sábado, 28 de fevereiro de 2009

Niche map for WIW part 1

Africa

Tall Browser: Sauropod (savanna), Hadrosaur (rainforest)
Low Browser: Ceratopsid, Hadrosaur
Large Grazer: Hadrosaur, Sauropod/Ankylosaur (ankylosaur like sauropods are welcome)
Medium Grazer: Hadrosaur
Small Grazer: Bipedal Ornithopod, Pseudoungulate*
Aquatic Herbivore: Afrothere, Multituberculate, Ceratopsid
Large Omnivore: Ornithomimid/Troodontid/Flightless Pterosaur, Oviraptor, Ceratopsid
Small Omnivore: Afrothere, Pseudoungulate, Glire*, Galliforme/Paleognath/Oviraptor*
Large Insectivore: Afrothere, Alvarezsaurid, Specialized Troodontid/Unenlagiine/Noasaur
Small Insectivore: Afrothere, Metatherian, Cimolestan
Top Predator: Abelisaur, Noasaur
Medium Predator: Tyrannosaur, Dromeosaur, Hyeanodont/Mesonychian*, Crocodillian
Small Predator: Troodontid/Unenlagiine, Hyeanodont/Mesonychian, Crocodillian, Monitor
Aquatic Predator: Crocodillian (obviously), Plesiosaur, Mosasaur
Arboreal Herbivore: Specialized Primate, Gondwanaviforme*, Multituiberculate
Arboreal Omnivore/Frugivore: Primate, Cimolestan, Dromeosaur*, Glire
Arboreal Predator: Hyeanodont/Mesonychian, Dromeosaur, Metatherian
Winged Frugivore/Nectar Feeder: Volaticothere, Flying Cimolestan/Primate, Galliforme*, Apsaraviforme, Enantiornithe
Winged Insectivore: Enantiornithe/Neornithe/Apsaraviforme, Anurognathid, Volaticothere
Winged Predator: Volaticothere, Enantiornithe
Winged Scavenger/Terrestrial Stalker: Pterosaur, Unenlagiine, Pseudodontorn, Paleognath
Filter Feeder: Anseriforme, Flamingo/Ornithomimid/Presbyornid
Diver: Hesperornithe, Loon/Grebe/Similar bird*, Pseudodontorn, Cimolestan, Afrothere, Metatherian
Random Oddity: Therizinosaur

*1.I don't know what Pseudoungulates should be, aside from the fact they are Placentals
2.There are glires, though neither rodents nor lagomorphs, just basal forms like Anagale
3.The competitors for the fowl niche
4.Not sure about which should be present
5.A linage of hoatzin like enantiornithes I once suggested
6.There are arboreal dromeosaurs, probably Kay's concepts
7.Like in Spec there are arboreal galliformes everywhere, being WIW's parrots
8.I haven't decided; loons are as old as penguins and petrels, but if flamingoes are present their closest relatives, grebes, should be present as well.

Europe

Tall Browser: Therizinosaur
Low Browser: Hadrosaur, Ceratopsid, Pseudoungulate
Large Grazer: Hadrosaur, Therizinosaur
Medium/Small Grazer: Hadrosaur, Therizinosaur, Pseudoungulate
Aquatic Herbivore: Ceratopsid, Multituberculate, Afrothere, Anseriforme
Large Omnivore: Ornithomimid/Troodontid, Oviraptor, Ceratopsid
Small Omnivore: Afrothere, Pseudoungulate, Glire, Galliforme/Paleognath/Oviraptor
Insectivore: Afrothere, Metatherian, Cimolestan
Top Predator: Tyrannosaur, Dromeosaur
Medium Predator: Tyrannosaur, Dromeosaur, Hyeanodont/Mesonychian/Metatherian
Small Predator: Troodontid/Unenlagiine, Hyeanodont/Mesonychian, Metatherian
Aquatic Predator: Plesiosaur
Arboreal Omnivore: Cimolestan, Multituberculate, Glire, Dromeosaur
Arboreal Predator: Dromeosaur, Metatherian
Winged Omnivore: Apsaraviforme, Galliforme, Enantiornithe
Winged Insectivore: Enantiornithe/Apsaraviforme/Neornithe, Anurognathid, Volaticothere
Winged Predator: Volaticothere, Enantiornithe
Winged Scavenger/Terrestrial Stalker: Pseudodontorn, Pterosaur, Unenlagiine, Paleognath
Filter Feeder: Anseriforme, Flamingo/Ornithomimid/Presbyornid
Diver: Hesperornithe, Loon/Grebe/Similar Bird, Pseudodontorn, Cimolestan, Metatherian, Afrothere.
Random Oddity: Arboreal Hyeanodont/Mesonychian, Flying Primate/Cimolestan in the Mediterranean, Sauropod in the same region

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