Aequor

The Aequor (Aequor infectorem, Aequor ossicor) was a genus of large peioraid marine reptiles which lived in the Great Southern Ocean towards the end of the Lothranic and through the Dracian period, when life on Rathnir began to grow huge. It was estimated to be up to 14m long and feasted on not only fish but fellow peioraids at the same time, using its enormous biting force to crush muscle and bone. A. infectorem is the more well-known species of the genus, and the first to evolve 184 million years ago. It would feast on large shoals of fish and would also feast on other plesiosauroids. Aequor ossicor, the second species that evolved roughly 180 million years ago, was much smaller in size at 9m, and feasted almost exclusively on fish. For around 7 million years, Aequor was at the top of the food chain. However, as time went on, its prey evolved and adapted to new habitats, with many travelling to shallow nurseries or migrating through thin or shallow passages to the Sea of Lothranis. Eventually, the Aequor was driven into extinction by a lack of food and competition with the larger cousin of the Aequor, Predator Omnibus.
 
Very little Aequor material is known to science, but what we have found is crucial to understanding these animals. A partial jaw was found in Deutzan, Ryzan, and from there scientists managed to figure out that the bite force of A. infectorem was around 750kg, or 3/4 of a tonne, enough to bite through skin, muscle, and bone with ease. A large segment of associated spinal material was also unearthed, each individual vertebra about 2/3 the size of a human head in diameter, and a flipper which was about 3m long from end-to-end. Associated teeth, skull fragments, and mixed postcranial material are known from the Ardol Formation of the Aurlunor Velande.
Category:Animals
Category:Fauna
Category:Biota
Category:Extinct
Category:Marine reptiles
Category:Traveler's Era