Talk:Auroran/@comment-5870856-20140214031039/@comment-5135903-20140215103814

Again, ceratopsians share adaptations with rhinos, elephants, brontotheres, Arsinoitherium and Uintatherium, in many cases simply through convergent evolution, and their distinctive beak-like mouths have independantly evolved even in cephalopods. Ceratopsians are simply an example of a set of adaptations that works well for plains animals, such as a barrel like body for digesting tough plant matter, and adaptations for charge-attacks.

I'm almost shocked that, after noting many (much less likely) examples of convergent evolution on GC based on animals that have existed on Earth for only a few million years, or groups of animals that have existed on Earth for only a few tens of millions of years, I am criticised for an animal that possesses adaptations for an ecological niche which, on Earth, has existed since the Mesozoic (before which most land animals were lizards and bugs, anyway)!

Agads! There are creatures with the rare humanoid body plan on GC, yet few even bat an eyelid! Originally, I actually planned for the Aurorans to be humanoid, before discounting the idea as being too unlikely (due to the extreme rarity of humanoid animals in Earth's evolutionary history).