Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?:
What changes?:

• External?: Coloration, lip length, Ear shrink
• Internal?: Mandable wider, Thigh muscles
• Behavioral/Mental?:

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: N

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 2/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y (1 m -> 2 m)
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: N/A
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: N/A

Status: Approved

I'll say it looks to be a cross border cave system, so there are cave entrances in both.

1. Oops, that'll be back
2. They have no native predators in their main habitat and protections in the form of climbing, so why expend the resources to maintain spikes?
3. Same as 2. I've reduced the spikes to thinner quills

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?:
What changes?:

• External?: Coloration, Sexual dimorphism
• Internal?: N/A
• Behavioral/Mental?: Farming, Cave dwelling

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: N

Habitat:
Type?: 3/2 (Temperate, Montane, Subterranean)
Flavor?: 3/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Within range?: N/A
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Within range?: N/A
Exception?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: N/A
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: Y

Status: Pending(Type viotation)

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Branching, Leaves whitening
• Internal?: Broad trunk lost, Fire resistance
• Behavioral/Mental?: n/a

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y (Done)

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 2/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y (10 m -> 5 m)
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?:Y
Transition Rule?: N/A
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: N/A

Status: Approved

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Head spines, Webbing, Tail
• Internal?:
• Behavioral/Mental?: Hunting strategies,

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y (Done)

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 3/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N/A

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y (2 m -> 2.5 m)
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y (Carnivore -> Carnivore, Scavenger)
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: N/A

Status: Approved

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: UV tail coloration
• Internal?: Lungs fused
• Behavioral/Mental?: Solitary

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y (Done)

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 2/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y (40 -> 80 CM)
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y (Omnivore -> Carnivore)
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y (Microlungs -> Unidirectional Macrolungs)
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: N
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: N/A

Status: Approved

WIP finished.

Greetings everyone. I am happy to inform you all that the next Prime Specimen contest is upon us, and after a little vote in challenge-discussion, this time the species chosen has conquered both air and sea! Why, it's none other than the Srugeing! As with before, if you wish to participate, come up with a viable split for this species, and on a Saturday two weeks from now - June 6th, 2021 Saturday - we can start posting all of our submissions. Everyone is free to join, you can submit more than one submission, but remember, you only get one vote in the end still. The creator of the species that wins this contest will get to pick the species for the next Prime Specimen. Have fun, and lets start evolving! If you want to join, or just have a question, just leave a ping for me in challenge-discussion.


https://sagan4alpha.miraheze.org/wiki/Srugeing

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Shrunken size, Single branch, Elongated reproductive droplets
• Internal?: N/A
• Behavioral/Mental?: N/A

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: N/A (Done)

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 3/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N/A

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y (60 cm -> 40- 60 cm Tall) Please only list one size; Change to "Up to 60 cm Tall"
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: Will be retconned later

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: N/A
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: Please List. It would be "Respiration: Passive (Stoma)"

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: Please List. It would be "Thermoregulation: Ectotherm"

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Y
Capitalized correctly?: N
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?: N/A

[SIZE=7][b]Pending(Please add Respiration and Thermoregulation. Support can be added later)

Approved.

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Shaggy hair, Coloration, forearm growth, back toe
• Internal?: Extra setae
• Behavioral/Mental?: More social, scurrying behavior

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y (Done)

Habitat:
Type?: 2/2
Flavor?: 4/3 (Woodland, Scrubland, Grassland, Rainforest) Corrected 3/3 (Woodland, Scrubland, Rainforest)
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N/A

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Within range?: Y ( 160 cm -> 80 cm)
Exception?: N/A

Support:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y (Herbivore, Scavenger -> Herbivore)
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Maybe?
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: Y

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: N/A
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Y
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?:

Status: Pending

Checklist Rules

All Organism Submission post are now required to have an Approval Checklist done on the submission before the post can be accepted. Any team member is allowed to do a checklist on someone else's submissions, however if they are done by a non-Mod or Admin, a Mod or Admin will have to agree with the assessment.

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Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?:Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: y
Realistic additions?:

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Hoof cleats, Flexible mandible, eyes
• Internal?: N/A
• Behavioral/Mental?: Tree climbing, Arboreal nest building

Are Changes Realistic?:
New Genus Needed?: Done

Habitat:
Type?: 1/2
Flavor?: 1/2
Connected?: N/A
Wildcard?: N/A

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: M
Within range?: Y (80 cm -> 70 cm)
Exception?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: N
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y (Carnivore, Scavanger -> Omnivore, Scavanger)

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: N/A
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Good
Capitalized correctly?: Y
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Y
Other?:

Status: Approved

Due to some misinterpretations on what Alpine biomes are, they have been reclassified from Rainforest Flavor to Grassland Flavor

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ May 11 2021, 05:47 AM)

"become to spread upward," What does this mean? "them toe point" should be "to point". Are fine-grained diet terms like lepidophagy and hemophagy still allowed? This is a fascinating speckled leech-like organism.

Fixed the two issues, and yes these two are still on the accepted diets list

The description is finalized, and while I'm not happy with the image yet it's probably good enough to submit as is.

QUOTE (Irinya @ May 11 2021, 03:34 AM)

Artist slot would be handy! Do the Cheekhorns survive the disappearance of Jaydoh Island?

Yeah, I'm working on the update to the Tlukvaequabora description. This was the last hurdle in the way.

Is there a method in the Infobox for crediting two creators?

Mortusyte (Mortuplenti pressi)

Creator: MNIDJM
Ancestor: Mortuprey (Mortuplenti preydus)
Habitat: Barlowe (Midnight Floor), Maineiac (Midnight Floor), Jujubee Ocean (Midnight Zone), Barlowe (Midnight Slope), Maineiac (Midnight Slope), Abello Midnight Sea Mount, Ethos Midnight Sea Mount, Ittiz Midnight Sea Mount, Ovi Midnight Sea Mount, Penumbra Midnight Sea Mount, Putspooza Midnight Sea Mount, Russ Midnight Sea Mount, Solpimr Midnight Sea Mount, Sparks Midnight Sea Mount, Time Midnight Sea Mount, Truteal Midnight Sea Mount, Xeno Midnight Sea Mount, Barlowe (Twilight Floor), Maineiac (Twilight Floor), Jujubee Ocean (Twilight Zone), Barlowe (Twilight Slope), Maineiac (Twilight Slope), Abello Twilight Sea Mount, Ittiz Twilight Sea Mount, Nemo Twilight Sea Mount, Ovi Twilight Sea Mount, Penumbra Twilight Sea Mount, Putspooza Twilight Sea Mount, Russ Twilight Sea Mount, Solpimr Twilight Sea Mount, Sparks Twilight Sea Mount, Time Twilight Sea Mount, Drake (Midnight Floor), Dixon-Darwin (Midnight Floor), North LadyM Ocean (Midnight Zone), South LadyM Ocean (Midnight Zone), Drake (Midnight Slope), Dixon-Darwin (Midnight Slope), Fermi Midnight Sea Mount, Dixon-Darwin (Twilight Floor), Drake (Twilight Floor), North LadyM Ocean (Twilight Zone), South LadyM Ocean (Twilight Zone), Dixon-Darwin (Twilight Slope), Drake (Twilight Slope), Fermi Twilight Sea Mount, Flisch Twilight Sea Mount, Krakow Twilight Sea Mount
Size: 50 cm Long
Diet: Lepidophagy (Midnight Filtersquid, Lurking Lyngbakr, Muckamor, Deep Crimson Phantomsquid, Outtablue Scylarian), Hemophagy (Midnight Filtersquid, Lurking Lyngbakr, Muckamor, Deep Crimson Phantomsquid, Outtablue Scylarian),
Carnivore (Gillaysheaia, Hallucigillia, Anomalogill, Muckamor, Shoalrorm, Deep Ribbon Gilltail, Fan Bloister, Bloister, Metamorph Spinderorm, Cerulean Gillfin, Delving Lyngbakr, Greater Wolley, Oilicle, Gulperpump, South Polar Shardgill, Southern Gillfin, Rojoko, Purioister, Reaplarian, Slither Longtail, Rojula, Stegosnaper)
Respiration: Unknown
Thermoregulation: Ectothermic
Reproduction: Sexual, Spawning, 2 Genders

The mortusyte replaced their ancestor in the midnight zones and have begun to spread upward, following their prey. Like their ancestor, they sneak up on prey by detecting them through vibrations in the water by using microscopic hair-like filaments that cover its body. They have become more parasitic, using their mouths to latch onto the bodies of larger organisms. These act as both a good source of food and a means of transportation. To accommodate this, their mouths have become slightly more flexible, and allow them the mobility to point them downward, making grasping onto hosts easier. When they come across small prey, they are usually swallowed whole or torn to pieces, which the mortusyte swallows one by one. They are still capable of swimming on their own, in an undulating eel-like method, but they are not particularly efficient at it, and prefer to rely on their hosts when they can.

Thanks, I'm real proud of this one

As long as the checklist pans out, yeah

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ May 7 2021, 10:22 PM)

It would still help to be a little more specific about how it glides over surfaces, since there are multiple physiological ways to do so.

Done

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?: Y
Art clear?: Y
Gen number?: Y
All limbs shown?: Y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?: Y
Realistic additions?: Y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?: Y
Creator?: Y

Ancestor:
Listed?: Y
What changes?:

• External?: Broad wings, eye spot, bristle, Mandible joint
• Internal?: N
• Behavioral/Mental?: Social changes?

Are Changes Realistic?: Y
New Genus Needed?: Y (already done)

Habitat:
Type?: 1/2
Flavor?: 1/3
Connected?: Y
Wildcard?: N

Size:
Same as Ancestor?: N (25 cm -> 13 cm)
Within range?: Y
Exception?: N/A

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Transition Rule?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?: Unclear
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: N/A

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?: N (Heterothermy -> Ectotherm (Basking)
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: N/A

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?: Y
Does It Fit Habitat?: Y
Reasonable changes (if any)?: Y
Other?: N/A

Description:
Length?: Acceptable
Capitalized correctly?: N (Remember proper nouns)
Replace/Split from ancestor?: Split
Other?: N/A

Status: Approved

Here's the finalized image: