Auroracene

The Auroracene

Leaving the Statucene, the world is experiencing the largest transition of aquatic to terrestrial life forms in Pisceria. First with various species of anubias and rice growing to large sizes, becoming strange tree like organisms. Spreading across the landscape blanketing all in shade and leaves. Giving various species of shorter plants like moss and hair grass nutrient rich soils, blanketing the world in "moss fields". The cool damp mossfields encouraged the migration of several clades to land.

Populations of the aquatic Anubia Trees found themselves in tidal areas that would drop low exposing them to the air above. In response to this the trees evolved hardier stems to hold them up in air. As these amphibious trees adapted to life outside of the water, some of these trees spread around into dry land. With nothing as tall as them to compete with, these giant anubias spread everywhere becoming the first new "sub-biome" (They still grow on the vast moss-fields.) The giant leaves of the ten feet tall Anubia trees still remain, however to survive their leaves are rather sturdy and hard. These wide leaves often give great spots for fauna to rest in.

Several clades of amphipods, copepods and other microscopic crustaceans leave the water and live on land, breaking down waste and becoming the insects of the realm. The previously established bichirs and snails also followed the plants, leaving the beaches and the brackish oceans. Other vertebrate groups such as arowanas and dolphins leave the water, filling in various terrestrial niches. In the seas, the world is still rather competitive, the equatorial regions exploding with high biodiveserity. Various clades of fishes compete with each other for resources. Making this period one of intial weirdness and adaptation, setting the players of this journey.

The Auroracene is a long period of stability lasting around 40 Million Years, though after a while things get a little shaky.