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[center]--> [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/3324792/1#post_3324792][b]Link to Evolutionary History Discussion Thread[/b][/url] <--[/center] Hello & welcome! I'll keep this simple. This first post will just be for general ideas & notes about evolutionary sciences and how it would relate to Sornieth :) Reminder - please use the discussion thread to post your ideas! [b][size=5]GENERAL[/b] [list][*][url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12118][u]Pelvic and reproductive structures in placoderms (stem gnathostomes)[/u][/url] [list][*][quote](article)[i]Within this expanded zone, we suggest that clasper position relative to the pelvic fins was determined by genes responsible for limb position.[/quote] In summary, an alternate evolutionary route of independently developed claspers is possibly related to the idea of hexapod (six-limbed) animals. [/list][/list] ----- Really poorly done phylogenetic tree: [img]https://i.imgur.com/jFacs3E.png[/img]

[size=5][b]Guardians[/b][/size] Characteristics: - finned on the ventral side of the body, as well as at the elbows, ankles, and cheeks, that can also be stiff or collapsed (like ray-finned fish), but are somehow so stiff when flared that they may be proficiently durable armor in combat - 4 toes on each hand/foot - wings have 3 fingers at the hand and 2 at the "elbow"?? - crocodilian-like skull structure - males grow a beard of sorts - can breathe underwater (but only water element?) *best compared to ?? [list][*][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1327998/148#post_14209870][u]Aequorin reply about Guardians & water elemental dragon being able to breathe water due to Tidelord's magic[/u][/url] [list][*][quote](player question) [i]I'm not sure if this has already been asked but do Guardians have any gills of some sort for breathing underwater? Since they were created by the Tidelord I would assume that they'd be given some sort of attribute like that or am I totally wrong here?[/i][/quote] [i]"Guardians with a water elemental affinity may be born with gills; however, this is purely lore-only, as the graphics of your dragon will not change without equipping apparel."[/i] [*][quote](player question) [i]Can the Tidelord grant swimming abilities? Or will Snappers just sink no matter what?[/i][/quote] [i]"Water flight dragons do gain a serious boon in their aquatic prowess from their patron deity, be it in swimming, fishing, or water-breathing!"[/i] [/list] [*]Guardians (in the embryonic stage, or perhaps [i]all[/i] dragons aside from Undertides) have gill slits, and whether or not a Guardian is a water element determines the development of external or vestigial gills [list][*][url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/11/19/acorn-worm-genome-reveals-gill-origins-of-human-pharynx#:~:text=Humans%20and%20other%20terrestrial%20vertebrates,and%20rarely%20persist%20in%20infants.][u]Acorn worm genome reveals gill origins of human pharynx[/u][/url] [*][url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344677/][u]The origin of vertebrae gills[/u][/url] [/list] [*]The [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_lungfish][u]Australian lungfish[/u][/url]'s respitory system consists of both a dorsal lung [i]and[/i] gills, which is unique to it's species [list][*][i]"A distinctive characteristic of the Australian lungfish is the presence of a single dorsal lung, used to supplement the oxygen supply through the gills."[/i] [*][i]"Unlike the South American and African lungfishes, the Australian species has gills on all the first four gill arches, while the fifth arch bears a hemibranch"[/i] (a hemibranch is a gill with a single series of filaments; or half of a normal gill) [*][i]"It is also the only facultative air breather lungfish species, only breathing air when oxygen in the water is not sufficient to meet their needs."[/i]

[size=5][b]Fae[/b][/size] Characteristics: - oh my god I can't do this anymore - long neck & tails - they have 2 sets of frills/fins on their head & cheeks - 2 fingers and 4 toes - 5-fingered wings with like... idk how to even explain the ends - big eyes (likely nocturnal) - crests have a great range & movement and may [i]change color!?[/i] *best compared to colugos, tarsiers, lemuriformes [list][*][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1327998/148#post_14209870][u]Aequorin reply about Fae crests being able to change colors[/u][/url] [list][*][quote](player question) [i]How exactly do faes show emotion on their crest? Like, do they change color or move up and down?[/quote] [i]"All of the above. The crests can extend or flatten, rotate, flick, ripple, quiver, and very slightly change color."[/i]

Mirror

Characteristics:
- very athletic & combat proficient body (fast, agile, with lots of stamina)
- their face has an armored-mask like bit
- has fin-like adornments on the head and elbows
- 4 fingers/toes
- secondary set of eyes detect heat signatures

*best compared to cheetahs, spotted hyena/cave hyena, machairodontinae, mesoynx, and wolves

Tundra

Characteristics:

*best compared to moose, helohyidae, arctocyon
*artiodactyl?

Snapper

Characteristics:

*best compared to clade Dinocephalia, Deuterosaurus