Protecaonia

In a very far and distant solar system, of the large star Galatheonica, there lies a planet, that is known as **Protecaonia**. Protecaonia was entirely barren until humans discovered the planet and introduced a variety of species in the planet's surface.

## Introduced species

### Vertebrates

#### Mammals

23 species of mammals were brought to Protecaonia:

* Caracal
* Grey wolf
* Domestic sheep
* Reindeer
* Common bottlenose dolphin
* Long-finned pilot whale
* Grey whale
* Sei whale
* Bowhead whale
* Fin whale
* Blue whale
* Orca
* Common minke whale
* Cougar
* Domestic goat
* White-tailed deer
* Domestic horse
* Asian elephant
* Wolverine
* Antarctic minke whale
* Siberian tiger
* Irish elk
* North Atlantic right whale

#### Reptiles

7 species of reptiles got intoduced into Protecaonia:

* Komodo dragon
* Black caiman
* Alligator snapping turtle
* Chinese alligator
* Orinoco crocodile
* *Sarcosuchus imperator*
* Green sea turtle

#### Fish

15 species of fish got introduced into Protecaonia:

* Sockeye salmon
* Lake trout
* Alligator gar
* Blacktip reef shark
* Blue shark
* Sand tiger shark
* Great hammerhead
* Scalloped hammerhead
* Great white shark
* Common thresher
* Whale shark
* Devil fish
* Giant oceanic manta ray
* *Xiphactinus audax*
* Arapaima
* *Mawsonia gigas*

#### Birds

15 species of birds got introduced into Protecaonia:

* Domestic chicken
* Emu
* Southern cassowary
* Scarlet ibis
* Barn owl
* Common raven
* Golden eagle
* Harpy eagle
* Bald eagle
* Peregrine falcon
* *Varombe titan*
* Heavy-footed moa
* Emperor penguin
* Dodo
* Haast's eagle

### Invertebrates

#### Insects

Only one species of insect got introduced in Protecaonia:

* *Megaloprepus caerulatus*

#### Molluscs

Only one species of mollusc got introduced in Protecaonia:

* Giant Pacific octopus

#### Cnidarians

Only one species of cnidarian got introduced in Protecaonia

* Table corals

### Plants

Plants that got introduced in Protecaonia:

* Ferns
* Cattails
* Grasses
* Conifers
* Broad-leaved trees
* Seagrasses
* Lilypads
* Fruit trees

## Landscapes of Protecaonia:

### Terrestrial landscapes

* Coastlines
* Forests
* Woodlands
* Swamps
* Wetlands
* Plains
* Mountains
* Polar caps
* Islands

### Aquatic landscapes

* Oceans
* Polar seas
* Rivers
* Lakes
* Reefs (Coralline and non-coralline)

# History of Protecaonia

## The Protoarchean

### 1 million years later

1 million years later, after Protecaonia was colonized by humans and lots of species had been introduced, there was an explosion in the lots of species that were introduced. With the successfull revival of extinct species that were brought to this planet, such as the Haast's eagle and the dodo, the populations of the brought animals increased a lot.

### 3 million years later

3 million years later, after the explosion in the lots of species that were introduced and the successfull revival of extinct species that were brought to this planet, more extinct creatures have been brought to this planet. Lots of dinosaur species, 6 pterosaur species, 2 mosasaurid species and 1 plesiosaurid species have now been brought to this planet.

### 5 million years later

5 million years later, after the introduction of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurids and plesiosaurids, the species introduced finally began to evolve. The brought pterosaurs *Hatzegopteryx thambema* and *Quetzalcoatlus northropi* evolved, for example, into the coastfliers and linebeaks, and into the giantfliers and bandbeaks. Other pterosaurs, such as *Geosternbergia sternbergi*, evolved into the paddlewings.

### 10 million years later

10 million years later, after the evolution of land animals, the freshwater fish that were brought started to evolve. The lake trouts that were brought into the planet, for example, evolved into the stintle trout. Others, such as the sockeye salmon and the alligator gar, evolved into the greater cave salmon and the giant spottedback gar, respectively.

### 19 million years later

19 million years later, after the evolution of freshwater fish that were brought to the planet, saltwater fish started to evolve. The blacktip reef sharks evolved into two species, the Grayson's blacktip reef shark and the Burgess blacktip reef shark. Others, such as *Mawsonia gigas* and *Xiphactinus audax*, evolved into lots of other genera of fish, such as *Cyanosonia*, *Pachysonia* and *Oleasonia*, in the case of *M. gigas*, or even into the marine struddlefishes, in the case of *X. audax*.

## The Albiarchean

### 20 million years later

20 million years later, after the evolution of saltwater fish that were brought to Protecaonia, new creatures have been introduced. The new creatures that were introduced were two mosasaurids, *Clidastes* and *Prognathodon*, two species of mosasaurs that were closely related to *Platecarpus* and *Tylosaurus*, and *Cretoxyrhina*, a species of mackerel shark that was similar in appearance to the modern great white shark.

### 30 million years later

30 million years later, after *Clidastes*, *Prognathodon* and *Cretoxyrhina* were introduced, Protecaonia entered the Middle Albiarchean, and new creatures were introduced. The new introduced creatures were *Leedsichthys*, the largest fish known to have ever existed, and *Leptostyrax*, a species of shark that is closely related to the modern sand tiger shark.