//See: [[https://www.deviantart.com/concavenator/art/Preglacial-Antarctic-Fauna-743792907|Preglacial Antarctic Fauna]].//

A (non-exhaustive) list of the organisms found on [[Tagra]].

==== Plants ====
=== Seedless plants ===
  * Red and green algae
  * Mosses and liverworts (Bryophyta)
  * //Kachai//: tree ferns ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyatheales|Cyatheales]], e.g. //Dicksonia//)

=== Conifers ===
  * Celery pines (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllocladus|Phyllocladus]]//)
  * Kauri (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathis|Agathis]]//)
  * Wollemi pine (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollemia|Wollemia]]//)
  * //Kachyu//: podocarp (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus|Podocarpus]]//)

=== Flower plants ===
  * Southern beech (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothofagus|Nothofagus]]//)
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushion_plant|Cushion plants]] (various)
  * Heathers, especially crowberry (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empetrum|Empetrum]]//)-like species
  * Proteas ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae|Proteaceae]])
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtales|Myrtales]]
  * //Chaukra//: a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringlea|Kerguelen cabbage]]-like plant

==== Animals ====
=== Invertebrates ===
  * Bivalves (e.g. clams, oysters, mussels)
  * Squids and cuttlesquids (descendants of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachyteuthis|Trachyteuthis]]//)
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glypheoidea|Glypheid lobsters]] (related to //Glyphaea//)
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta|Wetas]] (Anostostomatidae)
  * Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) and other echinoderms

=== Fish ===
  * Sleeper sharks ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_sleeper_shark|Somniosidae]])
  * Lungfish (Dipnoi)

=== Amphibians and reptiles ===
  * Temnospondyls related to //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolasuchus|Koolasuchus]]//
  * Crocodiles (Crocodylia)
  * Tuataras ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenodontidae|Sphenodontidae]])
  * Sea turtles (Chelonioidea)
  * Giant tortoises (similar to //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiolania|Meiolania]]//)

=== Non-avian dinosaurs ===
  * //krukaa//: a large ornithopod (descendant of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttaburrasaurus|Muttaburrasaurus]]//)
  * Social ornithopods with quill-like feathers, descendants of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaellynasaura|Leaellynasaura]]//
  * //yachakri//: large megaraptoran theropod (descendant of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australovenator|Australovenator]]//)
  * //[['Ikra]]//

=== Birds ===
  * Duck-like birds (descendants of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegavis|Vegavis]]// and //Polarornis//)
  * Pelagornid (pseudotoothed birds, descendants of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasornis|Dasornis]]//)
  * Giant penguins (//[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeospheniscus|Archaeospheniscus]]//, //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeeudyptes|Palaeeudyptes]]//, //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropornis|Anthropornis]]//)
  * Moa-, kiwi-, and rhea-like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratite|ratites]]

=== Mammals ===
  * Platypodes, mostly riverine
  * Marsupial: early possums (Phalangeriformes), koala-, wombat-, and quoll-like forms
  * Carnivorous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassodonta|sparassodonts]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multituberculata|Multituberculates]] (descendants of //Corriebaatar//)
  * Astrapotheria (trunked and tusked mammals, descendants of //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctodon|Antarctodon]]//), mostly aquatic
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litopterna|Litopternans]], related to //Notiolofos//.
  * Primitive baleen whales (e.g. //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetiocetus|Aetiocetus]]//, //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanocetus|Llanocetus]]//)
  * Primitive toothed whales (similar to //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janjucetus|Janjucetus]]//)

==== Other organisms ====
  * Lichens, fungi, mushrooms (e.g. //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyttaria|Cyttaria]]//, parasite of //Nothofagus//)
  * Kelp ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp|Laminariales]])

==== Sources ====
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Polar_region_of_the_Cretaceous|South Polar region of the Cretaceous]]
  * "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_flora|Antarctic flora]]" (original flora of Gondwana, today found in South America, Madagascar, Australia, and New Zealand): Podocarpaceae, Araucariaceae, Proteaceae, //Nothofagus//, //Dicksonia//
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumeralla_Formation|Eumeralla]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton_Formation|Winton]] and other formations (Australia, 110-100 Ma): //Leaellynasaura//, //Diamantinasaurus//, //Australovenator//, //Muttaburrasaurus//, //Koolasuchus//, //Corriebaatar//, lungfish, monotremes, crocodyles, meiolaniids, unspecified Dromaeosauridae
  * [[https://people.ohio.edu/oconnorp/PDFs/Roberts%20etal_2014-Vega%20Isand%20Stratigraphy.pdf|Vega Island]] (Antarctica, 70-66 Ma): //Vegavis// and other birds, unspecified Hadrosauridae, Araucariaceae, various mollusks and crustaceans
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Meseta_Formation|La Meseta]] Formation and other sites of Seymour Island (Antarctica, 55-40 Ma): //Dasornis//, giant penguins, //Antarctodon//, //Notiolofos// Gondwanatheria, opossums, //Llanocetus//, sharks, //Glyphaea//, various bivalves
  * Biogeography: sparassodonts (South America), sphenodonts, weta (New Zealand), marsupials, ratites (South America & Australia), mussels, //Empetrum//, Somniosidae, large cetaceans (bi-polar distribution)