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Spardquilla (Indiza egxumayo)
Creator: Future Tyrannosaurus
Ancestor: Spearing Spardi
Habitat: Adult (Nergali-Beans Undersea Subtropical Forest, Beans Subtropical Beach, Nergali Subtropical Beach) Young (Nergali-Subtropical Woodland, Beans Subtropical Woodland)
Size: 60 cm long (Head to Anal Fingers)
Support: Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet: Scavenger, Carnivore (Lurkroufos, Dappershell, Insidiator, Nautcracker, Terrorstar, Starcrusher, Siltsifter, Pachiwamba (Larvae only), Scutestar, Spardiflies)
Respiration: Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation: Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
Reproduction: Sexual (Male and Female, Live Birth)

Splitting off from its ancestor, the Spardquilla evolved to hunt prey more efficiently. It adapted to a more aquatic lifestyle, being able to dive in the water for about five minutes. In order to gain this ability, it developed several adaptations. The nose moved a bit more up compared to the ancestor, making it easier for the Spardquilla to go back to the surface and take a breath. The ears also moved up a bit to better suit this semi-aquatic life. The wings have become much
longer for swimming and diving in water, rather than for flying. The raptorial arm got a lot longer to also aid in diving in water. It developed webbed fingers on the anal arm to further help it dive. These adaptations allowed the Spardquilla to dive into the water for five minutes until it has to come back up to breathe again. The Spardquilla has started losing flightpower, being able to fly for short amounts of time only. However, it uses this as an advantage while swimming. Jumping out of the water, it starts flying, catching up to whatever prey it is chasing. Then, it dives into the water, stabs it with the mandibles, and goes back up to the surface. It periodically comes on land, mostly on beaches to rest and mate. It has got a nasal horn for defense and mating, helping it defend against Dart Roths. Male Spardquilla have a whistling contest for females, which is based on which male has the loudest whistles. When the males are equal at their whistling skills, they will clash with each other, bashing the nasal horns.
The juvenile Spardquilla are capable of flight better than the adults. Gradually as they become older, they become heavier and get adaptations for a more semi-aquatic life. When facing predators like the Dart Roth, the Spardquilla whistle a sound for warning and start
fleeing back to land. The young Spardquilla are able to dive in the water, but prefer to live more on land than by the ocean.

Not sure the size is possible. IIRC, max size gain is 4x for fauna
putting it instead at 80 cm, not 1m.

I could be wrong though.

For Generation 21 only:"Any fauna may grow as much as 4x, and any flora may grow as much as 8x."
Therefore, HethrJarrod is correct: 80 cm is the maximum size. This seems to no longer be an issue, though.

It doesn't seem to have nostrils anymore. This is a serious omission. The ear's shape could also be clarified, to make it clearer it's an ear.

Further feedback will come later.

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Mar 20 2023, 04:22 PM)

For Generation 21 only:"Any fauna may grow as much as 4x, and any flora may grow as much as 8x." Therefore, HethrJarrod is correct: 80 cm is the maximum size. This seems to no longer be an issue, though. It doesn't seem to have nostrils anymore. This is a serious omission. The ear's shape could also be clarified, to make it clearer it's an ear. Further feedback will come later.

The nose is right under the nasal horn. It's like a whale's nose

What about the lower pair of nostrils?

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Mar 20 2023, 05:10 PM)

What about the lower pair of nostrils?

I didn't think about that...if you have time could you talk about this on discord? Now that you mention it, I really don't know how this can work now

So I thought up of possible solutions- muscles that shut the lower jaw nostrils, or it just tries come up to breathe air by taking the whole head out. Either way, can I still move the nose more up?

It is not possible for the lower pair of nostrils to move up.

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Mar 21 2023, 07:58 AM)

It is not possible for the lower pair of nostrils to move up.

How about the lower nostrils becoming inflatable sacks like of a seals? And it becomes smaller, from less use.

They need to breathe.

Toothed whales have only one nostril, so there's some precedence in nostril loss in animals. However, the other nostril didn't simply disappear: it developed a different function to supply air to the phonic lips, which allows the whale to echolocate. As for hooded seals, they do still have nostrils, which are logically still used regularly: the inflatable sacs in the males' nostrils are used by inflating a membrane within the nose.

Asterzoan anatomy is not quite like that of vertebrates, so I am not sure if it even can lose its lower nostrils. If it could, though, it would likely be more complicated than losing it all at once.

I don’t see why they would need to lose nostrils in the first place. That would probably only come into play later.

losing the lower nostrils also makes them unable to vocalize.

Then wouldn't it be best for them to just put the whole head out for breathing?

QUOTE (Disgustedorite @ Mar 21 2023, 12:51 PM)

They need to breathe.

But like could it have the top lungs/nostrils for breathing and bottom lungs/nostrils for vocalization