
• Incisivosaurus
• Jinfengopteryx
• Lesothosaurus (also likely)
• Patagopteryx
• Presbyornis
• Rahonavis
• Scutellosaurus (also likely)
• Shuuvia (also likely)
• Sinosauropteryx (also likely)
• Tianyulong (also likely)
• Yinlong

we already know that we’re getting Compsognathus, Yi qi, Tiktaalik, and Simosuchus, and five others
which means we just need to narrow down the most likely candidates out of all of these and the hints that’ve been given to us

[left spear]

Shuuvia most likely

Taking into account the patreon teaser

Or Mono

But defenetly an Alvarezsaurid

[fiery crow]

well. ||Patreon subscribers already know what one of the “funky dinosaurs” is.|| no spoilers.

[shell sonnet]

That's my poll list with Obdurodon added

[fiery crow]

and Praepusa.
but you did open my eyes to a lot of new species. so.

[wary nacelle]

😨

Damn I really could use $2 a monthuuuuuuuuuh

[tulip umbra]

🤫

[fiery crow]

I can DM it to you if you rrrreeeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyyyyyy wanna know. but you can’t tell anyone else.

[wary nacelle]

Breach of contract

[tulip umbra]

U could just buy one month and then quit

[wary nacelle]

This was all a test umm yeah exocution get ready to meet Marie Antoinette

[tulip umbra]

I think u need minimum 5€

[wary nacelle]

$2 usd

[tulip umbra]

Does hatchling tier get u the reports?

[wary nacelle]

🤷

[tulip umbra]

I thought only visitor and up

[hollow furnace]

you'll probably find out it like a week or so anyways so

[wary nacelle]

I am NOT a visitor you CAN let me into your house

[wary nacelle]

Patience is a virtue 😌

[outer moth]

Why ya so shifty homme?

[fiery crow]

listen man… I’ll give you the stuff. for a price.

[wary nacelle]

Umm

I’ll ship you a pack of gum

Or maybe a box of peach rings

[outer moth]

I already got the stuff
I just think you’re bein a lil shady
You a patron?

[fiery crow]

aye

[tulip umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/arrest-him-arresthim-joe-joebrown-gif-19950024

[hollow valve]

Ok. I think I have a new idea for creatures for the aquatic terrariums since, so far iirc Tiktaalik is the only one for those.

[fiery crow]

Children yearn to have their fingers bitten off by their great great great great great grandfather.

[wary nacelle]

Again, bawitius for aquariums terrariums

Not too big

Small enough

[hollow valve]

Oh these aren’t for the touch tank ones. They’re for the ones that can’t be touched.

[wary nacelle]

You could probably fit one big one and then get a couple smaller fish

OR NO

Megapiranha

Megapiranha for aquarium terrariums

[tulip umbra]

There are a LOT of fish they could add

[fiery crow]

one fish I really wanna see is Cladoselache

not sure if it would be a vivarium animal or not but it would be so awesome. it would be so cool.

[hollow valve]

My suggestions are all medium sized ones but they include:

• Megalograptus (https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Megalograptus-welchi-1141017585)

• Omnidens (https://www.reddit.com/r/Paleontology/comments/wei90f/omnidens_large_alltooth_was_a_massive_lobopodian/)

• Pterygotus (https://spinops.blogspot.com/2012/06/pterygotus-anglicus.html)

• Xenacanthus (https://a-z-animals.com/animals/xenacanthus/)

Sorry about the links taking up space btw.

[wary nacelle]

Monosmilis

Salt water aquarium

[outer moth]

Ok, nearly panicked there

[fiery crow]

Omnidens and Xenacanthus would be lit

unsure about Pterygotus as a vivarium animal but Megalograptus would work

[wary nacelle]

He also lived before and through the time pakicetus lived in Pakistan

[hollow valve]

And I think Anomalocaris would be a good Vivarium Animal too.

[wary nacelle]

Anomalocaris touch tanks idk wym

Touch tanks are confirmed by Mr. P. Kingdom himself

[fiery crow]

I had a brain fart

[quick ore]

Omnidens is one of those names that was made to sound cool that I still really love

like Livyatan

[steep tulip]

The simple cool

[abstract compass]

OMNIDENS.

[quick ore]

WHERE IS OMNIDENS

WHERE IS HE

[eager thunder]

Probably in the ground a long ways away

[wary nacelle]

I still yearn for Halzkaraptor aquarium terrarium

[median glen]

https://x.com/studiocorvo/status/2000188874795196427?t=oUdp89X2SwNjqApB4ZMGWw&s=19

小田　隆　Oda Takashi (@studiocorvo)

ボレアロペルタ完成　Borealopelta

X · Dec 14, 2025, 12:59 PM

Borealopelta

[toxic oriole]

What is the Borealopelta standing on?

A puddle?

[median glen]

A little puddle reflecting his belly, yeah

[eager thunder]

Me and my boy the Charnia

[left spear]

Kinky

[eager thunder]

That thing more than likely predates sex

[left spear]

What is asexual reproduction if not selfcest

[eager thunder]

What is. . . Wrong with you

[left spear]

Too much internet expousure at much of an early age

I can live with it

Also it funni in a dumb way

[eager thunder]

True

[wary nacelle]

Perfect thing for the touch tanks 😼

[eager thunder]

I feel like that would fall apart at a touch

It’s like primitive to the greatest extent

[wary nacelle]

Ooh diplocaulus touch tanks

I’m adding that to my thread

[eager thunder]

Oooh

[fiery crow]

gods… I wish we had Precambrian rep

[eager thunder]

Doesn’t that thing predate that?

[quick ore]

they're biting someone's hand lowkey

[left spear]

Terrible idea

[quick ore]

also they're amphibians

[left spear]

Amphibians breath and absorb things throough their skin

[quick ore]

frequent touch from humans would harm them

[left spear]

They would die of poisoning in a week

[wary nacelle]

Nuh uhhh

[quick ore]

there's a reason why popular touch tanks use sharks, rays, or sturgeon

[wary nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/nono-nuh-uh-waving-finger-close-eyes-nuh-uh-gif-8515142477229777875

[quick ore]

they can handle it

[eager thunder]

Charnia would probably shatter if you looked at it wrong

[left spear]

Also finger snatcher

[wary nacelle]

Who’s to say diplocaulus can't 🤷

😼

[quick ore]

everyone?

[left spear]

Biology

[wary nacelle]

😨

[quick ore]

there's no reason to believe they had any sort of protective armor on their skin

in the form of scutes or denticles

[eager thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/dont-touch-touch-patrick-star-spongebob-gif-20809060

[quick ore]

I mean why do you think we don't have hellbender or giant salamander touch tanks today?

same reason

[wary nacelle]

Diplocaulus in general ✌️🐱🌹

[frosty torrent]

Postosuchus

[fiery crow]

Ornithosuchus 😍

[eager thunder]

What’s this sugar glider lookin thing

[left spear]

Anuroghnathus

Or an Anuroghnathid

[eager thunder]

Fun, what periods that thing?

[left spear]

Jurassic

Anuroghnathus itself lived in Morrison iirc

[eager thunder]

Kewl

[left spear]

And yep a pterosaur

[eager thunder]

Thought it was that thing from the jwe2 dlc for a second

It’s names hard to remember

[left spear]

Related

[eager thunder]

Believable

[left spear]

Jeholopterus is a chinese anuroghnathid

[eager thunder]

Neat

[eager thunder]

Passenger Pigeons for the recently extinct species dlc would be cool

[sinful coyote]

another victim of Walking With Dinosaur's teleporting animals.

anurognathus was from germany

[left spear]

Ah

I knew It was from Germany but i thousends It was Morrison aswell

Mentioned Morrison since it's the more prestigious place

[primal gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/dirty-docks-shawty-triflin-shawty-triflin-she-gif-22455514

[desert flame]

Perfect for small pterosaurs that can be displayed in a vivarium.

[final plaza]

Has someone already suggested Dinopithecus? Would LOVE to make a habitat for those guys

[fiery crow]

Gigantopithecus and Megaladapis too

I’m hoping we can get animals that can climb in the future like in Planet Zoo

[quick ore]

Megaladapis would be great, I would prefer Archaeoindris or Archaeolemur but Megaladapis would be cool too

[tulip umbra]

U would be more hard pressed to find a species that hasn’t been mentioned in here

[final plaza]

That is so real lmao

[flint sable]

nah its lowk easy

if its not a tetrapod odds are it hasnt been sugguested

at least for the most part

[steep tulip]

You are right we should go more unknown

Please devs add yueosaurus

🙏

[tulip umbra]

Ive got an entire excel shit including notable fish, arthropods and anything u can think of haha

[median glen]

Thanos as the second Abelisaur being added

After Carno

Did I cook

[quick ore]

no

Thanos is a nothing taxon only notable for having a meme name

[hollow furnace]

cooked too much and burnt the house down

[quick ore]

there's way better abelisaurs to add

[fresh ember]

You've been banned from the kitchen.

🧹

[tulip umbra]

Majunga would like to have a word with you, after youre done Skorpio wants to meet you in the back alley

[feral cedar]

I’m like 90% sure suggesting Thanos was a joke suggestion

[fiery crow]

You know, they should add Dakotaraptor.

[feral cedar]

Very interested in Deinodon

[eager thunder]

Does Dakotaraptor still exist?

[flint sable]

no

well

ysnt

yesnt

there was still a large bodied dromaeosaur in hell creek

but it isnt dakotaraptor, that name ceased to exist

[hollow furnace]

the name has not ceased to exist because the material hasn't been formally reassessed to make it invalid

[flint sable]

ok but like its essentially dead

[quick ore]

do we even know that for sure

the toe claw looks like a forelimb claw

Dakota could literally be Nano lol

[hollow furnace]

yes

[quick ore]

how?

[steep tulip]

I believe the teeth and the caudal vertebrae are still dromeosaurs elements

Just not diagnostic

[quick ore]

ah ok

and we are sure none of them can be Archeroraptor?

[steep tulip]

I've seen it suggested before, but it would be a big achero still

[quick ore]

oh damn did i misspell it

[hollow furnace]

the teeth, a caudal vertebrae, and the metatarsal all come from a dromeosaurid significantly larger then Acheroraptor, the caudal vertabrae and the metatarasl come from two different animals with the metatarsal individual being larger, the teeth (the only part with overlap between acheroraptor and "dakotaraptor") are a different morphology then the Acheroraptor teeth

[quick ore]

ohhh ok

[eager thunder]

There should be more Dromeosaurs named after states

[steep carbon]

didn't the devs unconfirm the beaver?

[flint sable]

vermontoraptor

WAIT HEAR ME OUT

could be a dromaeosaur or any smaller theropod but

Arizonavenator

[hollow furnace]

Kansasraptor

from Missouri, obviously

[wary nacelle]

Umm uhh Yuanchuavis just cause of da feathers and he’s cool

Yeah

Yaknow

[fiery crow]

I thought you misspelt Venetoraptor for a second

[eager thunder]

Carolinaraptor

[median glen]

If a Flyer's DLC could be affordable for the team to produce, the pterosaur I most wanted to see in PK is..

Barbaridactylus

[mortal hedge]

my personal favorite are the Velociraptor and gallimimus, so i wish some similar additions like deinonychus or a bigger raptor, and some ornitumimus and struchiomimus

once Allosaurus get added with hunt and combat, the jurassic feels complete with big and medium predators, but cretacius need some medium predators

[mint creek]

We'll get Utahraptor at release

[left spear]

*By full release

While it's unlikely It still could come before 19

[mint creek]

https://tenor.com/view/glep-throw-smiling-friends-s3-glep-smiling-friends-gif-554218886165796532

[ancient ibex]

No you don't

Barbaridactylus is pretty much "nyctosaurids made it to the Moroccan maastrichian and got larger"

[mint creek]

Barbaridactylus would go hard

[feral cedar]

I mean we don’t even know what Barbaridactylus truly looks like

[ancient ibex]

Just go with Nyctosaurus ffs

[feral cedar]

^

[left spear]

Barb is to nycto what Zhucheng is to rex

[mint creek]

Nah I'm sticking with Barbaridactylus 🔥

[feral cedar]

No one cared about Barbaridactylus until Prehistoric Planet, and that one is just a larger Nyctosaurus

[left spear]

Like sure it's cool but there's an identical better know animal

[feral cedar]

There’s nothing to stick to

[mint creek]

I think PP made Barb better known

[left spear]

Only reason it's remotely popular

Also Jwe ig

[feral cedar]

Frontier followed the bandwagon

[mint creek]

Yeah it's pretty smart

[plush nacelle]

It didnt work tho

One of the least popular packs

[left spear]

Barb is fine as a Nycto alt

[mint creek]

Especially for PK which will have a bit hard of a time being finacially successful, better to stick with more more well known species

so I think Barb should get prio over Nycto

[left spear]

But otherwise completely banal and honestly a waste

[left spear]

Nycto is more popular

[feral cedar]

Nyctosaurus is NOT less popular than Barbaridactylus

[mint creek]

Source?

[hollow flower]

Before php it was the main Nyctosaur, id argue it still is

[plush nacelle]

Just make it alt or something

[mint creek]

Nah

[plush nacelle]

Its not like in PK choice is always this or that

[hollow flower]

Either way if I had to choose between one or the other id pick Nyctosaurus

[ancient ibex]

Prehistoric Planet used the maastrichian taxon, of course

Avoiding technical nomenclature in the Ice Age season is lowkey a good move, as it prevents weird people to fixate in those as if they were characters

[plush nacelle]

On the other hand propleopus remains as obscure ice age kangaroo

[ancient ibex]

Then again, it has been over 2 decades and we still see people talk about "Entelodont" or "Gorgonopsid" as if those were technical names

[ancient ibex]

Indeed, it is as a rule a piss poor maneuver

[feral cedar]

That is the one net positive lol, otherwise people would come here parroting about Protocyon or something like a child learning a new word

[ancient ibex]

But I swear I grow weary of people deeming stuff known from a bone as their favourite due to how it was featured in a doc, or a game

[mint creek]

Holy shit you people have got to stop being so hostile to people suggesting animals in this thread

"Weird people"
"child learning a new word"

This is not some series science discussion thread

[ancient ibex]

I'm not hostile to people suggesting stuff in this thread, I'm hostile to general trends in online paleo that haven't changed in the 20 years I've been aware of it

Also to outright trolling

[feral cedar]

I wasn’t referring to you

[left spear]

Yeah this specifically wasn't talking about species suggestions

Although i agree some people get a bit heated over nothingbhere

[mint creek]

This is explicitely hostile

"I would like animal X"

"No you don't"

So fucking rude

[left spear]

How is that hostile

Ok sure ig

[ancient ibex]

Yeah, because you don't know what Barbaridactylus IS

[last thistle]

Yeah not hostile imo

[ancient ibex]

Because it is a wing bone

[last thistle]

Just saying their favorite animal is just a wing bone

[ancient ibex]

In a clade with highly variable head ornamentation

[shell sonnet]

And Nycto is the only one in that group we've found with a crest.

[ancient ibex]

(Pteranodon as well, going over Pteranodontia)

And Pteranodon crests have made for PLENTY of discussion, and there is noticeable diversity

[shell sonnet]

And not all Nytco's have it, so it's probably sexual dimorphism

[last thistle]

That’s like when ppl say my favorite dinosaur is archeroraptor or nanuqsaurus or something like that that’s just a piece of a max/premax

[left spear]

I mean

They can be your favorite dinosaur

Just make sure you actually know what they are

[last thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/this-gif-4354544

[ancient ibex]

A large maastrichian nyctosaur is cool indeed

[left spear]

Plenty of people love Nanuq not knowing it's 3 fragments then are severely dissapointed

[ancient ibex]

But we pretty much just know that there is a large maastrichian Nyctosaur

[feral cedar]

basically this meme

[last thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/this-gif-4354544

Again

[ancient ibex]

The WIS pteranodontians are quite cool on their own after all

[left spear]

Even without cresta they're cool

Very streamlined animals

[paper dust]

giganotosaurus and diabloceratops, deinosuchus, torosaurus, Pentaceratops sternbergii, Titanoceratops, carnotaurus

https://tenor.com/view/jwd-dominion-giganotosaurus-rexy-roberta-gif-8092885638535288362

[mint creek]

Hell yeah

[left spear]

Titano would be a nice penta alt

Toro is a curious choice but i can see It in a dlc

[ancient ibex]

If it is distinct

Titano that's it

[left spear]

I'm willing to give It the benefit of the doubt and atleast asume it's a Penta species

[feral cedar]

It’s a Longrich taxon

At the potential risk of being petty, I’d argue against it being included because he doesn’t deserve to have dinosaurs he got to name be in such a good game

[left spear]

Khinjaria is pretty cool tbf

Weird ass face for a mosasaur

[median glen]

He has a cool name

Should be added

[fiery crow]

You WERE being rude and hostile, you KNOW you were being rude and hostile, and ANY arguments you have against that are more or less complete gobbedly-gook.

[ancient ibex]

No

Gobbedly-gook is also a bullshit thing to say

[mint creek]

Think we shouldn't bring up ended conversations

[fiery crow]

Your argument was that people shouldn’t say they like this or that they like that because they “don’t know what they actually are”. Ah yes, so we should just ignore the experts then.

[digital pendant]

@ancient ibex alright that was very unnecessary of you over a simple suggestion

you get a mute for a day

if I keep seeing unnecessary hostilities over some suggestions im gonna hand these out more freely

[median glen]

I didn't find it rude, just to know

[fiery crow]

Okay, but other people will, so your point is invalid.

[paper dust]

whats the guys problem

https://tenor.com/view/chill-chill-out-chill-pill-calm-down-chillax-gif-21367936

[fiery crow]

The guy’s problem is that he’s rude for the sake of being rude. Don’t feed the troll, my guy.

[digital pendant]

guys its been dealt with no need to keep discussing about it

[past mist]

armored animals that would be super cool in this game at some point (1 or maybe 2 of them is rumored already anyways though)

im also partial to Euplocephalus since it was in a lot of media i watched/read as a kid but it’s very similar to Anky so i understand why it wouldn’t be the best addition

[feral cedar]

Doedicurus and Edmontonia got “leaked” in the sense that Mau posted a blurry roadmap

But not blurry enough

[shell sonnet]

Euoplo can wait, but I still think it's a good choice in the long run.

[past mist]

maybe it could be good for a “filler” slot in a DLC (like Hypsi in the recent JWE DLC for example)

[shell sonnet]

It would be a good addition for a Dinosaur Park Formation DLC

[past mist]

yes

[fiery crow]

vivarium crocodiles:

• Anatosuchus
• Araripesuchus
• Bernissartia
• Hallopus
• Protosuchus
• Terrestrisuchus
• Trilophosuchus

[feral cedar]

There's a Trilophosuchus?

[fiery crow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilophosuchus

[feral cedar]

Also how dare you make a vivarium croc list and NOT include Anatosuchus

cute lil guy

[fiery crow]

I forgot Anatosuchus but almost included Lagosuchus 😭

[slim flare]

No Mesosuchus 🤨

[shell sonnet]

That one isn't even an Archosaur, let alone a crocomorph

[left spear]

No Mekosuchus

Jokes aside imo a great miss

Besides Simo it's the greatest example of a viv croc

[limber needle]

I feel like mesosaurus would be a good addition because of how important it is to science as a whole, ant PK is the perfect game to honour this silly critter

[fiery crow]

Trilophosuchus is already a mekosuchine, though. I wouldn’t say there’s a need to have another tiny mekosuchine when Trilophosuchus already fits the bill decently enough. The only other mekosuchine I’d like to see is Quinkana.

If I wanted to make a list of all the crocodiles/alligators/caiman/gharials I wanted to see in the game, then I’d probably be here for weeks.

[slim flare]

*Mekosuchus

[fiery crow]

I thought you said Mesosaurus for a second honestly

[slim flare]

This person did

[fiery crow]

I can definitely see Mesosaurus as a vivie in the future

[slim flare]

Quinkana is unfortunate on the grounds it’s so damn fragmentary

[quick ore]

Quinkana isn't a very necessary inclusion all things considered

pleistocene australia has much better representatives, large carnivores included

[fiery crow]

Carcharodontosaurus is in though, I don’t think fragmentary remains matter that much in the long term

[slim flare]

That’s not the same thing

[quick ore]

if you really want a big, predatory archosaur from Australia the best choice is Australovenator

[slim flare]

Carcharodontosaurids are relatively the same. We don’t know what the body of Quinkana is like.

This is a pretty common false equivalency

[fiery crow]

Concavenator?

[quick ore]

also Quinkana isn't even in the top 5 most famous species of its given time period and place, while Carcharodontosaurus is solidly #2 right behind Spinosaurus

[slim flare]

Relatively

Megalania, Thylacoleo, Diprotodon, Procoptodon, Genyornis

[quick ore]

mhm

[slim flare]

Thylacine if that counts

But Quinkana may be terrestrial or semiaquatic

Or in between

[quick ore]

if you want another non-bird reptile from that time and place then Meiolania is the move

or Paludirex

[slim flare]

It’s not big

[quick ore]

it's the largest predatory theropod currently known from there, and would have been larger than Quinkana

[fiery crow]

Also, why are you complaining about Quinkana being too fragmentary when you’ve said this about Gigantopithecus?

[quick ore]

Gigantopithecus can use Sivapithecus to fill in the gaps

Quinkana can't really do anything similar

[slim flare]

I meant Quinkana

[quick ore]

ah my b

[sinful spruce]

honestly fame is probably also a factor

[slim flare]

Outsides homininians, apes have relatively similar body plans

Quinkana is about 3 m long

And the Late Pleistocene species is pretty much just Quinkana cf. fortirostrum

[quick ore]

Also, Gigantopithecus is basically an island as far as requested apes and monkeys are concerned aside from Dinopithecus. Quinkana conversely has to justify itself against numerous other extinct pseudosuchians, even from just the Cenozoic

[slim flare]

Mhm

[fiery crow]

couldn’t you say the same with Quinkana and other fragmentary remains of crocodiles similar to it?

[quick ore]

well no, like Ha-Satan said we aren't sure where it falls in terms of its bauplan compared to other mekosuchids

there's a lot of variation

[slim flare]

Again, Quinkana isn’t just fragmentary, it’s we don’t know what it’s body is like period. It’s been suggested to be terrestrial, and terrestrial mekosucines existed, but it could be semiaquatic. If it’s semiaquatic, it becomes a pretty typical crocodilian.

[fiery crow]

I would like to see Barinasuchus too

[slim flare]

Barinasuchus would be great

Voay is also cool

[quick ore]

I hope we get at least 1 big cenozoic sebecid

[fiery crow]

there should be enough fragmentary remains from both it and other sebecids, right?

[slim flare]

I mean

[quick ore]

Voay imo is a take it or leave it species, I wouldn't be mad about it getting added but it's not as interesting as other potential inclusions from Madagascar would be

[slim flare]

We’re never getting 2 Sebecids

I may likely never get 1 Sebecid

But hypothetically sure

The game doesn’t even have an entelodont or ground sloth openly planned. This super obscure paleonerd shit is kinda a pipedream.

[quick ore]

Dentaneosuchus was suggested here before and it would be a cool replacement for Barinasuchus. It actually has postcrania to speak of and was a decently sized animal

[fiery crow]

I’m not a fan of people saying “we’re never gonna get this” or “we’re never gonna get that” because the way I see it we could end up getting just about anything and the kitchen sink hypothetically
obviously we’ll never be able to get everything but we could get a lot.

[quick ore]

"will" is wishful thinking

we have no idea until the game releases

[median relic]

this. Before any of the sebecids or whatever obscure group

[slim flare]

I mean the most obscure non-alt species in game right now is Scelidosaurus

[fiery crow]

is “could” better?

[quick ore]

yeah

[median relic]

we need at least the B list cenozoics

[slim flare]

We need the A list first tbh

Mammals out here slacken

[quick ore]

Depending on how dlcs are structured, A listers can act as the money makers while more B list species get added alongside them in the same dlc packs.

[fiery crow]

we need our terror birds (Kelenken), whales (Ambulocetus), ground sloths (Megatherium), glyptodonts (Doedicurus)

there’s probably some I’m missing for the A-list

[slim flare]

Pipedream, but I’d hope U19 has a handful of unique things like habitat birds, synapsids, crocodilians and what have you. The “non-avian dinosaur and mammal show” is a bit stale. The vivariums help but they still feel sidelined.

[median relic]

well that's basically only woolly mammoths and smilodon

which are already in

[slim flare]

Are you high?

[median relic]

????????????????????

[fiery crow]

I’m hoping we get some Paleocene stuff but that kinda feels like a pipe dream

[median relic]

you think your grandma knows what a kelenken is 😭

[quick ore]

it isn't even that, it's the non-avian dinosaur and placental mammal show

[median relic]

the only cenozoic animals on the same level as t rex, brontosaurus, stegosaurus, velociraptor, and triceratops are these two

[fiery crow]

Coelodonta? Megaloceras?

[slim flare]

The average person cannot name more than 3 dinosaur genera

Idk what this proves

But the public recognizes a terror bird

[median relic]

the average person has no idea what those are bro what

[median relic]

no!? lmao

[slim flare]

Yes

[plush nacelle]

Does it even matter? People who cant recognize kelenken are not target audience for PK

[fiery crow]

but if I were to say “wooly rhino” and “Irish elk” then you’d be singing a different story altogether

[median relic]

a terror bird is on the same level as like, allosaurus in terms of non avian dinosaurs

[fiery crow]

I’m sorry, bro. I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

[slim flare]

Everyone is a target for PK
Billions of broken bodies beneath the Wheel

[fiery crow]

Allosaurus is very well-known???

[median relic]

you genuinely think the average person knows what COELODONTA is???

[slim flare]

A woolly rhinoceros? Yeah

[quick ore]

yes

[fiery crow]

ARE YOU DUMB??? DID YOU COMPLETELY IGNORE THIS LMAOOOO

[median relic]

??????

[median relic]

I didn't even see that message

[shell sonnet]

I doubt that mostly because people think Gastornis is one

[slim flare]

Coelodonta is the genus of woolly rhinoceros

[median relic]

dude the average person has no idea what an irish elk is what are you on about 😭

[median relic]

obviously

[slim flare]

I mean, again, they recognize the iconography

[median relic]

and the public wouldn't recognize either most of the time

[slim flare]

The famous antlers

[median relic]

I don't know about even that tbh

[fiery crow]

this dude the type of guy to say “nobody knows what Brachiosaurus is” 😭

[median relic]

and does recognizing iconography count

[slim flare]

Yes

[median relic]

"famous"

[slim flare]

Because most people cannot name Stegosaurus or Triceratops

Deadass

[median relic]

no brachiosaurus is pretty popular because it's in jurassic park but it often gets lumped with brontosaurus in peoples' heads into "broncheosaurus"

[slim flare]

Pull up a picture and ask a random person. They cannot name it.

They’ll recognize the name, but they don’t know it

[median relic]

you think more people know what a woolly rhino is than a stegosaurus 🥀

oh my god lmao

[fiery crow]

THAT DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT’S STILL WELL KNOWN DUMBASS

[median relic]

I never said brachiosaurus wasn't well known though???

[shell sonnet]

I'll be honest, I think most people just think of Megaloceras as a regular deer. The Woolly Rhino, though, that's a hairy rhino. People remember that.

[slim flare]

No, I’m saying people recognize these animals even if they can’t name them

That’s my point

[median relic]

and I'm not even saying terror birds or woolly rhinos or whatever aren't "well known" just that they're not immediately recognizeable by the average person

[fiery crow]

oh my god this dude 🤦‍♂️

[quick ore]

ok can we take a step back and think about if this is even worth arguing over? like this isn't even arguing whether these are A or B listers like stuff on the tier of Smilodon or Wooly Mammoths are S tier notable prehistoric species

[median relic]

by that logic everyone knows what alpkarakush is because "dinosaur"??

[slim flare]

No

All right I’m done

[median relic]

why is everyone getting pissed at me I'm literally right there's no way you think some random joe on the street will definitely know what a terror bird is as much as a t rex

[shell sonnet]

I mean by PK's logic, Smilodon isn't even S-tier.

[slim flare]

PK is so mean to mammals

[quick ore]

true.....

[shell sonnet]

Not sure why though

[median relic]

this continues to be relevant

[slim flare]

We’re done

[fiery crow]

I lowkey feel like bro is ragebaiting at this point and we fell for it

[median relic]

I'm not ragebaiting

think about it

do you genuinely think someone is as likely to know what a terror bird is, as much as a t rex?

no

that's insane

that's all I'm arguing for

[fiery crow]

I’m not engaging in this anymore
how do you guys feel about hypothetically getting Lagosuchus as a vivie in the future

[median relic]

at least be mature and admit you were wrong, man, it's ok I'm not going to come at your throat like you did to me lol

[median relic]

.

only reason anyone really remembers what lagosuchus is is because "it" was in 65 which sucked balls

[median glen]

Didn't this already happen earlier today in this chat? (Regarding rudeness, I think.)

[median relic]

could be neat but I'd prefer a different dinosauromorph

[fiery crow]

I think Lagosuchus could work as a Triassic vivie

[tulip umbra]

This whole thread is a pointless shitshow haha

[median relic]

well not dinosauromorph, but close relative. an aphanosaur would be cool

also lagerpetids basically fill the niche lagosuchus would while also being more significant

how cool would venetoraptor be

[fiery crow]

there’s so many Triassic vivies that I do wanna see that it’s not even funny honestly. I could go on and on.

Omphalosaurus would be cool for if we ever get an aquatics expansion

[limber needle]

same happened to my poor seafood munchin baby dsungaripterus

LOOK AT THIS BULLSHIT MY PRECIOUS DESERVES BETTER

[median glen]

Funny dude

[eager thunder]

What’s with the animals that are the only animal to represent a period

[fiery crow]

I mean
Anomalocaris as the only animal to (hypothetically) represent the Cambrian period would make sense since the rest of them would probably be way too small

[eager thunder]

No I mean like

I forget the specifics but I mean the mammals that make up a entire period

[quick ore]

idk what you're referring to

[eager thunder]

Well I’m not able to check currently

[median relic]

paraceratherium is the only oligocene rep iirc?

[eager thunder]

There’s like, 2 mammals that are the only representatives of a entire period

[fiery crow]

I think so

[eager thunder]

I guess I’m wondering what other possible Oligocene reps we could get

[quick ore]

quite a lot

I mean you have Hyaenodon and Daeodon for starters

[eager thunder]

Oh that’s where Hyaenodon comes from

Yeah I hope that comes back

[quick ore]

and Chalicotheres too

[fiery crow]

iirc Amphicyon and Chalicotherium were both from the Oligocene (unless WwB lied to me)

[median relic]

tbh I'm pretty sure most chalicotheres are known from the miocene

but there is a cool oligo chalicothere, borissiakia

[quick ore]

Oreodonts would be great

[eager thunder]

I would like to make a Oligocene section that has more than one thing in it is all

[quick ore]

like Merycoidodon

[median relic]

even lived with paraceratherium

[fiery crow]

oh it was Cynodictis not Amphicyon

[median relic]

chalicotherium was also too early in that episode iirc

should be miocene

[quick ore]

Nimravids are an option maybe

[median relic]

YES

I love nimravids

[quick ore]

oh wow didn't know that

[quick ore]

still sucks that they cut the Miocene episode from WWB

[median relic]

and not sure what the current view of if they're nimravids or not is but barbourofelis is so cool, love that

[fiery crow]

Arsinotherium existed during the early Oligocene

[median relic]

of all the cenozoic time periods to skip, possibly the coolest one 🥀

[quick ore]

and it was going to be RIVERSLEIGH 💔💔💔

[fiery crow]

the Miocene gives me the same vibes as the Triassic where there was just so much weird shit after so much weird shit

[quick ore]

iirc they said it would be like a spiritual successor to the spirits of the ice forest wwd episode

[fiery crow]

Rhamphosuchus was from the Oligocene

Ankylorhiza

[plush nacelle]

Lied

[eager thunder]

I mean it’s likely we get more Oligocene rep right?

[median relic]

man that would've been fun

we could've had wakaleo

[fiery crow]

Hoplophoneus

[median relic]

which ep was it dumped for?

[fiery crow]

Mesohippus

[quick ore]

just imagine the ost....
I bet Bartlett would break out the didgeridoos

[quick ore]

none

it was going to be a 7th episode

[median relic]

WHAT

[fiery crow]

Nimravus

[plush nacelle]

Paraceratherium episode is funny, because it is named land of giants

[fiery crow]

Waharoa

[median relic]

same as chased by dinosaurs part 2

[plush nacelle]

While formation itself consist of tiny animals and paraceratherium

[fiery crow]

OBDURODON WAS FROM THE OLIGOCENE

Wakaleo

[quick ore]

any cool oligocene birds?

[fiery crow]

Peltephilus (which was part of the old leaked roadmap)

[median relic]

bathornithids

[fiery crow]

Proborhyaena

[hollow furnace]

peltephlius is my favourite bird

[quick ore]

PLEEEEASE

god having the largest predatory metatherian ever would be so peak...

[median relic]

he wasn't saying that in response to the bird question lol

[hollow furnace]

I know I just thought the framing was funny

[fiery crow]

Barinasuchus and Madtsoia

[fiery crow]

• Anthropornis
• Bathornis
• Kairuku
• Pelagornis
• Presbyornis

[plush nacelle]

More eocene would be appreciated

[fiery crow]

GODS

GIVE ME BOVERISUCHUS AND MY LIFE WOULD BE YOURS

[eager thunder]

What period was Dire Wolves in again?

[fiery crow]

Late Pleistocene to early Holocene

[eager thunder]

Right

Honestly I’d just want more diversity cause the fact that there’s one elocine thing gives me the same feeling as dimetrodon in Jurassic park

Like it’s just there and feels out of place

It kinda needs its own section

[fiery crow]

well. let’s see every time period that’s being represented so far (that we know of).

[eager thunder]

It’s just for me how dimetron is one of the only non Mesozoic animals it feels off that’s it’s just that and that other one

[fiery crow]

Cambrian - nothing so far
Ordovician - nothing so far
Silurian - nothing so far
Devonian - Tiktaalik
Carboniferous - nothing so far
Permian - nothing so far
Triassic - Coelophysis and Plateosaurus
Jurassic - Archaeopteryx, Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Compsognathus, Dilophosaurus, Dryosaurus, Scelidosaurus, Stegosaurus, Torvosaurus, Yi qi
Cretaceous - Acrocanthosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Baryonyx, Carcharodontosaurus, Charonosaurus, Deinocheirus, Edmontosaurus, Gallimimus, Iguanodon, Lambeosaurus, Leaellynasaura, Microraptor, Muttaburrasaurus, Nasutoceratops, Ouranosaurus, Oviraptor, Pachyrhinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Protoceratops, Psittacosaurus, Simosuchus, Spinosaurus, Styracosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Ugrunaaluk, Utahraptor and Velociraptor
Paleogene - Juxia and Paraceratherium
Neogene - Sinotherium
Quarternary - Coelodonta, Elasmotherium, Mammuthus, Megaloceros, Panthera, Smilodon, Ursus

[eager thunder]

What else could be added for the Paleogene

[fiery crow]

…so much???

[eager thunder]

I think i thought that was also just a single rep but no it has 2

I’m ignorant

I’m asking

Not because I think there isn’t

I’m just really curious

[fiery crow]

deep breath in

deep breath out

Paleocene first up

Barylambda, Borealosuchus, Carbonemys, Champsosaurus, Coryphodon, Miacis, Plesiadapis, Purgatorius, Stylinodon, Taeniolabis, Titanoboa, Titanoides, Trogosus

[eager thunder]

Ooooh titanboa

That would a difficult one tho

Slithering and such

[fiery crow]

they’d probably have to make it a vivie

same with Arthropleura

[eager thunder]

A very large vivie

I have seen snakes in fairly small tanks in zoos before

But a titanboa would have to take up an entire big one

[tulip umbra]

If we were to get it, it is 100% viv

[fiery crow]

should I move onto the Eocene next

[eager thunder]

How many more animals do we have left anyhow?

The wiki makes it seem like past 16 there’s maybe 21 species we don’t know of

[fiery crow]

the devs promised us 94 by the time EA was over
unsure as to how many animals we’ll get post-EA

[eager thunder]

How many are there rn?

[fiery crow]

52

[eager thunder]

Oh we don’t count alts?

So 42 left

Minus the U16 ones

[limber needle]

Omnidens

[feral cedar]

WHERE IS OMNI-DENS

[eager thunder]

Big ol Omiden

[cosmic cosmos]

we should get titanoboa as a full aquatic, along with palaeophis

[feral cedar]

Man I love Omnidens

[cosmic cosmos]

peak animal

[eager thunder]

I love how it looks like a Ben 10 alien

[cosmic cosmos]

aside from varanus, are there any other squamates that can be terrestrial exhibit?

there is a big helodermatid or something similar from the cretaceous, right?

[hollow furnace]

Snake

[cosmic cosmos]

what one lmao

the rigging also just seems very difficult

[fiery crow]

Ambulocetus, Apidium, Andrewsarchus, Arsinotherium, Barytherium, Basilosaurus, Boverisuchus, Darwinius, Dorudon, Embolotherium, Eosimias, Eurotamandua, Gastornis, Godinota, Hesperocyon, Hyracotherium, Icaronycteris, Indohyus, Leptictidium, Maiacetus, Megacerops, Mesonyx, Moeritherium, Numidotherium, Pakicetus, Paleophis, Phiomia, Propalaeotherium, Protocetus, Rodhocetus, Sarkastodon, Uintatherium

there’s probably a few I’m missing

[quick ore]

WHERE IS HE

[quick ore]

no its in the omni man pose

and has his colors

[eager thunder]

I mean the animal itself

Just in general

[toxic oriole]

Mammals?

[fiery crow]

I don’t think Boverisuchus, Gastornis, or Paleophis were mammals

[toxic oriole]

No like, I noticed a theme

You've got mostly mammals in there, with some birds and reptiles

Titanoboa is also an Eocene snake mind you

... Borealosuchus, the hell creek survivor

[fiery crow]

I listed it in my Paleocene list

[trail moth]

i think andrew, basilo, and leptictidium would definitely be neat additions

[eager thunder]

Ok what is this peculiar thing

[tulip umbra]

Nyctosaurus

Aka 10x better barbaridactylus

[quick ore]

Can you please say what species it is when you post it?

[median glen]

Nyctosaurus

[tulip umbra]

Every single testudine + testudine-like I wanna see, excluding Chelydropsis (snapping turtle rep) as it has zero paleoart.

https://tenor.com/view/i-like-turtles-mask-make-up-halloween-gif-5308868

[slim flare]

Megalochelys is imo slept on

Although stereotyped as just “giant tortoise,” it actually has more upright legs to support its mass (which seems depicted correctly there) and also has sexual dimorphism of the shell, I believe to facilitate fighting over mates.

[quick ore]

no Cylindraspis? 💔

[slim flare]

So I don’t say this often for non-Late Pleistocene species, but I support Megalochelys. Imagine the mixed exhibits, like it alongside an Ankylosaur

[quick ore]

TRUE

main reason I want Cylindraspis is also to have it cohab with dodos

[tulip umbra]

I had never heard of him until now, thank you for enlightening me

[slim flare]

Also Megalo is one of two terrestrial turtles that has any chance of ever being in PK, the other being Meiolania

[tulip umbra]

It definitely deserves its spot on the list, seems like a RE species perhaps?

[quick ore]

ok, I think Cylindraspis has A chance

not a good one

but it's there

literally just because like

otherwise Dodo's are alone aside from like what, broad billed parrots as a viv?

[slim flare]

Tbf

RE will probably have no more than 10 species

I think they’ll prefer diversity over digsite compatibility

[quick ore]

I mean, Cylindraspis would have both

[slim flare]

But it’s not top 10

[quick ore]

true...

[slim flare]

I wouldn’t even say top 15

[quick ore]

does 10 include or not include alts

[slim flare]

Not

[quick ore]

gotcha

wait

[eager thunder]

Ok how does that thing even work, it doesn’t look like it could even fly

[quick ore]

does it include vivs? how many vivs to exhibit species?

[cosmic cosmos]

i found it, Palaeosaniwa

[slim flare]

Yes

[quick ore]

it's just raising up its body

this isnt the neutral position

[slim flare]

RE imo:
Dodo
Giant elephant bird
Giant moa
Thylacine
Aurochs
Quagga + wild horse
Bluebuck
Passenger pigeon
Carolina parakeet
Warrah

No exhibit fliers or swimmers

[quick ore]

hrmmm im gonna do my own

[eager thunder]

Some of those are planned for the recently extinct dlc

[slim flare]

I know

That’s the point

It’s my guess for the DLC

[eager thunder]

Oh

Can we add Taurtersheep

:]

[slim flare]

No

[eager thunder]

:[

[quick ore]

RE prediction:
Thylacine
Quagga + wild horse
Dodo
Dinornis + Megalapteryx
Aepyornis
Aurochs
Archaeoindris
Chelychelynechen
Passenger Pigeon
Pig-footed bandicoot

[eager thunder]

What about that sea cow thing?

Darwin’s sea cow I think?

[quick ore]

that's aquatic

[eager thunder]

I mean they do want to do aquatics

[tulip umbra]

Stellar’s hahaha

[eager thunder]

Whops

[slim flare]

*Steller’s

[quick ore]

RE is the first dlc, it won't have any time to include aquatics

[tulip umbra]

Shitttt

[eager thunder]

I’m thinking of Darwin’s wolf

[quick ore]

that's the Warrah

[slim flare]

Warrah

[cosmic cosmos]

RE part two for aquatics and fliers 🙏

[eager thunder]

/darwins wolf

[eager thunder]

Ye ye

[slim flare]

I included warrah as it’d be the only carnivoran and South American taxon

[quick ore]

which is a good choice but I preferred what I chose for variety's sake

[eager thunder]

We must shove the devs face with money

[tulip umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/kim-kardashian-money-cash-make-it-rain-make-that-money-gif-18595921

[quick ore]

I think it is a fair and good choice but I went with giving Hawaii a slot because otherwise it wouldn't get representation anywhere

like at least other animals represent SA

[slim flare]

True

But

You can say that about nearly any island

And it’d end up being just another flightless bird

But I like it regardless

[quick ore]

Hawaii isn't just any ordinary island, and the turtle jawed moa nalo is one of the most unique recently extinct birds

[tulip umbra]

Moho 💔

[quick ore]

honestly I would also do my list but with the bandicoot swapped with Talpanas and the moa nalo swapped with Warrah

[quick ore]

ok this species has a sad story for sure but it is like, objectively less interesting as a species compared to any moa nalo or to Talpanas

like not to rag on it but it's just an extinct passerine

[slim flare]

If Sylviornis is a Gastornithiform, that’d be wrong

Misread

[quick ore]

not as unique as a big, turtle jawed, flightless duck or a blind cave duck

[slim flare]

I thought you said most unique

[quick ore]

yeah Sylviornis is too old

[eager thunder]

Taurtersheep would be cool

A little bonus critter

[quick ore]

I strongly disagree

[cosmic cosmos]

To clarify, i dont care about either of these species being added, but warrah is just an extinct canid(boring)

[tulip umbra]

Bro is fighting a battle on a non existent battlefield 😭

[quick ore]

Extinct domesticated animals are like the least notable kind of extinct animal, they aren't a loss in the same way that an extinct wild population or a whole species is

[tulip umbra]

Unfortunately its chances are slim to none

[eager thunder]

:[

[quick ore]

they're just an extinct stock of inbred domesticated animal

like if sheep in their entirety were extinct you would have way better chances

[eager thunder]

Maybe I should switch to mega Penguin campaigning

[quick ore]

like, the Culpeo/Fuegian Dog has way better chances

[tulip umbra]

Idc domesticated or not, it just doesn’t represent its own species is my only issue with it

[tulip umbra]

Yesss

[quick ore]

but tautersheep are just a strain of sheep

[quick ore]

more specifically, it's from a group that will likely already get representation via dire wolves (south american canids)

[eager thunder]

I am excited for Dire wolves

[quick ore]

same

fuck you colossal

[hollow furnace]

in what way are dire wolves representation for south american canids, unless you just mean canids that were in south america

[eager thunder]

100 dire wolves vs 100 Utahraptor moment

[eager thunder]

???

[quick ore]

Colossal is a fraud company that spreads scientific misinformation

I thought this was well known around here

[tulip umbra]

Not everyone in here is a die hard paleonerd, believe it or not

[eager thunder]

Well what’s up?

I’m a wannabe paleonerd

[hot dune]

Gorgonopsid Inostrancevia would be fire

[trail moth]

my ideal permian selection 100% would be
Prionosuchus
Inostrancevia
Gorgonops proper
Dimetrodon
Edaphosaurus
Anteosaurus
Estemmenosuchus
Scutosaurus
Moschops
diictodon
some more but they escape me

i think inostrancevia has a pretty big chance to be added as well

[hollow valve]

Got room for Cotylorhynchus, Gaiasia, or other Permian Amphibians on there?

[fiery crow]

what about Carbonemys?

[slim flare]

Oh, maybe

Definitely third place imo

[tulip umbra]

Its primarily aquatic as well

Meiolania and Megalochelys are the only two fully terrestrials on my list

[fiery crow]

Proganochelys could work as a vivie

[eager thunder]

Seriously what did colossal do to dire wolves

[toxic oriole]

Basic summary, they claimed to have resurrected Direwolves, but had essentially done clever gene editing on a Gray Wolf, thats pretty much it

[eager thunder]

Oooh I heard of that, just didn’t know they where called colossal

They essentially novel John Hammonded people

Genetic Chimera moment

[tulip umbra]

Its not really like John Hammond, in JP they filled in the gaps of dinosaur dna with other animals. To my understanding Collosal took living grey wolf dna and just altered it here and there to have some traits of dire wolves.

Claiming they de-extinctified dire wolves

At least in headlines

[eager thunder]

From what I know about the Novels it’s heavily implied that Hammond never actually used Dino dna and just modified animals until they looked like dinosaurs

That was the comparison I was sorta trying to make

[tulip umbra]

Not too familiar with the novel way, thought its the same as in the movie

[eager thunder]

I don’t remember where I heard it but I think it’s an interpretation of the novel rather than a confirmed thing

[hollow furnace]

that's not what happens in the novels

The novels use effectively the same explanation as the movie

[eager thunder]

Hm
Maybe I’m thinking about a fan theory thing

[left spear]

Nope, once they used Dinosaur DNA they modified to ironically look less like a dinosaur and more like a lizard so to be more like what the public would expect

[slow shoal]

iirc thats not exactly it either

the dinosaurs in the novel are the latest version + additive dna like lizards, frogs, etc like in the films

Wu wants to make them more like how the public would expect them, slow and lethargic, in the next version

but hammond is convinced these are the real thing, and wu gets frustrated knowing they really arent

[feral cedar]

ngl I wonder how likely it’d be for pterosaurs to see their introduction with vivariums

Dimorphodon would be spectacular

[left spear]

40% head

[feral cedar]

100% adorable

[left spear]

90% likely addition

[open heron]

80% morpodon

[lean hound]

https://tenor.com/view/toucan-nature-aww-gif-21838046

[left spear]

Oh god please let Dimorpho move like this

[cosmic cosmos]

david peters ahh pterosaur movement idea

[feral cedar]

Woah

Wouldn't go that far

Dimorphodon would obviously not hop around on 2 legs but I think it could definitely do some cute little jumps in a certain way

[cosmic cosmos]

david peters just loves his bipedal pterosaurs was all i was poking fun of

yo he has a bipedal dimorph on his site xdd

[fresh ember]

I'm pretty sure bipedal Dimorphodon predates Peters by quite a while.

Yeah, it's been a thing ever since it was discoved.

[ancient ibex]

Hey, sorry for being an ass yesterday about Barbaridactylus, I though I wasn't coming out as assholish as I did

[peak hazel]

bipedal dimorph isn't from him

[ancient ibex]

Dimetrodon needs some justice, poor quad toupuffin was done a disservice in Jurassic World

[shell sonnet]

Dimetrodon?

[ancient ibex]

Derp

Dimorphodon

It means the same thing lol

Almost

[cosmic cosmos]

i know, but the idea of a bipedal, brightly coloured, hopping dimorph is very peters coded imo

[shell sonnet]

That and they're well known for flying

[fiery crow]

old speculative paleoart is so endearing to me in its overtly-goofy humor

[quick ore]

pretty sure both of these were done as a joke

[left spear]

Don't insult dimorphodon by mentioning that wretched gargoyle

[median glen]

damn Dev's must have a hard time keeping up with all our suggestions

[eager thunder]

This looks like one of those anti evolution comics made by some hardcore Christian guy

[peak hazel]

I have that poster

[tulip umbra]

I doubt the devs even bother with thread really. I believe the ea roster is pretty much set in stone already and its too soon to even be worrying about dlc.

[median glen]

😔

[fiery crow]

still, it’s fun to list animals you’d like to see in the game at some point or another, so it shouldn’t be discouraged

[quick ore]

also they no doubt aren't poring over every post here

they're likely just looking at general trends or seeing when a suggestion is super popular

[tulip umbra]

Ofc not, im just replying to him since it seems hes under the impression the devs really try to keep up with this thread

Im in here suggesting species with essentially a non existent chance currently as well yk

[fiery crow]

I know

[digital pendant]

They do check it, but its more so as a reference. You guys take it way more serious than it should though 😅

[fiery crow]

OMG!! MODS READ THIS THREAD. DOES THIS MEAN OXALAIA IS CONFIRMED!!!??? /lh

[tulip umbra]

People want to discuss suggestions etc cuz they love the game and its potential, when this thread is really meant to just be suggestions without much discussion.

[mint creek]

Yes Oxalaia is confirmed, alongside Nanuqsaurus, Ostafrikasaurus and Gilmorelarsontyrannus

[fiery crow]

THAT MUST MEAN DAKOTARAPTOR AND GOJIRASAURUS TOO!!

they should give us Tyrannasorus rex.

[modern totem]

https://tenor.com/view/true-truth-nuke-super-truth-nova-truth-meme-gif-16889273424352737553

[limber needle]

birmingham kinda mentioned???

we wretched apes have squandered that land on which dimorphodon once flew

[last thistle]

Gonna bring it up again bc it’s been a while, I think Appalachiosaurus would be cool, I know theres not too much to the fossil but an Appalachian tyrannosaur would be cool

[limber needle]

drypto would be better because of its history as a taxa

[last thistle]

Dryptosaurus with Appalachiosaurus alt

[limber needle]

yes

and nanotyrannus not seen until hell creek DLC

balright

[last thistle]

Hell creek dlc with thescelosaurus, leptoceratops, N. lancensis and N. latheus, anzu, denversaurus, and torosaurus would go hard

[limber needle]

and the dromies if we dont get then earlier

[last thistle]

Like archeroraptor and dakotaraptor (?)?

[left spear]

Chimaera aside Dakota is non-diagnostic

But archero is nice

Could be a fun dlc

[limber needle]

hey what about a dromeasaur dlc with achillobator, adasaurus, shri(2 alts), pyroraptor, acheroraptor and atrociraptor (or any yall think of)

[ancient ibex]

TTBT, we are now in a "holy crap what was going on" moment for non-tyrannosaurid eutyrannosaurs, so I'd take it easy

Even discounting Greg Paul's crap

Denversaurus I could see being a thing alongside Edmontonia

[left spear]

Pyro is like a femur

[limber needle]

erm ACKSHUALLY its a several bones /j

[left spear]

Oustanding

Truly the pinnacle of european dromaeosaurs

[fiery crow]

I mean. didn’t stop Jurassic Park.

[ancient ibex]

Pyro is so fragmentary we don't know if it is an unenlagian or an eudromie; it got popular in the early 00s with Dinosaur Planet, but... eesh

It is "red feathered raptor" in pop culture

[left spear]

Law can also not physically stop me from commiting manslaughter

[ancient ibex]

Prehistoric Planet was smart using a chick

[left spear]

Just because you could have done something doesn't mean you should have done it

[ancient ibex]

I honestly would lowkey enjoy Dromaeosaurus itself down the line

Velo sized but different in build, habitat and continent

[fiery crow]

Dromaeosaurus would be a good alternative for us not getting Deinonychus

[limber needle]

i hope deinon is at least post EA

[last thistle]

That’s why the question mark

[ancient ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/both-agree-yes-good-gif-4591420

[shell sonnet]

Chosing any Dromaeo (or any Eudromaeosaur) instead Deinonychus for the third one should lead to felony charges

[left spear]

Wrong

[fiery crow]

Would Palaeosiwana work as a vivarium animal? From everything I’ve read, it was about the same size as Tik.

[left spear]

I'm a better dromaeosaur choice

[left spear]

Babies would be a bit too small so yes

[shell sonnet]

"Eudromaeosaur" and I know for sure you're not that

[fiery crow]

From everything I’ve read, we have enough fossil evidence that “fragmentary”-ism shouldn’t be that much of an issue, either:

[shell sonnet]

Rather get Saniwa instead given how good the fossil is

[left spear]

Are you family profiling me? Rude

[peak hazel]

Deinonychus is my favourite dinosaur so I'd like it in game

[left spear]

It's a great viv choice overall

Question is if they should go for the paleomeme

[left spear]

Titanosaurus' ancestor

[median glen]

on the raptor side of things i would like to see one of those piscivorous ones, like Austroraptor, but i have no knowledge about how fragmentary he is and such

[shell sonnet]

We have parts of the skull and others.

It's not terrible

Reality is that any Unenlagiinae is just going to be a bigger Buitreraptor anyway

[fiery crow]

Do we have any animals currently in the game with fossil evidence similar to this, though?

It probably shouldn’t matter that much.

[ancient ibex]

Unenlagians are a different beast altogether, and Austro is cool

Dromaeosauridae is a tad too inclusive, thank Paul Sereno assuming things in the 80s and 90s

[shell sonnet]

We have some with less

I personally don't think we had enough Argentinosaurus

But hey, big name

[left spear]

This is probably still more complete than argent

And Austro is way more unique than argent

So 0 reason to discard Austro

[fiery crow]

I feel like the fact that Argentinosaurus is in is more than enough evidence to discredit any arguments of something not having a chance of getting in due to being too fragmentary.

[shell sonnet]

Argentino is a big name though

[left spear]

I mean

Not all

[shell sonnet]

That's what mattered

[left spear]

I doubt we're getting Nanuq

And yeah Nanuq is obviously not as big (heh) as Argent but it's still a somewhat prestigious name

Even if only ny missconception

[left spear]

Paleoenthusiast on their way to have the most generic and fragmentary theropod imaginable as their favorite dinosaur:

[tulip umbra]

Leaellyna is prob the next most incomplete after Argent

Or Ovi

[hollow furnace]

definitely, arguably less complete then Argent

[ancient ibex]

Ovi's holotype is neat enough

[fiery crow]

Carcharodontosaurus is super fragmentary too

[ancient ibex]

Leaellyna without the assigned stuff is, well...

[left spear]

Nanuq core

[ancient ibex]

Long tailed polar elasmarian is cool tho

[left spear]

Nice veggie munchers tho

[ancient ibex]

Carcha is weird, because Sereno lol

[tulip umbra]

Leaellyna got in with uniqueness (if you assign the tail), im glad it made it tho

[left spear]

Always blame on Sereno