Metazoica

So, what vertebrates have been the most successful throughout the history of the world? Was it dinosaurs? No. They were around for about 250 million years before they went extinct 65 million years ago. I'd say insects but I don't think they count. LOL! I think it's perhaps the mammals that are the most successful. Why? Because they ruled the land twice. It started in the Permian period. I used to look at mammals as evolutionary losers. Especially after Jurassic Park and what I learned about dinosaurs after becoming fascinated by them in the movie. It was actually reading Dougal Dixon's book that made me a believer in the age of mammals. In the Permian, we had synapsids. We cannot call them "mammal-like reptiles" anymore, but they were reptiles with mammal-like characteristics. Most people today refer to them as "mammaliformes". Which is a name I originally was going to assign to the mammals of tomorrow because there are a few distinct differences bet...

 Lately, I have been working a lot on my Metazoic mammal checklist. I have been inspired. Now, I am taking to naming some of the animals on that list after famous historical figures, like my favorite actors and composers and musicians. Even some modern actors that are worth falling for. There aren't many, believe me! But I do have a few newbies to the checklist. I am still trying to reach that 4000 species goal. Once I do that, I'll try to go for another 1000 species. Then another, and so on and on. I intend to make this my greatest accomplishment ever! I already have animals named after old buddies I've had on Facebook, even though I am not speaking to most of them anymore. But their names still fill a void. Hard as that is to say! At the same time though, very enthralling! Anyways, they are there, and there's nothing I can do about it now. To erase any of them now would be like seeing that species go extinct. I've added to some families, and even created at least ...

A new page is up. I have decided to create another entire page to display size comparisons between different species of Metazoic mammals. I had something similar to this on the other site, where I had size-charts. I've decided to dispense with that on this site, and instead, I have a whole page devoted to size comparisons. This time, they are in video form. They could change as more genera and species are added to certain families. But this is what I've got for now. As of this date, there is only a few videos. But as time goes on, more and more will be added as I work on them, along with more pages for mammal families in the Meet The Mammals section. I am also still working on the book. That is a task in it's self! It's been tough balancing the book with other projects I am needed to work on. So, it is a slow process. This is also why I haven't been working on the Meet The Mammals section lately. But I am trying to get back in the groove. All I can say is please ...

Though I might do more, different kinds of videos, this has been my very first attempt at doing a size-comparison type video. Of course I started with my favorite group, the deinognathids. I just want to see how well this video does on here. There's no sound. If you think I should put sound in, let me know in the comments section. But this is my first video of this kind and I might do more. Enjoy it.

It's true, and it's making a bit of a difference in the way wild animals today are evolving. I found this article this afternoon, and I wanted to share. It's a paid site, so I'll just copy and paste the article here so you all don't have to pay to see it. Anyway, it is implying that even animals that were not nocturnal before are now learning to do most of their activity at night. Kindof a sad thing, as you all know most of the mammals of the Metazoic I list as diurnal. Nocturnism is a rare thing among the mammals of tomorrow. It wouldn't be needed, since humans will not be around. Anyways, here is the article. I will also provide the link in case you want to sign up with them to see the article. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2171676-wild-animals-are-turning-nocturnal-to-keep-away-from-humans/ DAILY NEWS 14 June 2018 Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans By Michael Le Page Once great monsters ruled the planet, and mamm...

I am currently working on the family of antelope of the Metazoic, the Megalodorcids. In the process, I made some name changes along the way. Some of the names seemed too simple, and I got some ideas from a paper I saved about how to come up with scientific names. So, what I did was I changed some of the names of some of the animals. I wanted to make them sound like they would if the animals were around today, being named by the people of their native lands. So, this is what I came up with, partially thanks to some friends and Google Translate, LOL! Anatolopis is now Dakpil . Maxibos is now Kaela . Myodorcas is now Tziki . Also some more names have been updated... Minopileatus is now Sacouloforeas . Eopithecus is now Neadapis . Planodon is now Platodon . I just changed the spelling a little, it still means the same thing. These are some of the changes to the Megalodorcidae family. I also split some of the genera into sub-genera groups. For example, Megalodorcas now has been...

I am finally taking the big leap! I am writing a book all about the animals on this site. I have even included the flightless birds and the herps. I may even include a little info about the flying birds of the Metazoic. I am working on colored pictures of these creatures, as the black and white pics I present on this site of those animals are boring!! I am even adding scenery to these pics. However, these pics will only be visible in the book. I am not going to put them on the site. I want to make this book as detailed as possible. I am also adding the chapters on this site to the book. Best of all, I will be adding an entire section devoted to the miraculous mammals of this site to the book. I will be going into a LOT more detail about each genus and family on this site in the book. A lot more than just names and pictures. Although I do intend to use the pictures I use on this site in the book. It's just that there will be more detail about each genus in this book I am working ...