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* HistoricalDowngrade: Big time. Even most people who (erroneously) envision hadrosaurs as defenseless prey animals for tyrannosaurids would draw the line at a small pack of coyote-sized dromaeosaurs killing a fully grown bull ''Edmontosaurus.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Read that description above again. A horned dinosaur famous for ''not having a horn'' [[IronicName is depicted with a horn]]. The talking heads do stand against the show's proposed theory that the boss was merely a broken horn, but their words are ignored.
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** In one episode it's claimed that ''T. rex'' first appeared 90 million years ago, when in reality it only appeared surprisingly late: 68 million years ago, aka only about 3 million years before the meteor.
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* InformedAbility: While they're said to be smart, the ones who appear in "Bloodiest Battle" inexplicably pass up the smorgasbord of meat available to them in favor of attacking a healthy adult ''Camarasaurus'', a decision no real animal in its right mind would ever make. Not helping is the fact that one of them decides to [[TooDumbToLive run under the beast while it rears up on its hind legs]].
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* EatsBabies: It kills a ''Stegosaurus'' in the mud and feasts on it before being interrupted by the ''Allosaurus'' pack.
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* InformedAbility: While they're said to be smart, the ones who appear in "Bloodiest Battle" decide to inexplicably pass up the smorgasbord of meat available to them in favor of attacking a healthy adult ''Camarasaurus'', a decision no real animal in its right mind would ever make. Not helping is the fact that one of them decides to [[TooDumbToLive run under the beast while it rears up on its hind legs]].
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Read that description above again. A horned dinosaur famous for ''not having a horn'' [[IronicName is depicted with a horn.]] The talking heads do stand against the show's proposed theory that the boss was merely a broken horn, but their words are ignored.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Read that description above again. A horned dinosaur famous for ''not having a horn'' [[IronicName is depicted with a horn.]] horn]]. The talking heads do stand against the show's proposed theory that the boss was merely a broken horn, but their words are ignored.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Saurophaganax''. However, even if ''Saurophaganax'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 show (35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Saurophaganax''. However, even if ''Saurophaganax'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Allosaurus maximus''. ''Saurophaganax''. However, even if ''"Saurophaganax"'' ''Saurophaganax'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Saurophaganax''. ''Allosaurus maximus''. However, even if ''Saurophaganax'' ''"Saurophaganax"'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
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This moderately-sized theropod is easily distinguishable by the three horn-like structures on top of its head. One shows up in the fourth episode to feast on two trapped ''Stegosaurus'' before being confronted by a pack of ''Allosaurus'', while a mated pair appears in the sixth, hunting in ''Allosaurus'' territory. None of them meet a particularly happy ending.
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Allegedly the "lion of the Jurassic", ''Allosaurus'' is one of if not the largest Jurassic predator. It makes such a presence known in this episode, terrorizing all the other creatures who appear at the muddy lakeside in addition to fighting and killing intruding ''Ceratosaurus'' on its turf.
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Allegedly the "lion of the Jurassic", ''Allosaurus'' is one of if not the largest larger Jurassic predator. predators. It makes such a presence known in this episode, two episodes, terrorizing all the other creatures who appear at the muddy lakeside in addition to fighting and killing intruding ''Ceratosaurus'' on its turf.
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!!''Majungasaurus''/''"Majungatholus"''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 1: Cannibal Dinosaur
The first creature to appear on the show, ''Majungasaurus'' is one of the few dinosaur species confirmed to practice cannibalism to some extent. It is believed they also may have exhibited some form of sexual dimorphism, which is illustrated in its debut episode; a male seeks to impress a female to mate, but their initial meeting quickly turns aggressive.
* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Averted; both male and female have absolutely no qualms with attacking and killing their own kind. The male specifically seeks to kill the female's offspring to mate with her.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: It's speculated that ''Majungasaurus'' may have had its odd appearance due to generations of inbreeding on the isolated island of Madagascar. Nevermind the fact that it didn't look that odd at all compared to other abelisaurs, Madagascar is and was a fairly large island, so the chances of inbreeding would likely be rather low.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Despite the narration correctly stating otherwise, both male and female possess fairly long, slender legs, as opposed to the short and stocky legs ''Majungasaurus'' possessed in real life. Furthermore, while the talking heads accurately state that their forearms are shrunken to essentially a single wrist, the models' arms look a lot more like simple shrunken ''T. rex'' arms.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The male ''Majungasaurus'' has blue limbs and tail combined with a head that's a combination of gold and red. It helps him stand out and be flashy compared to the drab white and gray female.
* DeathOfAChild: Despite the female's efforts, after she falls and is temporarily incapacitated, the male bashes her child's face into a tree and kills it.
* EatsBabies: The logical extension of the above. The female comes back and throws the male to the ground before he can do it, though; after unsuccessfully attempting to wake up her dead child, she promptly eats it whole.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Despite the genus being renamed ''Majungasaurus'' for quite some time before this documentary was made, it still refers to it by its old name, "''Majungatholus''".
* MamaBear: The female ''Majungasaurus'' fights viciously to fend off the male and keep him away from her offspring...until during her fall the male kills it.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Majungasaurus'' was a fairly obscure dinosaur genus until only recently; this documentary may have possibly helped with its growing notoriety as of late.
* TailSlap: Specifically singled out as a potential weapon is the tail; the female puts it to good use when the male tries to outflank her, swinging around and slapping him in the face with her tail.
* UseYourHead: Its main form of attack. In reality, though, its neck and back were not strong enough to support such a collision.
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!!''Tyrannosaurus rex''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 2: T-Rex Hunter
One of the most famous and ferocious dinosaurs of all time, ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' makes its appearance early in the series, in Episode 2. However, despite its supposed reputation, the find of an oddly-injured juvenile prompted a curious case and investigation for its potential killer.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: The mother ''T. rex'' supposedly spilling the ''Nanotyrannus'''s remains all over her territory as a warning to other creatures, especially other ''Nanotyrannus'', is extremely questionable; if anything, such meat lying around would've drawn in ''more'' predators.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** In one episode it's claimed that ''T. rex'' first appeared 90 million years ago, when in reality it only appeared surprisingly late: 68 million years ago, aka only about 3 million years before the meteor.
** The juveniles are portrayed as simply adult models downscaled accordingly, when the narration correctly states that they would have resembled ''Nanotyrannus''(for obvious reasons).
** ''T. rex'' didn't actually have a septic bite. Any comparisons or similarities to komodo dragons are wrong because they have been legitimately proven to be venomous.
** When a ''T. rex'' shows up to steal the ''Edmontosaurus'' carcass from the ''Dromaeosaurus'', it picks up the dead hadrosaur's ''entire body''(except its tail) with its jaws alone and leaves with it. No amount of strength from a large ''T. rex'' would be able to easily pick up a hadrosaur carcass like it did.
* DeathOfAChild: ''Nanotyrannus'' kills one of the juveniles and is about to attack the second when their mother shows up.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: The whole premise of the second episode, where two juveniles are hunted and killed by the ''Nanotyrannus''. Then the mother ''T. rex'' pulls this on the ''Nanotyrannus'' and kills it as well.
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Of course. The narration reveres this dinosaur like a true king, stating the other species respect and fear it completely, not daring to get in the way of an adult.
* MamaBear: The mother ''T. rex'' is absolutely ''livid'' to see the ''Nanotyrannus'' attacking her offspring, and disposes of it accordingly.
* StockDinosaurs: THE stock dinosaur, the most popular and famous of all time.
* UseYourHead: When the ''Nanotyrannus'' attempts to outflank the mother ''T. rex'' and attack the juvenile behind her, she merely responds with a swing of her head that sends it flying.
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!!''Nanotyrannus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 2: T-Rex Hunter
The titular hunter of ''T. rex''...at least, young ones. It is depicted as a small predator who attacks when the parents are away, eradicating juvenile tyrannosaurs to lessen the competition in the future.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Well, for starters, it likely never even existed. ''Nanotyrannus'' is almost certainly simply a misnamed juvenile ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', which makes its role as a juvenile hunter rather amusing.
* EatsBabies: Specifically kills younger ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' so in the future it won't have as many giant predators to contend with. However, their mother interrupts its killing spree before it can get to eating.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Pulls this on the juveniles, killing them despite their species' reputation as fearsome, indomitable predators. But then an adult of the species shows up and violently puts it in its place.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Very uncommonly seen in any sort of media, dinosaur-related or not. The fact that it most definitely wasn't a valid genus only furthers its obscurity.
* TooDumbToLive: Despite being faced with a raging mother ''T .rex'', the ''Nanotyrannus'' forgoes retreat and opts to finish what it started, attempting to kill the second remaining juvenile. Predictably, it gets ravaged and slaughtered for its efforts.
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!!''Deinonychus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 3: Gang Killers
Famous fleet-footed theropods with large claws and a supposed knack for hunting in packs to bring down big game, ''Deinonychus'' is the focus of the third episode, in which a group of them are found surrounding a ''Tenontosaurus''.
* AnachronismStew: Due to the show's model recycling, a group of them are briefly seen in ''T. Rex Hunter'', and a ''Ceratosaurus'' stalks one in ''Hunter Becomes Hunted.'' Presumably in the latter case it was meant to be a generic ornithopod, as only its back half is seen.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** Unlike the other two dromaeosaurids, which at least have ''some'' feathers, ''Deinonychus'' has none whatsoever.
** Its famously large toe claw is constantly described as being able to slash and disembowel, even though due to the claw's unsharpened underside it was most likely simply used as a stabbing weapon than a slicing one.
* DavidVsGoliath: In the third episode, the whole pack is the David to the ''Tenontosaurus'''s Goliath.
* FeatheredFiend: Averted in that, despite being quite fiendish, it has ''no feathers.''
* FragileSpeedster: An individual ''Deinonychus'' is not strong at all. It's too small to do much harm to a large herbivore and its bones are hollow and easily broken. However, they are very agile and fast, able to run circles and jump over their enemies, and sheer numbers make up for each one's individual weakness.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Certainly small for dinosaurs, and in a group they're deadly opponents, although alone they pose no threat to a decently-sized healthy dinosaur.
* RaptorAttack: Classic scaly, super-intelligent, murderous raptors with disembowelling claws hunting in giant hordes.
* StockDinosaurs: A famous dromaeosaur, possibly one of the most famous. The very discovery this episode was based on helped spark a new age of dinosaurs, seeing them as agile and active animals rather than the slow, stupid beasts of years ago.
* ZergRush: Hunts in a large pack to take down big game. Even when their prey takes out several of the pack members, they just keep coming.
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!!''Tenontosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 3: Gang Killers
A rhino-sized ornithopod famous for its oversized tail and for being the subject of a particularly famous find depicting its carcass surrounding multiple ''Deinonychus''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It's not intelligent, it's not especially huge, and it's not that well-defended. And yet it actually manages to rack up one of if not the biggest body count in the entire series, killing multiple ''Deinonychus'' throughout the day until it finally kicks the bucket.
* DavidVsGoliath: The Goliath to the ''Deinonychus''' Davids.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: The body in question is ''itself''; when a stray ''Deinonychus'' pounces on the wrong side of its body, the ''Tenontosaurus'' drops to the ground and crushes the raptor under its weight.
* StockDinosaurs: A moderately well-known species in dinosaur media, if mostly for the fact that it was supposedly a main prey item of ''Deinonychus''.
* TailSlap: With a tail over half its entire length, ''Tenontosaurus'' could have used it to defend itself. Indeed, it manages to swat a ''Deinonychus'' right into a rock face with it, killing it instantly.
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!!''Stegosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
''Stegosaurus'' may be one of the most famous dinosaurs of all time, with its distinctive plates, tail, and overall shape. It is just one of many species who appears in the fourth episode; when an adult and a juvenile try to get a drink from a lake in a severe drought, they find themselves mired in mud, and things go south quickly.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Those spikes on its tremendous tail can do quite some damage. Just ask the ''Allosaurus'' who happened to take it right to the face.
* BoomHeadshot: Kills an ''Allosaurus'' by swinging its tail spikes right into its head, offing it instantly.
* DeathOfAChild: The juvenile ''Stegosaurus'' in the mud is quickly killed by the ''Ceratosaurus'' who shows up early to the scene.
* HandicappedBadass: Being trapped in mud up to its shoulders does nothing to keep it from stabbing and offing an ''Allosaurus''.
* MightyGlacier: A ''Stegosaurus'' is not fast at all. It moves slow, it thinks slower. And yet the sheer mass and power of this creature makes it more than a match for most foes.
* StockDinosaurs: Very famous in and out of dinosaur-centered media, due to its distinctive silhouette.
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!!''Camarasaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
A medium-sized sauropod that may possibly be one of the most common in the late Jurassic, and the sole sauropod dinosaur in the series. A bull ''Camarasaurus'' finds his front legs stuck in lakeside mud and must fend off two ''Allosaurus'' without them.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ''Camarasaurus'' is a very front-heavy sauropod, with long front limbs. It would not have been able to rear up on its hind legs like it does in the finale of the episode.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A bright yellow head on top of a tan body.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: It's not a particularly well-known sauropod, despite being one of the most common and successful. This may have something to do with the presence of other behemoths who were larger, more impressive, and more famous, such as ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus''.
* TailSlap: Uses it on one of the ''Allosaurus'', launching it away to its death and using the resulting momentum to pull its legs free.
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!!''Ceratosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
This moderately-sized theropod is easily distinguishable by the three horn-like structures on top of its head. One shows up in the fourth episode to feast on two trapped ''Stegosaurus'' before being confronted by a pack of ''Allosaurus'', while a mated pair appears in the sixth, hunting in ''Allosaurus'' territory. None of them meet a particularly happy ending.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** It's claimed that for 20 million years, ''Ceratosaurus'' was the dominant predator of the Jurassic, until ''Allosaurus'' appeared; it then outmatched and drove it to extinction before taking the throne of apex predator for the next 20. This is wholly inaccurate, as both were competitors and opposing apex predators in their Jurassic environment, not to mention they both appeared, coexisted, and died out at roughly the same time.
** The show oddly pits its height at 13 feet when in reality it would be only half of this. For context, this is around the height of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and the only way this height could be accurate compared to its 20-foot length would be if it had an exceedingly short tail.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor ''Ceratosaurus''. In both of its episodes it gets thoroughly and utterly trounced by ''Allosaurus'', with not much of a fair fight. Even the narration and talking head segments don't speak too kindly of it, describing, among other things, its supposed dimwittedness, its primitive design, and its overall lack of notoriety compared to the larger and more imposing ''Allosaurus''.
* CurbStompBattle: It gets blindsided ''twice'' by an ''Allosaurus'' from the side, in both cases being quickly neck-snapped and killed before it can even react.
* EatsBabies: It kills a ''Stegosaurus'' in the mud and feasts on it before being interrupted by the ''Allosaurus'' pack.
* HornAttack: Averted. Despite first impressions, the structures on top of its head are not for offense, but to display to other members of its species.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: This predator is unfortunately relegated to being the punching bag of ''Allosaurus'', in both cases being built up as a moderately imposing threat before quickly being dispatched and upstaged by the larger foe. It's even the title of the sixth episode, "Hunter Becomes Hunted", where two ''Ceratosaurus'' go hunting and find themselves being preyed on by the ''Allosaurus'' who lives in this part of the woods.
* TooDumbToLive: The first instance of ''Ceratosaurus'' being ambushed and killed by an ''Allosaurus'' is excusable, given it was concentrating on the other two in front of it. What isn't is the second instance, in which an ''Allosaurus'' lunges in plain sight, just to its left, and yet its supposed primitive brain fails to register the threat fast enough to avoid a fairly obvious attack.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite its status as a powerful predator, it gets trounced by the other Jurassic predator in this show, ''Allosaurus''.
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[[folder:Allosaurus]]
!!''Allosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
Allegedly the "lion of the Jurassic", ''Allosaurus'' is one of if not the largest Jurassic predator. It makes such a presence known in this episode, terrorizing all the other creatures who appear at the muddy lakeside in addition to fighting and killing intruding ''Ceratosaurus'' on its turf.
* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Saurophaganax''. However, even if ''Saurophaganax'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
* CurbStompBattle: To say that it absolutely thrashes the first two ''Ceratosaurus'' in the show would be an understatement; it comes in roaring from the side and absolutely throws the smaller theropod to the ground before it can react. The one-on-one battle between the two in the second half of the sixth episode is more drawn out but is still evidently and obviously in favor of the larger predator.
* InASingleBound: Two of them are shown jumping and clawing on the side of a ''Camarasaurus'' not unlike how dromaeosaurids do, in spite of being large several-ton predators.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Inflicts this on the ''Ceratosaurus'', quickly dispatching it in every appearance without too much hassle.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong, and fast, at least compared to the other beasts of its time. And intelligent too, being able to constantly outwit and outmatch the ''Ceratosaurus'' no matter what it tries.
* TooDumbToLive: The final remaining ''Allosaurus'' in the fourth episode makes the very stupid decision to run ''under a Camarasaurus rearing up with the intent to flatten it'' in an attempt to finish it off. Its face gets bashed into the mud by the sauropod's foot for its trouble.
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[[folder:Megalodon]]
!!''Megalodon''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 5: Deep Sea Killers
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[[folder:Brygmophyseter]]
!!''Brygmophyseter''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 5: Deep Sea Killers
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[[folder:Gastonia]]
!!''Gastonia''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 8: Raptor's Last Stand
A small nodosaur with many spikes on its armored body. It's the subject of the eighth episode, in which its fossils are found alongside a ''Utahraptor''.
* BewareMyStingerTail: As if ''Stegosaurus'' didn't have enough spikes; this creature has them along the entire length of its tail.
* MightyGlacier: Slow and ponderous, not helped by its very limited vision, but its tail packs a tremendous punch and its body is covered in spikes and osteoderms.
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[[folder:Utahraptor]]
!!''Utahraptor''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 8: Raptor's Last Stand
The largest dromaeosaur, ''Utahraptor'' is described as the "nastiest" and "deadliest" of all the predators, combining the power of the large theropods and the cunning of the raptors in one frame. Such supposed ferocity is put to the test when a drought forces it to hunt a ''Gastonia''.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** It at least has more feathers than ''Deinonychus''...but they're only limited to the arms and neck when raptors were most definitely covered almost completely with them.
** Once again the common misconception of the dromaeosaurs' sickle-claws being used to disembowel is mentioned.
** ''Utahraptor'' isn't just an upscaled ''Deinonychus''. It has a much more robust frame that would have made it less agile but allowed it to utilize a more up-close bruiser-style fighting style when hunting.
* FeatheredFiend: Very small, infrequent feathers, but they're there.
* GlassCannon: Compared to its opponent anyways; it's certainly much faster, and being bigger than other raptors means it won't just get floored by any sort of hit, but it still can't afford to take too many hits while hunting, especially not when its opponent is completely armored.
* RaptorAttack: Once again, a classic scaly murderous disembowelling beast, although at least it's depicted as a solo hunter.
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[[folder:American Lion]]
!!''Panthera atrox'', the “American Lion”
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 9: Ice Age Monsters
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[[folder:Short-Faced Bear]]
!!''Arctodus'', the “Short-Faced Bear”
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 9: Ice Age Monsters
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[[folder:Pachyrhinosaurus]]
!!''Pachyrhinosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 10: River of Death
A ceratopsian famous because it lacks a horn where other ceratopsians have one, instead merely possessing a lump of bone on its nose called a boss. When hundreds of ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' skeletons are found in what was once a river millions of years ago, the plot of the tenth episode begins.
* AnimalStampede: A giant herd of them is stampeded and ushered into a raging river by two ''Albertosaurus'', where they all drown.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Read that description above again. A horned dinosaur famous for ''not having a horn'' [[IronicName is depicted with a horn.]] The talking heads do stand against the show's proposed theory that the boss was merely a broken horn, but their words are ignored.
* CurbStompBattle: For all its supposed power, one is easily killed by an ''Albertosaurus''.
* DumbMuscle: For all their brawn, they have no brains. They're said to operate like a light switch and only operate and answer to one instinct at a time.
* HornAttack: Uses it to fight against predators.
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[[folder:Albertosaurus]]
!!''Albertosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 10: River of Death
The culprit supposedly behind the mass-drowning of the ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', think of ''Albertosaurus'' as a downscaled ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Existing long before the king himself hit the scene, ''Albertosaurus'' may not be as powerful but it definitely is as fierce.
* CurbStompBattle: Dispatches a fleeing ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' without anything more than white scars.
* LightningBruiser: It doesn't have the sheer strength and bulk of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', but it still delivers in reasonable amounts where it counts. In addition, this reduction of mass also means it's more gracile, and moves with ease and agility through the forests.
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[[folder:Edmontosaurus]]
!!''Edmontosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 11: Raptors vs. T-Rex
A gigantic hadrosaur(duckbill), one specimen leaves behind an unusual mummified tail, which launches the plot of the eleventh episode.
* CurbStompBattle: Aside from one ''Dromaeosaurus'' that makes a more than stupid decision, the ''Edmontosaurus'' for all its size and strength is easily taken down by a pack of raptors, unable to land more than one hit.
* LightningBruiser: In theory, anyways; considering how massive ''Edmontosaurus'' is, it would naturally stand that it be immensely powerful and resilient to attacks, and it actually is a lot faster than its size would suggest. In practice, however, the raptors are faster, and it completely fails to do any damage of note against its smaller opponents, leaving only its thick hide to defend it, and even that is no match for attacks from every direction.
* StockDinosaurs: One of the more recognizable hadrosaurs, if mostly for the fact that it was most likely a frequent prey item of ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
* TailSlap: Repeatedly cited as probably its best defense. Unlike ''Tenontosaurus'' and ''Camarasaurus'' above, though, it's basically useless in this fight.
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[[folder:Dromaeosaurus]]
!!''Dromaeosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 11: Raptors vs. T-Rex
The third species of dromaeosaurs in the show, ''Dromaeosaurus'' lends its name to the group. Scattered teeth of several specimens are found around the severed mummified tail of an ''Edmontosaurus'', which leads to the belief that they hunted and killed the beast.
* AnachronismStew: While ''Dromaeosaurus'' lived alongside ''Edmontosaurus'', who lived alongside ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Dromaeosaurus'' did not live at the same time as the king.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** [[RuleOfThree It should come at no surprise at this point that]] they are severely underfeathered and their claws are used to disembowel rather than stab.
** The episode vastly overestimates their intelligence. Sure, raptors were quite clever creatures, but the narration suggests they could ''use hand signals'' and ''bewilder their prey by mimicking their own sounds.''
* CurbStompBattle: A pack overwhelms an ''Edmontosaurus'' with only one very stupid casualty.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: The ''Edmontosaurus''' thick hide means they have to resort to this method to kill it, but with so many of them it goes down easily all the same.
* FeatheredFiend: Probably the most feathered dinosaur in the show, but that's not saying much.
* RaptorAttack: Much like ''Deinonychus'', a scaly, murderous, disembowelling reptile that hunts in packs and is hyper-intelligent, hyped up as the deadliest of all creatures.
* TooDumbToLive: Taking a few cues from the ''Allosaurus'' above, one runs under the ''Edmontosaurus'' and is pounded into the ground for its trouble.
* ZergRush: They hunt in huge packs led by an alpha female.
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[[folder:Majungasaurus]]
!!''Majungasaurus''/''"Majungatholus"''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 1: Cannibal Dinosaur
The first creature to appear on the show, ''Majungasaurus'' is one of the few dinosaur species confirmed to practice cannibalism to some extent. It is believed they also may have exhibited some form of sexual dimorphism, which is illustrated in its debut episode; a male seeks to impress a female to mate, but their initial meeting quickly turns aggressive.
* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Averted; both male and female have absolutely no qualms with attacking and killing their own kind. The male specifically seeks to kill the female's offspring to mate with her.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: It's speculated that ''Majungasaurus'' may have had its odd appearance due to generations of inbreeding on the isolated island of Madagascar. Nevermind the fact that it didn't look that odd at all compared to other abelisaurs, Madagascar is and was a fairly large island, so the chances of inbreeding would likely be rather low.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Despite the narration correctly stating otherwise, both male and female possess fairly long, slender legs, as opposed to the short and stocky legs ''Majungasaurus'' possessed in real life. Furthermore, while the talking heads accurately state that their forearms are shrunken to essentially a single wrist, the models' arms look a lot more like simple shrunken ''T. rex'' arms.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The male ''Majungasaurus'' has blue limbs and tail combined with a head that's a combination of gold and red. It helps him stand out and be flashy compared to the drab white and gray female.
* DeathOfAChild: Despite the female's efforts, after she falls and is temporarily incapacitated, the male bashes her child's face into a tree and kills it.
* EatsBabies: The logical extension of the above. The female comes back and throws the male to the ground before he can do it, though; after unsuccessfully attempting to wake up her dead child, she promptly eats it whole.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Despite the genus being renamed ''Majungasaurus'' for quite some time before this documentary was made, it still refers to it by its old name, "''Majungatholus''".
* MamaBear: The female ''Majungasaurus'' fights viciously to fend off the male and keep him away from her offspring...until during her fall the male kills it.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Majungasaurus'' was a fairly obscure dinosaur genus until only recently; this documentary may have possibly helped with its growing notoriety as of late.
* TailSlap: Specifically singled out as a potential weapon is the tail; the female puts it to good use when the male tries to outflank her, swinging around and slapping him in the face with her tail.
* UseYourHead: Its main form of attack. In reality, though, its neck and back were not strong enough to support such a collision.
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[[folder:Tyrannosaurus rex]]
!!''Tyrannosaurus rex''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 2: T-Rex Hunter
One of the most famous and ferocious dinosaurs of all time, ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' makes its appearance early in the series, in Episode 2. However, despite its supposed reputation, the find of an oddly-injured juvenile prompted a curious case and investigation for its potential killer.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: The mother ''T. rex'' supposedly spilling the ''Nanotyrannus'''s remains all over her territory as a warning to other creatures, especially other ''Nanotyrannus'', is extremely questionable; if anything, such meat lying around would've drawn in ''more'' predators.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** In one episode it's claimed that ''T. rex'' first appeared 90 million years ago, when in reality it only appeared surprisingly late: 68 million years ago, aka only about 3 million years before the meteor.
** The juveniles are portrayed as simply adult models downscaled accordingly, when the narration correctly states that they would have resembled ''Nanotyrannus''(for obvious reasons).
** ''T. rex'' didn't actually have a septic bite. Any comparisons or similarities to komodo dragons are wrong because they have been legitimately proven to be venomous.
** When a ''T. rex'' shows up to steal the ''Edmontosaurus'' carcass from the ''Dromaeosaurus'', it picks up the dead hadrosaur's ''entire body''(except its tail) with its jaws alone and leaves with it. No amount of strength from a large ''T. rex'' would be able to easily pick up a hadrosaur carcass like it did.
* DeathOfAChild: ''Nanotyrannus'' kills one of the juveniles and is about to attack the second when their mother shows up.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: The whole premise of the second episode, where two juveniles are hunted and killed by the ''Nanotyrannus''. Then the mother ''T. rex'' pulls this on the ''Nanotyrannus'' and kills it as well.
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Of course. The narration reveres this dinosaur like a true king, stating the other species respect and fear it completely, not daring to get in the way of an adult.
* MamaBear: The mother ''T. rex'' is absolutely ''livid'' to see the ''Nanotyrannus'' attacking her offspring, and disposes of it accordingly.
* StockDinosaurs: THE stock dinosaur, the most popular and famous of all time.
* UseYourHead: When the ''Nanotyrannus'' attempts to outflank the mother ''T. rex'' and attack the juvenile behind her, she merely responds with a swing of her head that sends it flying.
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[[folder:Nanotyrannus]]
!!''Nanotyrannus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 2: T-Rex Hunter
The titular hunter of ''T. rex''...at least, young ones. It is depicted as a small predator who attacks when the parents are away, eradicating juvenile tyrannosaurs to lessen the competition in the future.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Well, for starters, it likely never even existed. ''Nanotyrannus'' is almost certainly simply a misnamed juvenile ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', which makes its role as a juvenile hunter rather amusing.
* EatsBabies: Specifically kills younger ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' so in the future it won't have as many giant predators to contend with. However, their mother interrupts its killing spree before it can get to eating.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Pulls this on the juveniles, killing them despite their species' reputation as fearsome, indomitable predators. But then an adult of the species shows up and violently puts it in its place.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Very uncommonly seen in any sort of media, dinosaur-related or not. The fact that it most definitely wasn't a valid genus only furthers its obscurity.
* TooDumbToLive: Despite being faced with a raging mother ''T .rex'', the ''Nanotyrannus'' forgoes retreat and opts to finish what it started, attempting to kill the second remaining juvenile. Predictably, it gets ravaged and slaughtered for its efforts.
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[[folder:Deinonychus]]
!!''Deinonychus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 3: Gang Killers
Famous fleet-footed theropods with large claws and a supposed knack for hunting in packs to bring down big game, ''Deinonychus'' is the focus of the third episode, in which a group of them are found surrounding a ''Tenontosaurus''.
* AnachronismStew: Due to the show's model recycling, a group of them are briefly seen in ''T. Rex Hunter'', and a ''Ceratosaurus'' stalks one in ''Hunter Becomes Hunted.'' Presumably in the latter case it was meant to be a generic ornithopod, as only its back half is seen.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** Unlike the other two dromaeosaurids, which at least have ''some'' feathers, ''Deinonychus'' has none whatsoever.
** Its famously large toe claw is constantly described as being able to slash and disembowel, even though due to the claw's unsharpened underside it was most likely simply used as a stabbing weapon than a slicing one.
* DavidVsGoliath: In the third episode, the whole pack is the David to the ''Tenontosaurus'''s Goliath.
* FeatheredFiend: Averted in that, despite being quite fiendish, it has ''no feathers.''
* FragileSpeedster: An individual ''Deinonychus'' is not strong at all. It's too small to do much harm to a large herbivore and its bones are hollow and easily broken. However, they are very agile and fast, able to run circles and jump over their enemies, and sheer numbers make up for each one's individual weakness.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Certainly small for dinosaurs, and in a group they're deadly opponents, although alone they pose no threat to a decently-sized healthy dinosaur.
* RaptorAttack: Classic scaly, super-intelligent, murderous raptors with disembowelling claws hunting in giant hordes.
* StockDinosaurs: A famous dromaeosaur, possibly one of the most famous. The very discovery this episode was based on helped spark a new age of dinosaurs, seeing them as agile and active animals rather than the slow, stupid beasts of years ago.
* ZergRush: Hunts in a large pack to take down big game. Even when their prey takes out several of the pack members, they just keep coming.
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[[folder:Tenontosaurus]]
!!''Tenontosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 3: Gang Killers
A rhino-sized ornithopod famous for its oversized tail and for being the subject of a particularly famous find depicting its carcass surrounding multiple ''Deinonychus''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It's not intelligent, it's not especially huge, and it's not that well-defended. And yet it actually manages to rack up one of if not the biggest body count in the entire series, killing multiple ''Deinonychus'' throughout the day until it finally kicks the bucket.
* DavidVsGoliath: The Goliath to the ''Deinonychus''' Davids.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: The body in question is ''itself''; when a stray ''Deinonychus'' pounces on the wrong side of its body, the ''Tenontosaurus'' drops to the ground and crushes the raptor under its weight.
* StockDinosaurs: A moderately well-known species in dinosaur media, if mostly for the fact that it was supposedly a main prey item of ''Deinonychus''.
* TailSlap: With a tail over half its entire length, ''Tenontosaurus'' could have used it to defend itself. Indeed, it manages to swat a ''Deinonychus'' right into a rock face with it, killing it instantly.
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[[folder:Stegosaurus]]
!!''Stegosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
''Stegosaurus'' may be one of the most famous dinosaurs of all time, with its distinctive plates, tail, and overall shape. It is just one of many species who appears in the fourth episode; when an adult and a juvenile try to get a drink from a lake in a severe drought, they find themselves mired in mud, and things go south quickly.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Those spikes on its tremendous tail can do quite some damage. Just ask the ''Allosaurus'' who happened to take it right to the face.
* BoomHeadshot: Kills an ''Allosaurus'' by swinging its tail spikes right into its head, offing it instantly.
* DeathOfAChild: The juvenile ''Stegosaurus'' in the mud is quickly killed by the ''Ceratosaurus'' who shows up early to the scene.
* HandicappedBadass: Being trapped in mud up to its shoulders does nothing to keep it from stabbing and offing an ''Allosaurus''.
* MightyGlacier: A ''Stegosaurus'' is not fast at all. It moves slow, it thinks slower. And yet the sheer mass and power of this creature makes it more than a match for most foes.
* StockDinosaurs: Very famous in and out of dinosaur-centered media, due to its distinctive silhouette.
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[[folder:Camarasaurus]]
!!''Camarasaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
A medium-sized sauropod that may possibly be one of the most common in the late Jurassic, and the sole sauropod dinosaur in the series. A bull ''Camarasaurus'' finds his front legs stuck in lakeside mud and must fend off two ''Allosaurus'' without them.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ''Camarasaurus'' is a very front-heavy sauropod, with long front limbs. It would not have been able to rear up on its hind legs like it does in the finale of the episode.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A bright yellow head on top of a tan body.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: It's not a particularly well-known sauropod, despite being one of the most common and successful. This may have something to do with the presence of other behemoths who were larger, more impressive, and more famous, such as ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus''.
* TailSlap: Uses it on one of the ''Allosaurus'', launching it away to its death and using the resulting momentum to pull its legs free.
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[[folder:Ceratosaurus]]
!!''Ceratosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
This moderately-sized theropod is easily distinguishable by the three horn-like structures on top of its head. One shows up in the fourth episode to feast on two trapped ''Stegosaurus'' before being confronted by a pack of ''Allosaurus'', while a mated pair appears in the sixth, hunting in ''Allosaurus'' territory. None of them meet a particularly happy ending.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** It's claimed that for 20 million years, ''Ceratosaurus'' was the dominant predator of the Jurassic, until ''Allosaurus'' appeared; it then outmatched and drove it to extinction before taking the throne of apex predator for the next 20. This is wholly inaccurate, as both were competitors and opposing apex predators in their Jurassic environment, not to mention they both appeared, coexisted, and died out at roughly the same time.
** The show oddly pits its height at 13 feet when in reality it would be only half of this. For context, this is around the height of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and the only way this height could be accurate compared to its 20-foot length would be if it had an exceedingly short tail.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor ''Ceratosaurus''. In both of its episodes it gets thoroughly and utterly trounced by ''Allosaurus'', with not much of a fair fight. Even the narration and talking head segments don't speak too kindly of it, describing, among other things, its supposed dimwittedness, its primitive design, and its overall lack of notoriety compared to the larger and more imposing ''Allosaurus''.
* CurbStompBattle: It gets blindsided ''twice'' by an ''Allosaurus'' from the side, in both cases being quickly neck-snapped and killed before it can even react.
* EatsBabies: It kills a ''Stegosaurus'' in the mud and feasts on it before being interrupted by the ''Allosaurus'' pack.
* HornAttack: Averted. Despite first impressions, the structures on top of its head are not for offense, but to display to other members of its species.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: This predator is unfortunately relegated to being the punching bag of ''Allosaurus'', in both cases being built up as a moderately imposing threat before quickly being dispatched and upstaged by the larger foe. It's even the title of the sixth episode, "Hunter Becomes Hunted", where two ''Ceratosaurus'' go hunting and find themselves being preyed on by the ''Allosaurus'' who lives in this part of the woods.
* TooDumbToLive: The first instance of ''Ceratosaurus'' being ambushed and killed by an ''Allosaurus'' is excusable, given it was concentrating on the other two in front of it. What isn't is the second instance, in which an ''Allosaurus'' lunges in plain sight, just to its left, and yet its supposed primitive brain fails to register the threat fast enough to avoid a fairly obvious attack.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite its status as a powerful predator, it gets trounced by the other Jurassic predator in this show, ''Allosaurus''.
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[[folder:Allosaurus]]
!!''Allosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 4: Bloodiest Battle
Allegedly the "lion of the Jurassic", ''Allosaurus'' is one of if not the largest Jurassic predator. It makes such a presence known in this episode, terrorizing all the other creatures who appear at the muddy lakeside in addition to fighting and killing intruding ''Ceratosaurus'' on its turf.
* AnimalsNotToScale: The measurements given in the show(35-40 feet long) are much more in line with the related ''Saurophaganax''. However, even if ''Saurophaganax'' really is just a large species of ''Allosaurus'', this is still much larger than the norm of 28-33 feet long.
* CurbStompBattle: To say that it absolutely thrashes the first two ''Ceratosaurus'' in the show would be an understatement; it comes in roaring from the side and absolutely throws the smaller theropod to the ground before it can react. The one-on-one battle between the two in the second half of the sixth episode is more drawn out but is still evidently and obviously in favor of the larger predator.
* InASingleBound: Two of them are shown jumping and clawing on the side of a ''Camarasaurus'' not unlike how dromaeosaurids do, in spite of being large several-ton predators.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Inflicts this on the ''Ceratosaurus'', quickly dispatching it in every appearance without too much hassle.
* LightningBruiser: Big, strong, and fast, at least compared to the other beasts of its time. And intelligent too, being able to constantly outwit and outmatch the ''Ceratosaurus'' no matter what it tries.
* TooDumbToLive: The final remaining ''Allosaurus'' in the fourth episode makes the very stupid decision to run ''under a Camarasaurus rearing up with the intent to flatten it'' in an attempt to finish it off. Its face gets bashed into the mud by the sauropod's foot for its trouble.
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[[folder:Megalodon]]
!!''Megalodon''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 5: Deep Sea Killers
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[[folder:Brygmophyseter]]
!!''Brygmophyseter''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 5: Deep Sea Killers
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[[folder:Gastonia]]
!!''Gastonia''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 8: Raptor's Last Stand
A small nodosaur with many spikes on its armored body. It's the subject of the eighth episode, in which its fossils are found alongside a ''Utahraptor''.
* BewareMyStingerTail: As if ''Stegosaurus'' didn't have enough spikes; this creature has them along the entire length of its tail.
* MightyGlacier: Slow and ponderous, not helped by its very limited vision, but its tail packs a tremendous punch and its body is covered in spikes and osteoderms.
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[[folder:Utahraptor]]
!!''Utahraptor''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 8: Raptor's Last Stand
The largest dromaeosaur, ''Utahraptor'' is described as the "nastiest" and "deadliest" of all the predators, combining the power of the large theropods and the cunning of the raptors in one frame. Such supposed ferocity is put to the test when a drought forces it to hunt a ''Gastonia''.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** It at least has more feathers than ''Deinonychus''...but they're only limited to the arms and neck when raptors were most definitely covered almost completely with them.
** Once again the common misconception of the dromaeosaurs' sickle-claws being used to disembowel is mentioned.
** ''Utahraptor'' isn't just an upscaled ''Deinonychus''. It has a much more robust frame that would have made it less agile but allowed it to utilize a more up-close bruiser-style fighting style when hunting.
* FeatheredFiend: Very small, infrequent feathers, but they're there.
* GlassCannon: Compared to its opponent anyways; it's certainly much faster, and being bigger than other raptors means it won't just get floored by any sort of hit, but it still can't afford to take too many hits while hunting, especially not when its opponent is completely armored.
* RaptorAttack: Once again, a classic scaly murderous disembowelling beast, although at least it's depicted as a solo hunter.
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[[folder:American Lion]]
!!''Panthera atrox'', the “American Lion”
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 9: Ice Age Monsters
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[[folder:Short-Faced Bear]]
!!''Arctodus'', the “Short-Faced Bear”
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 9: Ice Age Monsters
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[[folder:Pachyrhinosaurus]]
!!''Pachyrhinosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 10: River of Death
A ceratopsian famous because it lacks a horn where other ceratopsians have one, instead merely possessing a lump of bone on its nose called a boss. When hundreds of ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' skeletons are found in what was once a river millions of years ago, the plot of the tenth episode begins.
* AnimalStampede: A giant herd of them is stampeded and ushered into a raging river by two ''Albertosaurus'', where they all drown.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Read that description above again. A horned dinosaur famous for ''not having a horn'' [[IronicName is depicted with a horn.]] The talking heads do stand against the show's proposed theory that the boss was merely a broken horn, but their words are ignored.
* CurbStompBattle: For all its supposed power, one is easily killed by an ''Albertosaurus''.
* DumbMuscle: For all their brawn, they have no brains. They're said to operate like a light switch and only operate and answer to one instinct at a time.
* HornAttack: Uses it to fight against predators.
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[[folder:Albertosaurus]]
!!''Albertosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 10: River of Death
The culprit supposedly behind the mass-drowning of the ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', think of ''Albertosaurus'' as a downscaled ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Existing long before the king himself hit the scene, ''Albertosaurus'' may not be as powerful but it definitely is as fierce.
* CurbStompBattle: Dispatches a fleeing ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' without anything more than white scars.
* LightningBruiser: It doesn't have the sheer strength and bulk of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', but it still delivers in reasonable amounts where it counts. In addition, this reduction of mass also means it's more gracile, and moves with ease and agility through the forests.
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[[folder:Edmontosaurus]]
!!''Edmontosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 11: Raptors vs. T-Rex
A gigantic hadrosaur(duckbill), one specimen leaves behind an unusual mummified tail, which launches the plot of the eleventh episode.
* CurbStompBattle: Aside from one ''Dromaeosaurus'' that makes a more than stupid decision, the ''Edmontosaurus'' for all its size and strength is easily taken down by a pack of raptors, unable to land more than one hit.
* LightningBruiser: In theory, anyways; considering how massive ''Edmontosaurus'' is, it would naturally stand that it be immensely powerful and resilient to attacks, and it actually is a lot faster than its size would suggest. In practice, however, the raptors are faster, and it completely fails to do any damage of note against its smaller opponents, leaving only its thick hide to defend it, and even that is no match for attacks from every direction.
* StockDinosaurs: One of the more recognizable hadrosaurs, if mostly for the fact that it was most likely a frequent prey item of ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
* TailSlap: Repeatedly cited as probably its best defense. Unlike ''Tenontosaurus'' and ''Camarasaurus'' above, though, it's basically useless in this fight.
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[[folder:Dromaeosaurus]]
!!''Dromaeosaurus''
->'''First appearance:''' Episode 11: Raptors vs. T-Rex
The third species of dromaeosaurs in the show, ''Dromaeosaurus'' lends its name to the group. Scattered teeth of several specimens are found around the severed mummified tail of an ''Edmontosaurus'', which leads to the belief that they hunted and killed the beast.
* AnachronismStew: While ''Dromaeosaurus'' lived alongside ''Edmontosaurus'', who lived alongside ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Dromaeosaurus'' did not live at the same time as the king.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** [[RuleOfThree It should come at no surprise at this point that]] they are severely underfeathered and their claws are used to disembowel rather than stab.
** The episode vastly overestimates their intelligence. Sure, raptors were quite clever creatures, but the narration suggests they could ''use hand signals'' and ''bewilder their prey by mimicking their own sounds.''
* CurbStompBattle: A pack overwhelms an ''Edmontosaurus'' with only one very stupid casualty.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: The ''Edmontosaurus''' thick hide means they have to resort to this method to kill it, but with so many of them it goes down easily all the same.
* FeatheredFiend: Probably the most feathered dinosaur in the show, but that's not saying much.
* RaptorAttack: Much like ''Deinonychus'', a scaly, murderous, disembowelling reptile that hunts in packs and is hyper-intelligent, hyped up as the deadliest of all creatures.
* TooDumbToLive: Taking a few cues from the ''Allosaurus'' above, one runs under the ''Edmontosaurus'' and is pounded into the ground for its trouble.
* ZergRush: They hunt in huge packs led by an alpha female.
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