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Ischigualasto formation segment
Topic Started: Mar 31 2012, 01:20 PM (501 Views)
The Third Camel
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischigualasto

Discuss.
Edited by The Third Camel, Apr 1 2012, 03:11 PM.
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DK1000
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You spelt Ischigualasto wrong.
Anyway, I think this would make an interesting segment.

Eoraptor always seems to be the focus when this formation is used, perhaps we could shift the focus on to others, like Pisanosaurus and Panphagia.
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Damn this computer and it's habit of ignoring every third letter..............

Anyways, yeah, we do need to focus on something other than Eoraptor.
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We could also showcase rauisuchids, rhychosaurs and dicynodonts in this section, you know, the normal South American Triassic fauna
As for our main character in this segment, I suggest Pisanosaurus, since it's unorthodox to have a small herbivore's point of view in documentaries
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Motherf***ing Saurosuchus...

The general consensus so far is that we should have Pisanosaurus as the main focus of the segment.
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I agree. We should also feature Exaeretodon. Six foot herbivorous cynodonts FTW.
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Six feet? Holy sh*t...............
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Eoraptor
Pisanosaurus
Panphagia
Herrerasaurus
Eodromaeus
Saurosuchus
Ischigualastia
Exaeretodon
Hyperodapedon

Edited by The Third Camel, Apr 14 2012, 04:22 PM.
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DK1000
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Super good Xat sketch of the environment by Camel and I:
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Volcanically active floodplain dominated by rivers, with giant Protojuniperoxylon ischigualastianus trees 40 metres high (kinda like araucarians), lots of ferns and horsetails. Strongly seasonal rainfall.

Let's try do some story stuff pls, kthnx.
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That's awesome, how you even had the common trees' species name and stuff :D
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So we need a storyline. What do want to show people in this segment?
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Some story ideas from me and Camel:

-First half of the story takes place during the dry season, then transitioning into the wet season. Non-dinosaurs are more prominent in the first half, while dinosaurs have more focus in the latter.
-Start off with some good ol' scenery porn, focus on to some large herbivores (e.g. Ischigualastia and Exaeretodon) feeding, go to a nearby sleeping Saurosuchus being groomed by an Eoraptor/Eodromaeus. Go back to the herbivores and show Hyperodapedon beneath the larger herbivores. Our Pisanosaurus shows up and tries to feed on the seed ferns, but is fended off by the Hyperodapedon.
-At the end of the segment, show the Pisanosaurus feeding comfortably on seed ferns while a Herrerasaurus feeds on an Ischigualastia carcass, possibly signifying the decline of rhynchosaurs and dicynodonts.

Just a few brain toots.
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That's quite neato..

Also, feature a standoff between Saurosuchus and Herrerasaurus... Or perhaps, a Fasolasuchus (or perhaps that would be neater in the science segment...)
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As much as I love Fasolasuchus, I'm afraid it wasn't present in this formation, dating to the Rhaetian stage of the Triassic (separated from Ischigualasto by at least 17 million years).

More of our brain toots:

-To really hone in that it's the dry season in the beginning, during our scenery porn we have the vegetation yellowing. Streams and rivers will be shrunken, one suggested scene is that our Pisanosaurus (possibly after the Hyderodapedon encounter) goes down to a stream to drink, with the water clearly not a full level. Perhaps with dried, mummified fish carcasses along the edges and areas crowded with temnyspondyl amphibians.
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Ouch, that's quite far off...

Well, for local amphibians we have Pelorocephalus (a chugutisaurid) and Promastodonsaurus (a capitosaurid)... That would be quite awesome :)
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Along with the temnyspondyls, I suggest we show proterochampsids, as they were apparently exclusive to Triassic South America.
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More stuff

-Include a proterochampsid when the Pisanosaurus goes for a drink, e.g. before drinking it takes a look around and spots the proterochampsid, not necessarily posing a threat.
-Have a scene with a Saurosuchus successfully defending its kill from a marauding Herrerasaurus.
-Cue incoming storm clouds, followed by rainfall and cutting to a science segment.
-Cut back to a break in the clouds, the storms passed and the landscape lush and wet, the river at full capacity.
-Herrerasaurus killing an Exaeretodon, approached by a second inducing a squabble. Possibly have the Saurosuchus show up to try and steal the carcass, only to be seen off when several other Herrerasaurus arrive, who start fighting amongst themselves over the kill immediately afterwards.
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Wait... Was Saurosuchus two times bigger than Herrerasaurus? Besides, I don't think that the Herrerasaurus would team up against Saurosuchus, anyways...

Neat ideas, afterwards xD
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Well the Herrerasaurus wouldn't exactly be teaming up, just trying to get rid of the Saurosuchus first before immediately fighting with each other.
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Indeed...
Just make sure it looks more like a croc feeding frenzy rather than a coordinated attack...
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Apr 24 2013, 01:51 PM
Indeed...
Just make sure it looks more like a croc feeding frenzy rather than a coordinated attack...
Yeah that's basically what I was envisioning.
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Indeed...
Hadn't got time to finish any concept art, but it's quite definite that "Scaphonyx" would come out first... Just wait for it xD
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