The term paleotherianthropy is used to refer to a therian whose theriotype is currently extinct.
This term is considered to be quite flexible. For example, a therian can become a paleotherian if their theriotype becomes extinct after they accept their theriotype. A therian could hypothetically stop being a paleotherian if their theriotype was truly brought back from extinction (this has never been successfully done, besides the Pyrenean ibex, which passed soon after cloning. Even the "dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences are actually genetically modified grey wolves, not true dire wolves).
Creation[]
The term first appeared on Alt.Horror.Werewolves in a thread from the 25th of January, 1997. [1] The AHWW member used the term “paleo-therianthrope” at the time, as a prototype word to refer to therians with extinct theriotypes, but the name stuck from there.
"Had a fairly odd musing re the "if all the humans shifted" thing...that being, the possibility some humans might have phenotypes of *extinct* animals..." "The only "paleo-therianthrope" (for lack of a better term regarding therianthropes whose phenotypes are of extinct animals)"
References[]
- ↑ "Odd musing: weres sof extinct animals?" Alt.Horror.Werewolves, January 25 1997 - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.horror.werewolves/pHBAX7xEhsE/ICPC-RouQXkJ