#lemuriachallenge

Joschua is in Poland atm so for this week's #Paleostream Gnath and I hosted a #LemuriaChallenge themed flocking where we sketched Megalognathus, The Harbinger Bird (Unusqui scitpericuli), Cervidactylus elegans, and The Last Stegosaur (Deimaximerror cacasexano)

My submission for phasse three of Lemuria community challenge by Joschua Knüppe. The Lemuriania spp. genus from Oligocene Lemuria became highly successful up to this point, diversifying into many niches and bodyplans all across lemuria.

One such group was the Erigosquamidae family, who developed an erect limb posture alongside a more sophisticated breathing system that allows them to Properly breath while running. From this family appeared the Longimembrum spp. species complex which shows a Ring Species complex…

The Red Runner Lizard (Longimembrum rubrocephalus) Habitat: Hot desert, Savannah Size: 1 meter long Ecology: Opportunistic, mainly herbivorous

The Red Runner Lizards are the smallest members of the genus, they live in the southern portion of the Lemurian Hot Desert. Preferring the scarce leaves found in the desert and neighbouring regions, these animals will hunt invertebrates and smaller vertebrates whenever it has the chance, even eating carrion given the opportunity, some populations live in regions where the desert gives way to savannah, and will interbreed with the neighbouring L. viridis. These animals live in harems composed of a dominant male and females, most groups don't surpass 10 individuals. Only the male develops the colorful head, meanwhile, both sexes have colorful dewlaps used for communication, these dewlaps can be raised or tucked under the neck with tendons.

The Green Runner Lizard (Longimembrum viridis) Habitat: Savannah, Wollemia open woodland Size: 1,20-1,40 meters long Ecology: herbivorous, grazer and low browser

The adept grazers of the genus, these lizards inhabit the southeastern savannahs and open woodlands of Lemuria, living in small herds of up to 20 individuals lead by a dominant male who will defend the group from rivals and predators with powerful strikes of their whip-like tails. They hybridize with both L. rubrocephalus and L. larvatum where their ranges meet. Image

The Orange masked Runner Lizard (Longimembrum larvatum) Habitat: Savannah, Wollemia open woodland Size: 1,30-1,50 meters long Ecology: herbivorous, low browser

The Orange masked Runner Lizard is a dedicated browser of bushes and small trees, due to this, they tend to move mostly in an erect, bipedal posture. Rarely getting on all fours. They can hybridize with both L. viridis and L. hydricum where their ranges overlap.

The Marine Runner Lizard (Longimembrum hydricum) Habitat: Seavannah Size: 1,30-1,50 meters long Ecology: herbivorous, Raft grass semi-specialist, bulk feeder.

This is part 4 of my list of the 43 canonised taxa I had in the #Paleostream #LemuriaChallenge going environment by environment and showcasing their original submissions, you can find part 3 here

The Central Wetlands:

Pseudoanthos maiae (Iunturodentephyllum lemurensis) (Williamsonispina acuta) (repeat!)

The last piece for Lemuria Phase I

The peaks of Lemuria during the Cretaceous were often snow covered but in the valleys and on the plateaus animal and plant life can thrive. Here the last Refugium of stegosaurs lies.

THE LAST STEGOSAUR was one of the points on our clade list for the phase. And subsequently we got a lot of submissions with suggestions on who this species should look and where it should live. Unfortunately non of the submissions satisfied me completely, but many elements presented I liked a lot. So relatively early on I decided to turn this into a waste basket taxon. I chose 8 of my favarite designs and took parts of and puzzled them into a new genus that was named, on stream: Deimaximerror.

On Lemuria

Submission i made with @goji9947 (Nychu5) for lemuria

The text is under read more as well as the bat alone

Part I / III of my Lemuria Phase I submissions!