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<p>revised 27 Nov 2022</p>
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<p>0.0 Terminology<br>
-unless noted otherwise, all taxons (groups) are defined in a cladist approach ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade ; "all birds are reptiles", etc.)<br>
-primitive vs derived distinction is explained here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_(phylogenetics)</p>
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<p>0.1 Environment<br>
- Earth as we know it does not exist in that reality; this is to avoid probability concerns when I plagiarize natural history (->organisms on two planets evolving certain features in exactly the same manner).<br>
- the planet (working name: Kenai) has, generally speaking, similar parametres as Earth<br>
-islands may be of volcanic, tectonic, or coral origin</p>
<p>0.2 Eukaryotes in general<br>
-still undecided whether angiosperms are present at all<br>
-pioneer organisms are quite favored due to volcanism; lichens, algae, sarcopterygii, insects, semi-aquatic and flying reptiles<br>
-invertebrates so far undecided, presumably most of groups from natural history<br>
-many, many dragonflies for no reason other than the fact I love dragonflies<br>
-trilobites extant and doing pretty well<br>
- fish are mainly sarcopterygii and fish with appearance similar to placoderms; phylogeny & physiology so far mostly undecided<br>
-mammals overshadowed by draconids (ref. synapsids in Mesosoic); small omnivores<br>
-there is a location (tectonic island/s; name?) in which a radiation ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_radiation ) of synapsids took place due to geographical isolation for a sufficient period of time (how long?)</p>
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<p>1.1 Draconids in relation to other reptiles<br>
It is accurate to say that my draconids have the same place as dinosaurs in natural history.</p>
<p>Primitive traits of reptiles in general:<br>
-amniotes<br>
-ectothermic<br>
-oviparous<br>
-</p>
<p>(ref.) Overall appearance of early draconids resembles a heavily-plated varan, iguana, or crocodilian.</p>
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<p>2.3 drakes<br>
-limbs straight under the body</p>
<p>primitive traits:<br>
-quadrupedal<br>
-medium(/large? why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_rule ) size<br>
-scales<br>
-horns<br>
-diet undecided</p>
<p>derived traits:<br>
-endothermy<br>
-feathers (dravirs)<br>
-active flight (birds)<br>
-bipedal (dravirs)<br>
-sapience (the kobold)</p>
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<p>2.3.1 clades of drakes</p>
<p>lindwurms<br>
-fur (single-strand feathers) for thermal insulation<br>
-they do very well in cold climates<br>
-spread through frozen sea</p>
<p>griffins<br>
-compound feathers (ref. bird feathers)<br>
-quadrupedal<br>
-herbivorous</p>
<p>dravirs<br>
-TL;DR RFD's edition of Maniraptora</p>
<p>birds<br>
-active flight<br>
-sternal keel, air sacs, & other adaptations<br>
-appearance similar to Archeopteryx & co. (long tail, claws on forelimbs, teeth)</p>
<p>the kobold<br>
-genus or species of a dravir that has developed sapience and some sort of civilization<br>
-upright position<br>
-primarily nocturnal?<br>
-terrestrial<br>
-highly polymorphic</p>
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