Creature of the Week List

Galvasean

Thought it would be useful to make a list of all the animals we have covered so far in or 'Creature of the Week' feature so people can have easy access to view the previous creatures of the week (they can also be tracked by clicking the 'creatureoftheweek' tag at the bottom of each thread).

So far we have:

Andrewsarchus

Anomalocaris

Barbourofelis

Basilosaurus

Centrosaurus

Diprotodon

Euparkeria

Falcarius

Giraffatitan

Hallucigenia

Ichthyornis

Jeholopterus

Kelenken

Liopleurodon

Megaloceros

Nothronychus

Oviraptor

Galvasean

Paraceratherium

Quinkana

Rahonavis

Sharovipteryx

Thylacosmilus

Utatsusaurus

Volaticotherium

Wukongopterus

Xiphactinus

Yangchuanosaurus

Zhenjiangopterus

The list will be updated weekly (probably).

Nerin

sweet. great idea

Galvasean

The plan is to go through the alphabet (ie: next week is a creature beginning with D, the week after is E etc.) and then start again at A when we get through the first lot. Myself and marco polo will take turns choosing a creature.

And of course, user nominations will be considered (not that there is anything stopping anyone from starting a thread of their own if they want a particular favourite creature of theirs in the spotlight). But, please, try not to nominate creatures which are too well known (ie: T.rex), which everyone already knows loads about.

If people are interested we could make a creature of the month competition where users can vote for their favourite of the creatues. The creatures of the month could then go on to face each other in a creature of the year poll.
Granted it's late November, so there wont be much choice for 2009, but I still think it might be fun.

Nerin

diplodocus december

Galvasean

Isn't he a bit well known?
Well, it's marco's turn, so blame him.

marco_polo

Down to the final three in the race for selection for next week, no Dinos in the shakeup I'm afraid.

Nerin

dimorphodon december?

Galvasean

Dimetrodon... Diictodon... Dunkleosteus... Devincenzia... Dinictis

So many choices...
Best stop guessing. I'll only spoil the surprise.

marco_polo

Nerin wrote: »

dimorphodon december?

Hmm.. Good suggestion.

Galvasean wrote: »

Dimetrodon... Diictodon... Dunkleosteus... Devincenzia... Dinictis

So many choices...
Best stop guessing. I'll only spoil the surprise.

Quiet you. :pac:

There is a great selection alright, I am under so much pressure I almost feel like a should do a Double D December extravaganza.

Galvasean

marco_polo wrote: »

There is a great selection alright, I am under so much pressure I almost feel like a should do a Double D December extravaganza.

Dinosaurs with boobs does not sit well with me...

That said, fo the month that's in it, do you want to stick with D until December is over?

marco_polo

Galvasean wrote: »

Dinosaurs with boobs does not sit well with me...

That said, fo the month that's in it, do you want to stick with D until December is over?

No I just forgot it was weekly there for a moment.

Galvasean

We do need to pick a creature of the month for November...
That would be Anomalocaris versus Basilosaurus.

No need for a new thread. Just say who you want to win here on thread.
Posters place your votes now! (runs until the end of December)

marco_polo

Tough choice so many Ds I would have loved to have written about, especially Dimetrodon. In the end I went with Diprotodon as along with most of the Australian megafauna, it is probably not that well known, and pretty cool in my book.

Oh and it is now 1-0 to Basilosarus for November. :P

Galvasean

marco_polo wrote: »

Oh and it is now 1-0 to Basilosarus for November. :P

Oh yeah? Who voted for him?

marco_polo

Galvasean wrote: »

Oh yeah? Who voted for him?

*Sticks hand up*

Or should we have one of those fine upstanding gentlemanly abstention agreements, like MP in the House of Commons do from time to time?

Galvasean

Hmmm...... nobody else has voted so far...

Nerin

basilosaurus for the win! i love breeding them in wildlife park gold!

Galvasean

Apologies for delay on this week's creature. We've been mad busy with the whole Xmas/new year curfuffle.
Animal F should arrive this evening. Hopefully before the Arsenal game kicks off. If not, it might be another two hours.

marco_polo

Mightn't get to put up H untill tommorrow evening

Galvasean

So, we're doing specific species now huh? :P

I popped in links between Anomalocaris and Hallucigenia's pages (synergy!).

marco_polo

Galvasean wrote: »

So, we're doing specific species now huh? :P

I popped in links between Anomalocaris and Hallucigenia's pages (synergy!).

Just a Copypasta malfunction

Good idea on the links

Galvasean

Sometimes when Im bored I dig up really old threads and tag the crap out of them.

Galvasean

Wont get to post up this week's entry 'til later tonight.

Galvasean

Should get this week's creature up tonight.

Galvasean

So much temptation to try and 'trump' Liopleurodon with 'megalodon' (but that would be cheating...

Galvasean

M will be up tonight. Sorry about the delay but I was sick yesterday.

Galvasean

This weeks cvreature is going to be unveiled tonight.
I have hiddena clue as to what it is in this thread!

iUseVi

Galvasean wrote: »

This weeks cvreature is going to be unveiled tonight.
I have hiddena clue as to what it is in this thread!

The anticipation! Must....find....clue....

Galvasean

Sorry about the delay with #19. I was going to use saltriosaurus, only to discover it is not a valid genus (not yet at least). The new creature of the week (no longer always weekly 'm sorry to admit) will be up tonight. I've hidden a clue in this very thread as to what it is. :P

Galvasean

Scratch that, my computer decided to restart to instal updates while I was writing the piece. Everything I wrote is lost, I'm tired and I have work in the morning. I'm going to be too busy to find the time to write it up again until Sunday.

Grr....

marco_polo

I shall pop T up tommorrow evening all going well.

Galvasean

If it's T. rex I'm going to petition to have you removed as mod.

Yitzhak Rabin

Galvasean wrote: »

If it's T. rex I'm going to petition to have you removed as mod.

Take it easy on the T. Rex, he has enough problems as it is!

Galvasean

Time to start guessing.....

Is it... Tanystropheus?

marco_polo

Galvasean wrote: »

If it's T. rex I'm going to petition to have you removed as mod.

Err of course it's not....


/Slyly Presses delete button

iUseVi

Talarurus? He's awsum.

Galvasean

Thalassomedon?

marco_polo

Too tired to finish it tonight, retiring to bed about half way through

Hint: it does is not a member of the class Reptilia. You guys will have to be razor sharp to guess this one

Galvasean

Thylacoleo?

marco_polo

Swing and a miss

You were on the right track though

Tags and a thumbnail to follow tommorrow if I can dig one out.

Galvasean

Was thinking of that one too... damn coin flipping!

Galvasean

Next week we travel to a time before the dinosaurs ruled the Earth to attempt to solve a mystery...

marco_polo

Was away for an extra long weekend, so playing catch up at work for the next few days. Unfortunately V shall not be arriving untill this weekend.

marco_polo

I know it is a bit fishy that X has not arrived yet, but it is on the way in the next day or two.

/hint

Galvasean

Once you don't cholk between now and then