February 24th, 2019 Extinction Event
The February 24th, 2019 Extinction Event was a competition-based extinction event that occurred during the Zephyrocene period. It was the largest extinction event to date, with a total of 40 species going completely extinct.
Extinctions
The following 40 extinctions occurred:
| Species | Reason |
|---|---|
| Nefarious plottus | outcompeted by N. xenocytus |
| Tetraplacus ichthycetus | outcompeted by T. electrodnotus and T. cheetoensis |
| Hexapiscus omnimendus | outcompeted by H. glidus |
| Hexapiscus limbus | outcompeted by H. glidus |
| Hexapiscus carnimendus | outcompeted by H. predata |
| Hexapiscus primitus | outcompeted by H. herbimendus and H. glidus |
| Algearous greenensis | outcompeted by other specialized polyphs |
| Varanusuchus prionopisces | loss of accesible food |
| Nataresukus skeletonai | loss of egg laying sites, outcompeted by N. bonii |
| Macrognathusensis clavotigris | loss of food source |
| Dracowyverious caerulea | outcompeted by D. thalassomoloch |
| Fungera piezolatti | fuscimalase |
| Gigantocytus rhizoma | fuscimalase |
| Nataresukus aldankmemesteinii | outcompeted by N. spinoyonxii |
| Metatestudius universaoculusii | outcompeted by a lot |
| Nataresukus dentesos | loss of prey |
| Tridcatylus kleptoparsutii | loss of hosts |
| Suboslontus bydensis | outcompeted by spinyensis |
| Ossurans planii | outcompeted by O. foraminus |
| Ambuladentus squidyensis | outcompeted by Monodactylsukapredadensis segmatnemtug |
| Phungii chytridus | outcompeted by P. piscicida |
| Oslontus maculatus | inability to fed on P. piscicida and loss of P. chytridus |
| Aerialslontus flectocornus | outcompeted by Aerialslontus flectopesus |
| Aerialslontus glidensis | outcompeted by descendants |
| Draco arbora | outcompete by Aerialslontus, T. purpa, and driven away by S. purpla |
| Bulbus terrous | outcompeted by Bulbus pansoma and Bulbus litorus |
| Bulbus flattus | outcompeted by Bulbus pansoma and Bulbus litorus |
| Bulbus heightus | outcompeted by Bulbus pansoma |
| Plortatus forensus | outcompeted by P. ipsumsemenous and P. spineesa |
| Catachrisatus paratus | loss of host |
| Helix gralleus | outcompeted by H. meteora |
| Odontotria laspimorphus | out competed by O. siccumorphus |
| Neosukalensis diggensa | outcompeted by N. communa |
| Terrasuchus duospinacaliditas | population collapse due to predation |
| Dracuanguilacerta plumaprimventis | loss of food |
| Dracowyverious plumaprimis | loss of food |
| Pseudosukalensis ambushus | loss of food |
| Terrasuchus ceratotherium | outcompeted by T. gigagammas |
| Phytovorus poliosa | loss of host |
| Oslontus xylunta | loss of food |
Additionally, 7 species had their ranges reduced:
| Species | Reason |
|---|---|
| Suboslontus angelosis | extinct in Zone 3 and Zone 7 due to being outcompeted by S. whiskerius, G. gigas, and S. electrica |
| Stichodactyla filterous | extinct in Zone 3 due to being outcompeted by S. toxicopoda |
| Macrognathusensis armorgedonensis | extinct in Zone 4 due to high predation, outcompeted by espeare |
| Hexalgeara purpura | extinct in Zone 24 due to being outcompeted by H. rosea |
| Aerialslontus odonta | extinct in Zone D due to being outcompeted by descendants |
| Aerialslontus flectopesus | extinct in Zone D due to being outcompete by A. fucopinna |
| Lorensia clearensis | extinct in Zone D due to being outcompeted by Bulbus pansoma |
The following 3 species were pending extinction, but were spared after reconsideration.
| Species | Reason | Reason excluded |
|---|---|---|
| Gigoslontus panterus | outcompeted by S. electrica and S. neorhina | i think there is an argument for G. panterus to continue surviving with A. invictus, A. lagosus, and young G. shorus and S. neorhina as new food sources to cope with the loss of angelosis. |
| Macrobrachium gigacherax | outcompeted by Macrobrachium indespectus | Macrobrachium gigacherax and Macrobrachium indespectus could coexist in Zone 9 without too many problems. Although they both occupy the ocean floor and eat polyphs, M. gigacherax lives together in colonies, is omnivorous, and is smaller, while M. indespectus is solitary, acts as a scavenger of plant matter, and is slower. |
| Subsukalensis jorfunus | outcompeted by descendants | I argue that S. jorfunus survives and simply switches to other species of Plortatus in Zone F. This is because their life cycle shows they are dormant most of the year, only present to lay eggs on the host and feed, and then go back into dormancy. They also lay more eggs than most of their descendants. |