Meridianam

**Meridianam**, also known as **Prin** under the Salty naming convention, is one of the Continents of Wallace II. This is the smallest of the Latin convention continents.

## Faunal and floral composition

Meridianam is a very peculiar landmass. Although often classified as a continent, it is more of a micro continent than anything. It was once part of the northern tip of Cheru, which is the name given to southern Media Insula, and was once separate from Thron (northern Media Insula). Meridianam was split in the late Variagene or early Compsogene. As it progressed, it moved further and further into the ocean and never touched any other landmass since then, remaining in perfect isolation for some 75 million years. The terrestrial fauna is of limited diversity, reflecting the convoluted history of Cheru in its past, though migrants from other continents are known.

### **Gomphiobian**

The isolated island of Prin is a weird one in terms of the diversity of creatures, mostly because it narrows it down at a tremendous rate. Most terrestrial gomphiobians that here exist are fliers that migrated here, such as the entomogracilian vidtidontians, the ornithosmilids, and the ichthyowestonian dracolodontidians and scissor beaks. The only flightless terrestrial group of gomphiobians are, however, the apex predators of the region. These are the Senzicara, a clade of insidiocarans, known for being the most primitive terrestrial gomphiobians of the Insidiocaroidea clade. Insidiocarans are represented by a temnospondyl-like creature in Media Insula, and by these vicious predators that exist in Prin. They reach sizes between 5 - 15 meters in length, and heights of between 1 to 17 meters tall, making these already one of the largest carnivores of Wallace II. The reason why they grew to this role in the Prin ecosystem is notorious for the lack of competition, allowing them to diversify further. Despite the titanic sizes they reach, apart from senzicarans, there is no land-dwelling creature surpassing 5 meters in length. They have a slow metabolism, despite being able to reach fast speeds to pursue their prey when needed, so they do not require the same amount of food as a high metabolism predator. They benefit from the abundance of Celernantida maxima and other smaller dispeculates, and very very occasionally complement their diet with polyspeculates.

### **Panoplovita**

Prin became isolated from Media Insula since at least the Compsogene, and terrestrial panoplovitan dievrsity in the world was still tender at the time. Due to that no terrestrial panoplovitans exist in the island. Only a few freshwater species of panoplovitans can be found.

### **Celernantida**

The only land-dwelling celernantids are Celernantida maxima. Even here they didn't shied from the isolation. Granted that these particular celernantids split from their closest relatives, the venenunguians, since the late Scelusian, long before Prin split from Cheru, so their presence here, seems logic too. Celernantida maxima reach here a giant size of up to 5 meters long and became the most abundant large predators of the region. Highly social, they also seem to dominate in numbers.

### **Ambulospeculida**

Among the ambulospeculids that managed to survive the changing climate and endure the pressures of insular diversification, includes a few species from a few clades. Xenopedans are present and they play an important role. Xenoarachnians occupy a small carnivore guild, just like they do elsewhere. Here they reach sizes up to one meter long. Xenotetrapteryx is a true endemic. Weirdly, it seems this grasshopper like creature migrated from Occidentis to Prin. Eventually they became extinct in the larger continent and now only reside in Prin. These small omnivorous jumpers use a long proboscis to hunt for food, like a chameleon. Caedifuremians are present here too. Paper hawks usually fly to this island. The fabacursorids also seem to have lasted in this island until this day, in fact they have greatly diversified and are among the largest land-dwelling ambulospeculids on Prin, occupying varied herbivorous and omnivorous guilds.

## List of Environments

* Meridianam Subtropical
* Meridianam Humid Continental
* Meridianam Mediterranean
* Meridianam Hot Semi-Arid
* Meridianam Hot desert
* Meridianam Tropical Rainforest (only on islands north of Meridianam)
* Meridianam Tropical Monsoon
* Meridianam Tropical Savanna

## List of native terrestrial and freshwater species

* Bouncers\*
* Keratodermata\* : Gazellia\*; thomsoniicas\*
* Quinqueoculis\*
* Xerokerinouphytaceae\*: *Capsulacerafrons\** (*Globicapsulafrons*)

### **Canon**

#### **Gomphiobia**

Candentisia

* Algamimus flossetis\*

Insidiocara

* Senzicara

Entomogracilia

* Viditdon sanguinem lactantem\*

Ornithosmilia

* Ornithosmilidae\*

Ichthyowestonia

* Dracolodontidia\*
* Scissor beak\*

#### **Panoplovita**

Molasimilia

* Spadenosed wumbus\*

#### **Celernantida**

Venenumaxima

* Celernantida maxima\*

Ostofortosproboskidoidea

* Ostofortosproboskida\*

Consuvocucumia

* Bristled beakfish\*

#### **Ambulospeculida**

Cetathalassa

* Ventuscibum\*

Xenopeda

* Xenoarachnia\*
* Xenotetrapteryx clavocrura

Caedifuremia

* Fabacursor amicus\*
* Paper Hawk\*

*\*The lineage is not exclusive to the continent*