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Copyright: life on snaiad
Life on Snaiad is a speculative evolution project created by Turkish artist C.M. Kösemen, the creator of All Tomorrows.
The work follows humanity's colonization of an exoplanet named Snaiad from the 23rd to 26th centuries, largely focusing on the documentation of the Snaiad's vertebrate wildlife.
Vertebrates of Snaiad
Jetocete-Cardio group
Jetocetes and Relatives
Balabani
Balenarhynchid
- Hadrocetoides
- Hadrocetoides balabani
Motosuchid
- Motosuchus
- Motosuchus phoeniciensis - eyeing scooter-croc, armadillodile
Phyllocaudids
- Phyllocaudus
- Phyllocaudus flagellurus - reticulated oartail
- Phyllocaudus reticulatus - reticulated leaftail
True Jetocetes
- Jetocetus
- Jetocetus aaritas - Aarite jetshark
- Jetocetus mediterraneana - jetshark, Neomed jetshark, Neo
- Thalassoxiphid - Swordfish
- Pelagoxiphias
- Pelagoxiphias gladius - swordpinguin
Incertae sedis
- Helicodectes
- Helicodectes scylla
Cardiocetes
Monocardia
- Cephalorhynchus
- Cephalorhynchus bicolor - puffinwhale, duck beast, orange heartwhale
- (S)-Xenoposeidon
- Xenoposeidon thalassarchos - big fish, giant jetwhale, poseidon, bahamut
Polycardia
- Biogalleas
- Biogalleas polaris
- Biogalleas pericles - prownose heartwhale, shelf-whale, mutur
- 2 species
- Tachynas
- Tachynas tachyno - swordfish
- 30+ species
- Torpedichthyid
- Torpedichthys
- Torpedichthys vorax - torpedo, torpil, patlatan, blasterfish
Cardiocetoids
Vermicetids
- Vermicetus
- Vermicetus abyssimalis
- 1 other species
Incertae sedis
- Enigmatherium
- Enigmatherium diplosiphon - chük, great babafingo, Dev babafingo
- 1 or 2 other species
- Nymphocetus
- Nymphocetus robustus - nymph-whale
Polydactyl-Turtiforme group
Polydactyls
Ferguliids
- Fergulia
- Fergulia fossoria - chunker
Punctatophids
- Cryptodactylus
- Cryptodactylus ammophis
Tubibrachids
- †Echinodesmus
- Platymoloch
- Platymoloch tubifex - flapjack, eyed flapjack
- †Platytitanis
Tunicasaurs - whipsliders
- Lygocephalans - stickheads
- Telescopocephalus
- Telescopocephalus barani - whizzard, telescope whipslider
Incertae sedis
- Toxoglossos
- Toxoglossos hyigiani - bukalemun, ridge chameleon
- 9 or 10 other species
Turtiformes
Cylindriform
*Cylindroides
- Cylindroides hatti - torpedo
- Hydrolithos
Echinomochlid
- Asaptoderma
- Asaptoderma australis
Incertae sedis
- Ejector
- Ejector suncus - barfkettle, kettleturt, barfturtle
- Natatryx
- Natatryx tepidus - green slider
- Phobochelys
- Phobochelys molestor - rape turtle
Picozoans
Eupicozoan
- Arbovermis
- Arbovermis katzania - grinchworm, green worm
- Topi
- Topi dimminutiva - bol
Gigantopicozoans
- Asarion
- Asarion giganteus - giant nosymole
- Prosarion
- Prosarion koyagasioglu - Prosarion, nosymole
Bidiformes - bid
- Picodesmus
- Picodesmus moacdiehi - bid, orange bid, pid
- Dactylopus
- Dactylopus mirabilis - red object
Panophidia
Haplobrachids
Citognathids
- Citognathus
- Citognathus sedator - pitsnake, headsnake, hookjaw
Cynophidians
- Cynophis
- Cynophis giganteus - Garden of Eden serpent, drop-snake
Ophimyids
- Ophimus
- Ophimus domesticus
- Ophimus fossorialis - ofimus, ratsnake, chirky
- Ophimus melanocephalus
Vermiphages
- Vermiphagus
- Vermiphagus hessai
Incertae sedis
- Bradypython
- Bradypython insignai - slothsnake, slothworm
Lophophids
Ankylophid
- Brontophis
- Brontophis montanus - tractorsnake
Bandiaformes
Chitonophidia
- Lepidophis
- Lepidophis ommoni - tree scab, emerald scab, aphidsnake
Florophidians
- Aphsinus
- Aphsinus roseae - pink dandysnake
- Vampyrophis
Sigmophidian
- Hydrolophis
- Hydrolophis ocellatus - river snake, eyed snake
- Phytophyton
- Phytophyton jihani - blue python, Jihan’s sidewinder
Incertae sedis
- Bandia
- Bandia bandia - bandy-bandy
- Bandia borealis
- Erion
- Erion pentalophus
- Myrmecophis - ant-snake
Sprogophidians
Chasmostomes
- Chasmostomos
- Chasmostomos ammophilus
- Chasmostomos erythrocephalus - sausagetail
- Chasmostomos vulgaris - common pitmouth, sausagetail
Emmiformes
- Baroemmi
- Baroemmi insignai - megamouth
- Emmi
- Emmi notoriensis - Notorian emmi, red emmi, Notorian biter
Incertae sedis
- Vangaspis
- Vangaspis smyrnatica - V-snake, spadehead, zilzal
Spinostomes
Fibrospinostoma
- Achantosmus
- Achantosmus seffira - rat, straw rat
Kinetodira
- Kinetodirus
- Kinetodirus cranioclasta - red headbanger, headbanger
Microspinostoma
- Serrator
- Serrator hydrophilus - water rattler, rattleback
- 200+ other species
Incertae sedis
*Arbonyx
- Arbonyx azonicus
- Arbonyx tuanaensis - spinosloth
- Pseudokahydron
- Pseudokahydron vorax - not-hydron, sulker
Monoantichera-Titaniform-Tromobrachids group
Monoanticherans
Pistonopodidae - bounderjaws
- Therizinorhynchus
- Therizinorhynchus marilizzae - Mary-Lisa’s bounderjaw, yellow bounderjaw
Incertae sedis
- Eucursor
- Eucursor gargantum
- Ophictonos
- Ophictonos angelli - snake-eater, mikado
- Volugnathus
- Volugnathus melanocephalus - volugnath
Titaniformes
Eudiran
- Magnodiran
- Magnodirus
- Magnodirus baropus - legendary magnodire, titan
- Sigmocantor
- Sigmocantor davidiani - singing flagger
*Dermastoma
- Dermastoma mirabilis - flagmouth, flagger
Oozoan
- Zaptorhynchus
- Zaptorhynchus koheni - black skip-bird, skip-bird
- Zaptorhynchus urophorus - spiketailed skipbird, giant skipbird
Tromobrachids
- Ammodromeus
- Ammodromeus hesperus - sandrunner
- Osteophagus
- Osteophagus macrodirus - graboid, stinkfowl
- Psittacocephalus
- Psittacocephalus precursor
- Seismopus
- Seismopus kurash - See Rex
Magnopsids
- Infernocyon
- Infernocyon crypticus - nightmare hound, pinnacle wraith
- †Murdurognathus
- Nyctocyon
- Nyctocyon sleymanni - pincher, pinchweasel, Suleyman’s pincher
- 2 other species
- Selenocyon
- Selenocyon sissarmai - moon-dog
Heterostomes
- Eubipes
- Eubipes bicolor - Orca Runner
- Spinodesmus
- Spinodesmus avancna - Spiny
- Thaumataurus
- Thaumataurus macrurus - Pole-wagger, Goldenhump, Thaumataur
Allotauriformes
Archaeotaurids
Hesperotaurids
- Melanorotaurus
- Melanorotaurus erectopus - Black bull, Apis
Suitaurs
- Polylophotaurus
- Polylophotaurus minimus - Tinytaur, Spiny Allotaur, Dwarf Allotaur
- 4 other genii
Incertiae sedis
- Allotaurus
- Allotaurus chrysolophus - Golden Bull
- Austrotaurus
- Austrotaurus anticeras - Spinotaur
- Barotaurus
- Barotaurus longus - Kadilak, Limotaur, Behemoth
- Chasmotaurus
- Chasmotaurus morkociana - Musclemouth, Muskullu, Zat
- Teratodirus
- Teratodirus aspersa - Shingleback, Fanhorn
Fututor-Kahydron group
Fututoriformes
Baroclavida
- Arbophobos
- Arbophobos mavrikaulos - mavri
- Baroclavus
- Baroclavus borealis - black thing
Xiphioclavida
- Fututor
- Fututor dominator
- Fututor notoriensis - Notorian papist
- Fututor ventrophilus - barrelchest, missionary, gray paladin
- Hussar
- Hussar hussar - hussar, kukri, pinnacle hound
Incertae sedis
- Ammofututor
- Ammofututor harkoneeana - dune fututor
- Batrachoides
- Batrachoides jugularis - ifrig
- Megaphalloprion
- Megaphalloprion midlandicus - flipstick
Kahydroniformes
Dromokahydrons
- Allodaphne - forest hunter
- Xenodromos
- Xenodromos princeps - howlrunner
- Vaöphobos - tundra runner
Magnodont
- Kahydron
- Kahydron libansiensis - kahydron, Lebanese kahydron, kreater kahydron
Incertae sedis
- Phytokahydron
- Phytokahydron midlandicus - herbidon, gray grazer
- Saurokahydron
- Saurokahydron ilesis - hazzal
- Stratognathos - pinchers
- Suchokahydron
- Suchokahydron sedentor - crochydron
- Urunyx kahydronoides - shortface kahydron, forest kahydron
Pescidont-Blumbomen group
Pescidonts
Bumboiformes
- Bumbo
- Bumbo maximus - tank topaki
- Smyrniote giant pumpkin
- Tomato jousters
- Sifteria
- Sifteria rotundus - spotted topaki, golden ball, triggerback
Vermidonta
- Vermiphilia
- Vermiphilia langia - sprog-prober
Incertae sedis
- Ancyrania
- Ancyrania thaumadira - spearneck, desert loper
- Dextraglossos
- Dextraglossos minimus - golden kahydron, Aarite kahydron
- Pescidon
- Pescidon insignai - pescidon
Blumbomeniformes
Anychiformes
- Mikri
- Mikri anyx - smolblumbomen, tiny blumbomen, water baby
Apodoblumbomeniformes
- Eumegapteros
- Eumegapteros pelagicus - torpedocaster, wingfish
Hadroblumbomeniformes
- Thalassomirifex
- Thalassomirifex larrana
Incertae sedis
- Moai
- Moai mapagalithops - giant armless blumbomen, Moai landblumbomen
- Moronops
- Moronops gularis - blumbomen, grey blumbomen
- Ugrops
- Ugrops fascinatus - fascinating blumbomen
Miscellaneous life on Snaiad
Arthrognathans
An ancient phylum of Snaiadi life predates the planets' lineage of vertebrates. Following an extinction event 975 MYA, only marine Arthrognathans exist.
Elastozoans
An ancient phylum of Snaiadi life predates the planets' lineage of vertebrates.
Erythrophyte
The "red plants" of Snaiad. A group of plant-like lifeform noted for their red pigment and worm-like larva.
Eotetrapus
A genus of the first known Polydactyl-like vertebrate with four legs and two heads from 452 MYA.
Flagelloglossids - jos
A group of Snaiadi lifeforms that have similar morphology to Toxoglossos of Snaiad or chameleons of Earth, only without the ability to change color like the latter two.
Hoploderma - turtletanks
A toxic turtle-like creature found in the Pansavannah, unrelated to the turtiforms also in the area.
Lygodectes - chopsticks
A genus of creatures larger than trikes but small enough to be predated by Pescidon.
Mullojiforms
Amphibious mollusk-like lifeforms covered in tentacles and eyes, once the dominant terrestrial life approx. 975 MYA.
Ophicarida - sea serpents
Extant Arthrognathans with long ribbon-like bodies found in reef gardens and preyed upon by Helicodectes scylla.
Pudgebears
A vertebrate that, like the unrelated Magnopsids, are notable for enlarged, relatively-developed eyes.
Pneumagazelles
A large herbivorous vertebrate comparable in size to Allotars or Xenosuids.
Sprog
A spongy, hole-ridden, landscape-blanketing vegetation prevalent across Snaiad.
Sylvihadron ponticus - forest hadron
A large imposing creature found in the Pontic forests of northern Isterna.
Terrabivalves
An ancient phylum of Snaiadi life predates the planets' lineage of vertebrates.
Thalassiochelid - cannonballs
Thick-shelled creatures broken open and eaten by large bounderjaws such as Osteophagus macrodirus.
Trilateralans - trikes
An ancient phylum of Snaiadi life predates the planets' lineage of vertebrates. Trilaterally-symmetric creatures said to resemble a cross between Earth's spiders and sea-stars.
Xenosuids
- Xenosus - rollpigs
Pig-like creatures with short, thick, muscular mouths comparable to Chasmotaurus'. Members of the Xenosus genus are comparable in size to Pneumagazelles.
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