Thornback

Thornback
(Parashinglesaurus amphi)
24/?, unknown cause
Information
Creator	Solpimr Other
Week/Generation	24/152
Habitat	Fermi Polar Beach
Size	80 cm Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Unknown
Diet	Omnivore (Cryobowls, Sunstalks, Pioneeroots, Cloudswarmer larva, Marbleflora, Glaalgaes, Fermi Sunstalk)
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Unknown
Reproduction	Sexual, Two Genders, Frog-like Eggs Laid into Cryobowls
Taxonomy
Domain Genus Species	Eukaryota Parashinglesaurus Parashinglesaurus amphi

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Tileback	Shortfaced Thornback Articulated Thornback Rootdigging Thornback Snapjaw Thornback Voracious Anklebiter Thornback

The thornback split from its ancestor and colonized the beaches of Fermi. They have developed a symbiotic relationship with a species of cryobowl in which they lay their eggs. The bowls provide a habitat in which the young can grow in safety and in return they are not eaten by the adults. Although the diet is primarily herbivorous cloudswarmer larva are often eaten by mistake while they are grazing on cryobowls. The young feed mostly on epiphytes living within their host bowl though consumption of cloudswarmer larva is not unheard of. The elaborate protection of the tileback is gone, being no longer needed in an environment without predators. The vestigial shoulder horns give the species its name and are used in sexual display. The wattle is gone, replaced by a skin patch in order to reduce heat loss.