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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 1321908" data-attributes="member: 571"><p>Makes sense to me. Though further down the trunk so the mid-limbs don't interfere with the fore-limbs. With a subsequent migration of the mid-limbs up and forward as they became dedicated to flight.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I avoid this by having that part lost in the mists of time. That is, nobody's found remains of gliding proto-dragons, and blind time-scrying is hazardous in the extreme. Still, it may be so. I shall not dismiss it as a possibility.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's an idea. Consider it adopted. But, it won't include the wyvern. I'll be making the wyvern an advanced pterodactyl much as the modern day cornesaur is an advanced hadrosaur. And, yes the wyvern will be evolved from the bird-like pterodactyls rather than the more familiar bat-like.</p><p></p><p>BTW, have you seen the Scientific American article on bird feathers. Turns out they're not derived from cornified skin as once thought. It might be up at the <a href="http://www.sciam.com" target="_blank"> Scientific American</a> site.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It made sense to me. Plus, I don't use alignment on Dragon Earth. I adopted allegiances from d20 modern instead. So gold and copper dragons can be more closely related to red and topaz dragons than they are to silver dragons. Who, by the way, are more closely related to white and crystal dragons.</p><p></p><p>When you have your family tree ready I'd be interested in seeing it. If Morrus and crew don't mind you could try posting it here for others to enjoy.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime I have family trees of both dragons and lung to do. Compared to the lung the modern dragon family tree is rather simple. The lung family tree gets involved and includes sphinxes, pegasi, lammasu, and dragon turtles among others. Never knew the pegasus is second cousin to the freshwater crocodile now did you?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks for your insight and suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 1321908, member: 571"] Makes sense to me. Though further down the trunk so the mid-limbs don't interfere with the fore-limbs. With a subsequent migration of the mid-limbs up and forward as they became dedicated to flight. I avoid this by having that part lost in the mists of time. That is, nobody's found remains of gliding proto-dragons, and blind time-scrying is hazardous in the extreme. Still, it may be so. I shall not dismiss it as a possibility. There's an idea. Consider it adopted. But, it won't include the wyvern. I'll be making the wyvern an advanced pterodactyl much as the modern day cornesaur is an advanced hadrosaur. And, yes the wyvern will be evolved from the bird-like pterodactyls rather than the more familiar bat-like. BTW, have you seen the Scientific American article on bird feathers. Turns out they're not derived from cornified skin as once thought. It might be up at the [url=http://www.sciam.com] Scientific American[/url] site. It made sense to me. Plus, I don't use alignment on Dragon Earth. I adopted allegiances from d20 modern instead. So gold and copper dragons can be more closely related to red and topaz dragons than they are to silver dragons. Who, by the way, are more closely related to white and crystal dragons. When you have your family tree ready I'd be interested in seeing it. If Morrus and crew don't mind you could try posting it here for others to enjoy. In the meantime I have family trees of both dragons and lung to do. Compared to the lung the modern dragon family tree is rather simple. The lung family tree gets involved and includes sphinxes, pegasi, lammasu, and dragon turtles among others. Never knew the pegasus is second cousin to the freshwater crocodile now did you?:D Thanks for your insight and suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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