#age 1

[phipiohsum475]

Went to my first ever Pride event.

I forgot to take a picture of myself. Here's Reggie instead.

[taiga-tetrapod]

The early seas of Mopsus II

[its-always-sunny-on-side-3]

[taiga-tetrapod]

Early radiation of the Eoxenoannelida's clade. They started out as generalists like Euxenoannelida (1.1), snatching up marine snow and plankton, later evolving into Fistularostrum (1.2), one of the earliest predators on Mopsus II.

The Venatorostrum (1.3) are (for their time) fast swimming top predators, using their mouth parts to catch smaller creatures, while Planarostrum (1.3) shift the sediments for slower prey.

[taiga-tetrapod]

Early evolution of the Lutostella clade. Scientific names upcoming...

[taiga-tetrapod]

The clade Lutostella; type species Archaostella scylla (evolved from the stem-jellies).

To protect themselves from the new predators, they have evolved photosensitive nerve-clusters on the end of 6 of their arms and a thick shell to retract into when threatened. They are completely sessile in their adult forms, using their arms to filter the water for food, and spending their larval stage as part of the plankton.

[taiga-tetrapod]

Basic Timeline

Age I: Early Evolution

Part I: Warm Shallow Seas: The Soil Revolution and the Evolution of Predation

The very early diversification of phyla in the warm equatorial seas. The diversity of life is starting to ramp up, increasing competition for niches and living-space.

 Part II: Changing Currents: The Necton Revolution

Similar to Earth’s Cambrian Explosion, during this era predation became more common and drove an arms-race between hunter and prey. Many phyla became better defined and specialized even further.

 Part III: Intertidal Zone: The Beginnings of Terrestrial Autotrophes

The first signs of the continental collisions began to be felt in the local biomes. Locally, the intertidal zones create extreme environments that cater perfectly to autotrophes seeking new niches.

 Part IV: Superabundant Oxygen: The Climate Cools

The increase and unchecked proliferation of autotrophes on land caused the oxygen levels to raise suddenly. This caused a feedback loop at the poles which caused the first ice-age of the planet’s biotic history, lowering the sea-level and creating new habitats.

Age 1 - Age 2 - Age 3 (wip)