User talk:Harpier

From Tokaia

Hey JohnFaa, it's Venatosaurus. So I guess I'm going to help with your project, and come up with new concepts for the project, as well as update some of your old dinosaur concepts. I hope this is where I'm supposed to post my ideas,like you said earlier ?!  :D

Yes, you post your ideas here ~JohnFaa

Okay so I have an idea which I thought about too, but never really conceptualized it. So here it is ... some dinosaurs created by dracontes from deviantart. First is a Dinosaurian Gibbon http://dracontes.deviantart.com/art/Dinosaurian-Gibbon-Concept-16196543

And quadrapedal maniraptorians http://dracontes.deviantart.com/art/Quadrupedal-Maniraptoran-16193810

Now either we ask permission to use these concepts, or something similar to them, or we ask dracontes to join us! ;)

Maybe... JohnFaa

I came up with the idea of a group of Ornithomimids that have taken over the niche of the extinct Therizinosaurs, some of which have survived and evolved to fill other roles which will be explained later (The Therizinosaurs I mean), and now are larger and have a single large, sycthe-like claw (some subspecies retain a small second finger). They also have two toes on each foot, resembling that of RE's ostrich. There are also other physiological changes , but those can be discussed later. I've also been playing with the possibility of flying rats ( similar to those from King Kong),some of which are quite large and have an 8-10 ft wingspan.As well as some ungulate-like ceratopsids, that have slim,nimble,and gracile bodies, many running grazers and others mountain dwellers. Do you have any other ideas, or are you going to be more preoccupied with Terra Alternativa, cause I hope we can get this going soon.

Well, the ornithomimids could take the niches of therizinosaurs, although I doubt they would have a single claw; most likely they would retain all claws. As for for ungulate like ceratopsids, then no, because hadrosaurs and other ornithopods are more likely to fill those niches, although protoceratopsids that behave like pigs, and even carnivorous forms (they were omnivores, so some could develop scavanging species that could occasionally go after living prey) are likely to develop. As for flying rats, I would prefer flying multituberculates - JohnFaa

Oh I was really rooting for the gazelle-like ceratopsids, unless the ceratopsids live in a different region than the hadrosaurs, maybe areas similar to the Himalayas, and maybe they could live beside some of these hadrosaurs, similar to how different ungulates co-exist today. As for the ornithomimids, what if they had a much larger middle finger, dubbing them the name "Cussers" . And I think pig-like protoceratopsids would be excellent. I also have in mind North American ceratopsids, that developed a "coat" of woolly feathers, to protect from the cold, something extremely useful during the Ice Age. As for the flying multituberculates, I think that could do, ooh this'll be just as interesting as Spec !