Walking Tetsudo

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Walking Tetsudo
(Acropodiferratus auripedus)
Artwork of Walking Tetsudo
Species is extinct.
22/?, unknown cause
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Siderobiota
Ferrovermes
Siderostegae
Ferrochelatomorpha
Siderohyiformes
Siderohyidae
Acropodiferratus
Acropodiferratus auripedus
Week/Generation 20/132
Habitat Barlowe Desert, Barlowe Savanna, North Barlowe Scrub
Size 86 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Unknown
Diet Lithovore (Iron), Herbivore (Irontangle, Vandriswoop, Woodenberry, Spiked Woodenberry, Shieldberry, Voltflora, Rust Boosh)
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Asexual, Sexual, Hermaphrodite, Iron Eggs



The walking tetsudo replaced its ancestor the crawling testudo. Its 4 back flippers have become thick supporting legs. Its front 2 flippers have become sound sensing "ears". The bristles on them detect primitive sounds. Enough to know when something is nearby. Its 3 nostrils have become a bulge on the top of the head to help smell out iron and flora. Its large mandibles both help dig up iron from the ground but slice off flora.

Since it grew it needed to breathe more it has developed breathing holes on the outer edge of it shell. Like its ancestor its thick iron shell is rough like sandpaper. The same holes now double as reproductive holes. They now have developed sexual reproduction, however they are hermaphrodites. They no longer bud off but grow iron eggs. These eggs are very small and have an iron shell. If they do mate they will stand next to each other and blow genetic material out of their breathing holes while the other breaths in. Not all makes it into the holes of the mate. The iron eggs are laid in dirt mound nests. Once buried under the soil the parent leaves and they must grow up on their own.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Gushitos (subclass Ferrochelatomorpha)
  • Borewurm (class Siderostegae)