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** He also muddles his nouns with ''Daspletosaurus'', frequently referring to it as "Desplatosaurus", which rolls off the tongue more easily.
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**Hurt did confess in an interview that he struggled with some of the more tongue-twistery names.
**Hurt did confess in an interview that he struggled with some of the more tongue-twistery names.
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** ''TyrannosaurusRex'' as well, albeit only as a skeletal image in several of the "evidence behind the stories" parts, otherwise the dinosaur is represented by its smaller relatives ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Alectrosaurus'', and "Zunityrannus" (based on undescribed tyrannosauroid fossils from the Zuni Basin in New Mexico).
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** ''TyrannosaurusRex'' as well, albeit only as a skeletal image in several of the "evidence behind the stories" parts, otherwise the dinosaur is represented by its smaller and lesser-known relatives ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Alectrosaurus'', and "Zunityrannus" (based (a fictional species based on undescribed tyrannosauroid fossils from the Zuni Basin in New Mexico).
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** ''TyrannosaurusRex'' as well, albeit only as a skeletal image in several of the "evidence behind the stories" parts, otherwise the dinosaur is represented by its smaller relatives ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Alectrosaurus'', and "Zunityrannus" (based on undescribed tyrannosauroid fossils from the Zuni Basin in New Mexico).
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** The "venomous ''Sinornithosaurus''" idea is brought up, even though this study was debunked online as soon as it was published and later officially debunked in a rebuttal paper (the accompanying book gets this right).
*** To be fair, there's still no existing evidence ''against'' a venomous Sinornithosaurus, but the theory is admittedly unlikely, given that the dinosaurs' closest archosaur relatives: the birds and crocs, don't have venom of any sort.
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*** To be fair, there'sright). [[note]]There's still no existing evidence ''against'' a venomous Sinornithosaurus, ''Sinornithosaurus'', but the theory is admittedly unlikely, given that the dinosaurs' closest archosaur relatives: the that birds and crocs, crocodilians don't have venom of any sort.[[/note]]
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* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though it does take a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier tone compared to [[WalkingWithDinosaurs its predecessor]], and contains more violent scenes.
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* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though Being a SpiritualSuccessor of ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'', it does take a somewhat DarkerAndEdgier tone compared comes to [[WalkingWithDinosaurs its predecessor]], no surprise that ''Planet Dinosaur'' takes similar pains to [[AvertedTrope avert]] this trope. It is a little DarkerAndEdgier, however, and contains more violent scenes.some scenes that are quite violent.
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It\'s hard to say what exactly Oviraptor itself looked like, but it didn\'t necessarily resemble Citipati.
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* FeatheredFiend: The generic oviraptorid (likely ''Nemegtomaia''), ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Microraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Nothronychus''. Some of these are perhaps among the most accurate reconstructions ever to be put on TV screens. Other feathered dinosaurs include ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurornithoides'' and ''Bradycneme'', though none of these are portrayed as being particularly fiendish.
** According to the companion book, the "generic oviraptorid" was Oviraptor itself, though to me it didn't look much like an Oviraptor, and indeed more like a Nemegtomaia.
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* FeatheredFiend: The generic oviraptorid (likely ''Nemegtomaia''), ''Nemegtomaia'', though the companion book identifies it as ''Oviraptor''), ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Microraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Nothronychus''. Some of these are perhaps among the most accurate reconstructions ever to be put on TV screens. Other feathered dinosaurs include ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurornithoides'' and ''Bradycneme'', though none of these are portrayed as being particularly fiendish.
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*LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Like wow! With 50 animals, it seems this documentary had a harder time deciding which dinosaurs to leave out than they did deciding which ones to include.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Rugops'' is from the Echkar, not the Kem Kem.
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* ScareChord: Used with great effect to enhance the beak attacks of the genuinely terrifying ''Hatzegopteryx''.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Xianglong?]]: The last we see of it, it jumps off a branch as the ''Sinornithosaurus'' attacks the ''Microraptor''. Did it fall to its death or did it glide away?
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** New tyrannosauroid ''[[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/04/04/yutyrannus-a-giant-tyrannosaur-with-feathers/ Yutyrannus]]'' shows that even large members of the group had feathers.
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*** You'd be surprised how many people are still dumb enough to think that all prehistoric reptiles are dinosaurs.
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* PaletteSwap: This series is a rather heavy offender in this category: ''Rugops'' and ''Skorpiovenator''; ''Saurornithoides'', ''Troodon'' and ''Bradycneme''; ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Rahonavis''; ''Jeholosaurus'' and the small ornithopods in ''The New Giants'' (likely ''Notohypsilophodon''); ''Allosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax''.
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* PaletteSwap: This series is a rather heavy offender in this category: ''Rugops'' and ''Skorpiovenator''; ''Saurornithoides'', ''Troodon'' and ''Bradycneme''; ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Rahonavis''; ''Jeholosaurus'' and the small ornithopods in ''The New Giants'' (likely ''Notohypsilophodon''); ''Gasparinisaura''); ''Allosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax''.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Sinraptor'' pulls this on one of the ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Gigantoraptor'' on ''Saurornithoides'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' on ''Microraptor'', "Predator X" on ''Kimmerosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax'' on ''Allosaurus''.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Sinraptor'' pulls this on one of the ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Gigantoraptor'' on ''Saurornithoides'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' on ''Microraptor'', "Predator X" ''Pliosaurus'' on ''Kimmerosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax'' on ''Allosaurus''.
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** Predator X and ''Onchopristis'', although ''Onchopristis'', being a sawfish, is largely just a menace to small fish and is the favourite prey of the semi-aquatic ''Spinosaurus''. Also, it's more of a "River Monster" as it is a freshwater species. Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'' died out because it failed to be a sea monster]].
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** Predator X ''Pliosaurus'' and ''Onchopristis'', although ''Onchopristis'', being a sawfish, is largely just a menace to small fish and is the favourite prey of the semi-aquatic ''Spinosaurus''. Also, it's more of a "River Monster" as it is a freshwater species. Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'' died out because it failed to be a sea monster]].
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** The narration in the last episode also implies that plesiosaurs are dinosaurs (the "survived rising sea levels" line shows Predator X), and arguably also the pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx''. However, in the latter's case (as well regarding plesiosaurs in episode four), this is largely just because they don't mention the fact that plesiosaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs, but since they don't mention that they are dinosaurs either, it can be interpreted as a generous inversion of ViewersAreMorons, since it is now expected that the public is not moronic enough to consider plesiosaurs and pterosaurs to be dinosaurs.
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** ''Sinraptor'' was younger than ''Epidexipteryx''.
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** "Predator X" has been officially described, with it now being called ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_X Pliosaurus funkei]]''.
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* ReCut: The series was released as a drastic recut of the original in various countries. This version edited down the six episodes into three parts. In practice, almost an entire episode's worth of footage ended up getting deleted.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Why ''Spinosaurus'' dies out.
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In the wake of the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] documentary craze of 2011, the {{BBC}} has released their contribution to the phenomenon, a TV show titled '''''Planet Dinosaur'''''. Following in the footsteps of the BBC's very own ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'', this docu-show is also broadcast as a six-episode MiniSeries, but unlike its famous predecessor, it doesn't merely tell six half hour-long stories, but a whopping ''24'', putting onto the screen 50 (that's ''fifty''!) different types of {{prehistoric monster}}s, from dinosaurs to [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles pterosaurs and marine reptiles]]. The lack of {{talking heads}} means the narration, provided by JohnHurt, plays a crucial role in bringing the prehistoric stories to life.
Scientific accuracy based on the very latest palaeontological finds and spectacular visual effects have been a priority in creating the series. The entire imagery is {{CGI}}, including the environments, and the animals show painstakingly crafted details on their bodies. At various times during the show, the stories take a break for the narration to [[ShownTheirWork explain the scientific evidence behind each scene]].
Not to be confused with the very similarly titled ''DinosaurPlanet'', which is a DiscoveryChannel production.
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!!The work provides example of the following tropes:
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Sinraptor'' pulls this on one of the ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Gigantoraptor'' on ''Saurornithoides'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' on ''Microraptor'', "Predator X" on ''Kimmerosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax'' on ''Allosaurus''.
* AnachronismStew:
** ''Ouranosaurus'' and ''Sarcosuchus'' in the first and fifth episodes. ''Microraptor'' in the second episode. Though [[WordOfGod one of the creators]] partially justified ''Ouranosaurus'' based on some trackways that apparently belonged to a similar dinosaur.
** Also, ''Xianglong'' is on late Cretaceous Romania and New Mexico in episode 6, being severely displaced in time and space. It could have been just a placeholder for a random lizard, though.
* AnimalJingoism:
** ''Carcharodontosaurus'' and ''Spinosaurus'', both ultra-large carnivores that shared the same habitat, though only one of them is a "true" hunting predator, the other an overgrown fish-eater. Another docu, ''Series/MonstersResurrected'', toyed with the idea of pitting them against each other, but [[OneHitKill their scenario]] just [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying made dino-fans cry]].
** The third episode details the rivalry between tyrannosauroids and ceratopsians.
* AudibleSharpness: When the ''Nothroynchus'' claws are first shown.
* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The word "killer" is used as many times as possible. Even if an animal isn't a killer, it's described as "no killer".
* BigEater: Sauropods, the biggest prehistoric feeding-machines of all. At their best, according to the narration, a growing ''Argentinosaurus'' packed 40 kilos ''a day''.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Camptosaurus''. Of course, "little" is relative.
* BiggerIsBetter:
** A regular-sized oviraptorid is easy to frighten off. But no one messes with ''[[MeaningfulName Gigantoraptor]]''.
** ''Saurophaganax'' frightens away ''Allosaurus'' from its kill purely because it's bigger.
* {{Badass}}:
** Subverted at first with the ''Spinosaurus''. The narration makes it out to be the most fearsome predator of all time, and the music score plays along too. Then it walks past the scared herbivores and goes fishing. Later, however, as the river recedes, [[spoiler:it manages to beat up a giant ''Carcharodontosaurus'']].
** Other candidates include ''Majungasaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Gigantoraptor'', and "Predator X".
* BewareMyStingerTail: ''Stegosaurus''.
* ButtMonkey: If an ornithopod shows up, expect at least one member of its species to get killed.
* CameraAbuse: The BBC paleo-shows love this. This one has blood squirting and mud splattering on the lens.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The first and last episode. And within the latter, the story of ''Gigantoraptor'' in particular.]]
* EatsBabies: Pterosaurs, ''Skorpiovenator'', the generic oviraptorid, and ''Troodon''. ''Sarcosuchus'' and ''Carcharodontosaurus'' try, but don't succeed.
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted. ''Squatina'' only serves as prey for ''Kimmerosaurus'', and fellow cartilaginous fish ''Onchpristis'' is the main prey of ''Spinosaurus''.
* EyeOpen: Used a few times.
* EyeScream: The ''Hatzegopteryx'' eating the eye of a (dead) ''Magyarosaurus''.
* FeatheredFiend: The generic oviraptorid (likely ''Nemegtomaia''), ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Microraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Nothronychus''. Some of these are perhaps among the most accurate reconstructions ever to be put on TV screens. Other feathered dinosaurs include ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurornithoides'' and ''Bradycneme'', though none of these are portrayed as being particularly fiendish.
* FootFocus: The intimidating kind. Some predators tend to make an entry by dramatically stomping in front of the camera.
* GiantFlyer: ''Hatzegopteryx'', although this program showcases just how terrifyingly good it was at being a "Giant Strider" on ground.
* {{Gorn}}: Can't go without it. One marine plesiosaur gets chopped up pretty badly. The dinos inflict all kinds of wounds on each other too, one ''Mapusaurus'' gets gruesomely squashed by an ''Argentinosaurus'', and there is a huge focus on blood splattering.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: ''Microraptor'' is chasing ''Xianglong'', until a nearby ''Sinornithosaurus'' sets its sight on ''it''.
* JitterCam: A virtual variant. Sadly, it's quite irritating for the eyes.
* LostWorld: Aside from the first episode being called exactly that, not really.
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf:
** The ''Saurornithoides'' pulls this on an oviraptorid, but [[spoiler:is then eaten by the much larger ''Gigantoraptor'']]. The ''Jeholosaurus'' also tries to defend its young, but is overwhelmed by three ''Sinornithosaurus''.
** Played straight by the ''Paralititan''. The ''Edmontosaurus'' is also successful[[spoiler:, but the juvenile it saves still succumbs to its injuries]]. Also played straight by the ''Gigantoraptor'', [[spoiler: ironically enough]].
* MeaningfulName: Nearly all the animals.
* MoodWhiplash:
** First [[spoiler:the ''Spinosaurus'' defeats the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' in an epic battle. The next scene discusses reasons why ''Spinosaurus'' might have gone extinct...]]
** You may also count the final episode, ''The Great Survivors''. It deals with, as the title suggests, survival tactics, but then suddenly, [[spoiler:the ''Gigantoraptor'' who's been fighting hard for its nest gets suffocated and buried in a sandstorm, and then the remainder of the episode discusses the great extinction event.]]
* {{Narrator}}: JohnHurt
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile:
** The gigantic ''Sarcosuchus'' makes an appearance. To emphasize its size, there are regular-sized crocodilians strolling along in the foreground, and they are tiny.
** An aquatic crocodillian, probably ''Deinosuchus'', attacks one of the ''Centrosaurus'' when they are swimming.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Mr. Hurt admittedly struggled with a few of the fancier dinosaur names, and this is at times evident in the finished product. One example is ''Sinraptor'', which is pronounced in the show as "SIN-raptor" [[hottip: *: Actually SYN-raptor]].
* [[spoiler:NobodyDies: The ''Paralititan'' montage.]]
* NoisyNature: Averted!
* OffWithHisHead: This befalls a ''Kimmerosaurus''.
* PaletteSwap: This series is a rather heavy offender in this category: ''Rugops'' and ''Skorpiovenator''; ''Saurornithoides'', ''Troodon'' and ''Bradycneme''; ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Rahonavis''; ''Jeholosaurus'' and the small ornithopods in ''The New Giants'' (likely ''Notohypsilophodon''); ''Allosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax''.
* PteroSoarer:
** ''Hatzegopteryx'' is depicted properly as the terrestrial macropredator it was in real life; while the neck is slightly too flexible and the wing membranes are folded in a way not likely to have occured in real life (a problem ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'' pterosaurs also faced), it was otherwise very accurate.
** Episode one has undescribed chaoyangopterygids acting as "om nom nom" material for spinosaurs, and in episode five, they appear as nest robbers and scavengers; while the shown vulture like habits may not be accurate, otherwise they are fairly realistic, except for the really pointy wings (real pterosaurs had rounded wing tips).
* RaptorAttack: Averted ''hard'' by the dromaeosaurids. (However, they do have one major blunder: their primary feathers attach to the ''third'' finger, not the second as they should.) The troodonts play this straight (i.e.: not feathered enough) though.
* RuleOfCool:
** The venomous ''Sinornithosaurus''.
** ''Bradycneme'' simultaneously plays this straight & averts it. As noted under the ScienceMarchesOn entry, ''Bradycneme'' may simply be a harmless alvarezsaurid instead of a deinonychosaur. As far as Hateg deinonychosaurs go, it would be rather weak, and the contemporary ''Balaur'' (which may have had two killing claws per foot) could've been used instead.
* ScienceMarchesOn:
** Or at least may be marching on very soon. There is reportedly [[http://dml.cmnh.org/2011Jul/msg00114.html unpublished data]] showing that the troodont skulls in the oviraptorid nest actually tumbled into the nest, instead of being evidence of interspecific interaction.
** ''Bradycneme'' was just recently [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradycneme reclassified]] as an alvarezsaurid by one paleontologist. [[OhCrap Oops..]] (but it's pretty fragmentary, so one hypothesis is almost as good as another.)
** ''Raptorex'', which is briefly mentioned in the third episode, may be an inaccurately dated juvenile of a larger tyrannosaurid. Doubles as RuleOfCool, as ''Dilong'' would have been equally acceptable, and there are no doubts about its validity. [[hottip:*: Unless, of course, you happen to be DougalDixon.]]
** It turns out we now have an idea of what the [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/08/a-shiny-dinosaur-–four-winged-microraptor-gets-colour-and-gloss/ colours]] of ''Microraptor'' were.
** New tyrannosauroid ''[[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/04/04/yutyrannus-a-giant-tyrannosaur-with-feathers/ Yutyrannus]]'' shows that even large members of the group had feathers.
* SeaMonster:
** Predator X and ''Onchopristis'', although ''Onchopristis'', being a sawfish, is largely just a menace to small fish and is the favourite prey of the semi-aquatic ''Spinosaurus''. Also, it's more of a "River Monster" as it is a freshwater species. Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'' died out because it failed to be a sea monster]].
* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Microraptor'', ''Sinornithosaurus'', ''Saurornithoides'', ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Majungasaurus'', ''Rugops'', ''Sinraptor'', ''Magyarosaurus'', ''Centrosaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Ouranosaurus'', ''Jeholosaurus'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurophaganax''[[hottip:*:Unless it turns out it's just a large ''Allosaurus'']], ''Camptosaurus'', ''Skorpiovenator'', ''Mapusaurus'', ''Bradycneme'', ''Alectrosaurus'', "Zunityrannus" (an undescribed tyrannosauroid), ''Nothronychus'', the sawfish ''Onchopristis'', the gliding lizard ''Xianglong'', the gigantic pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx'' (the chaoyangopterid pterosaurs being even more of an example), the angelshark ''Squatina'', and the plesiosaur ''Kimmerosaurus''. Note that a few of these may already be on their way to becoming StockDinosaurs, having appeared in recent media a handful of times.
* ShellShockSilence: A variation of this is used. There is no explosion or loud noises of any kind involved (unless you count one less-than-MightyRoar), but the bulk of the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' fight has no sound effects or narration, only music and low-frequency grumbles. It's a very effective scene until jerky animation kicks in.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'' wasn't the only one to do it: this show also replicated the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Battle at Kruger]] video, this time with a lone ''Carcharodontosaurus'' fighting for a young ''Paralititan'' against a ''Sarcosuchus'' and of course the ''Paralititan'''s family.
** The color scheme used on the ''Ouranosaurus'' is identical to the one used in ''DinosaursTheMostCompleteUpToDateEncyclopedia''.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Taken to [[UpToEleven extreme levels]]: every minute or so, the story stops for the narrator to meticulously explain what evidence supports the scene we have just watched. Well, most of the time, that is. Some stuff is presented as pure (but generally educated) speculation. This is probably in response to criticism of the original ''WalkingWithDinosaurs''.
** Many of the feathered theropods are (almost) properly feathered, and most don't have pronated hands.
** While not particularly recent discoveries, this show gets the abelisaurid, sauropod and hadrosaur hands right when most other depictions do not.
** The show uses ''Camptosaurus''' actual skull, while even recent works will use that of ''Theiophytalia'', which has been distinct since 2006.
* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying:
** As accurate as the dromaeosaurids are, their primary feathers inexplicably attach to the third finger instead of the second as they did in RealLife.
** Although most of the theropods in the show [[ShownTheirWork don't have pronated hands]] most of the time, the ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Epidexipteryx'' do in many shots.
** The "venomous ''Sinornithosaurus''" idea is brought up, even though this study was debunked online as soon as it was published and later officially debunked in a rebuttal paper (the accompanying book gets this right).
** They still can't get the number of claws on archosaur forelimbs right. The maximum number should be three, on the inner digits, while the rest don't have actual claws.
** Ornithopods chewing like some mammals do, by moving their lower jaws from side to side. This would have been impossible.
** ''Onchopristis'' was probably an entirely freshwater species, not one that occasionally swam upriver from the seas.
** Dinosaurs and birds are regarded as two separate, distinct groups by the schematics at the end of the last episode, and the narrator doesn't even mention that not all dinosaurs are gone, in spite of the fact that a [[WalkingWithDinosaurs certain other BBC documentary]] made more than ten years ago points this out. (Particularly strange because ''Planet Dinosaur'' does get this right at the end of the ''second'' episode.)
** The narration in the last episode also implies that plesiosaurs are dinosaurs (the "survived rising sea levels" line shows Predator X), and arguably also the pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx''. However, in the latter's case (as well regarding plesiosaurs in episode four), this is largely just because they don't mention the fact that plesiosaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs, but since they don't mention that they are dinosaurs either, it can be interpreted as a generous inversion of ViewersAreMorons, since it is now expected that the public is not moronic enough to consider plesiosaurs and pterosaurs to be dinosaurs.
** The oviraptorids are shown digging with their forelimbs, even though using their feet would be more likely (especially given that they had large wing feathers attached to their hands).
** ''Rugops'' is claimed to be an obligate scavenger, but studies on energy efficiency show that only large soaring animals can be obligate scavengers. At the same time, however, this may actually be [[ShownTheirWork based on an unpublished study]] showing that ''Rugops'' was at least ''well built'' for scavenging, rather than just wild speculation. However, a 2006 DougalDixon book made a similar claim, so the producers aren't necessarily aware of the new study.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Allosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Edmontosaurus'', and ''Troodon''.
* StockSoundEffect: There are very few animal sounds for the program, and each giant theropod, small theropod and mid-sized herbivore seems to be using the same ones. For example, the herbivores tend to make pig screeches. [[FridgeLogic And this doesn't make much sense]], considering how important hearing was in identifying their fellow species.
* TheGreatFlood: Such a flood washes away a herd of ''Centrosaurus''.
* TimePassesMontage: The "everyone eats the ''Argentinosaurus''" scene in episode 5.
* {{Undercrank}}: Many fight scenes are filmed this way, but unfortunately, it backfires, and just makes the animation look like bad StopMotion.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Two large ''Alectrosaurus'' [[MuggingTheMonster lunge themselves at a]] ''[[MuggingTheMonster Gigantoraptor]]'', but it fights back and kicks one straight to the ground. It doesn't take long for both to run away. A group of American tyrannosaurs also attempt to kill a pair of ''Nothronychus'', but they drive them off quickly with their huge claws.
* UseYourHead: The ''Carcharodontosaurus'' use it for head-butting each other.
* ZergRush: ''Daspletosaurus'' against a lone ''Chasmosaurus'' first, then against a whole herd of ''Centrosaurus''. Giant troodonts also attempt this maneuver, but even an ''Edmontosaurus'' calf is too tough to take down when adults are nearby.
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Scientific accuracy based on the very latest palaeontological finds and spectacular visual effects have been a priority in creating the series. The entire imagery is {{CGI}}, including the environments, and the animals show painstakingly crafted details on their bodies. At various times during the show, the stories take a break for the narration to [[ShownTheirWork explain the scientific evidence behind each scene]].
Not to be confused with the very similarly titled ''DinosaurPlanet'', which is a DiscoveryChannel production.
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!!The work provides example of the following tropes:
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Sinraptor'' pulls this on one of the ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Gigantoraptor'' on ''Saurornithoides'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' on ''Microraptor'', "Predator X" on ''Kimmerosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax'' on ''Allosaurus''.
* AnachronismStew:
** ''Ouranosaurus'' and ''Sarcosuchus'' in the first and fifth episodes. ''Microraptor'' in the second episode. Though [[WordOfGod one of the creators]] partially justified ''Ouranosaurus'' based on some trackways that apparently belonged to a similar dinosaur.
** Also, ''Xianglong'' is on late Cretaceous Romania and New Mexico in episode 6, being severely displaced in time and space. It could have been just a placeholder for a random lizard, though.
* AnimalJingoism:
** ''Carcharodontosaurus'' and ''Spinosaurus'', both ultra-large carnivores that shared the same habitat, though only one of them is a "true" hunting predator, the other an overgrown fish-eater. Another docu, ''Series/MonstersResurrected'', toyed with the idea of pitting them against each other, but [[OneHitKill their scenario]] just [[SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying made dino-fans cry]].
** The third episode details the rivalry between tyrannosauroids and ceratopsians.
* AudibleSharpness: When the ''Nothroynchus'' claws are first shown.
* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The word "killer" is used as many times as possible. Even if an animal isn't a killer, it's described as "no killer".
* BigEater: Sauropods, the biggest prehistoric feeding-machines of all. At their best, according to the narration, a growing ''Argentinosaurus'' packed 40 kilos ''a day''.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Camptosaurus''. Of course, "little" is relative.
* BiggerIsBetter:
** A regular-sized oviraptorid is easy to frighten off. But no one messes with ''[[MeaningfulName Gigantoraptor]]''.
** ''Saurophaganax'' frightens away ''Allosaurus'' from its kill purely because it's bigger.
* {{Badass}}:
** Subverted at first with the ''Spinosaurus''. The narration makes it out to be the most fearsome predator of all time, and the music score plays along too. Then it walks past the scared herbivores and goes fishing. Later, however, as the river recedes, [[spoiler:it manages to beat up a giant ''Carcharodontosaurus'']].
** Other candidates include ''Majungasaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Gigantoraptor'', and "Predator X".
* BewareMyStingerTail: ''Stegosaurus''.
* ButtMonkey: If an ornithopod shows up, expect at least one member of its species to get killed.
* CameraAbuse: The BBC paleo-shows love this. This one has blood squirting and mud splattering on the lens.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The first and last episode. And within the latter, the story of ''Gigantoraptor'' in particular.]]
* EatsBabies: Pterosaurs, ''Skorpiovenator'', the generic oviraptorid, and ''Troodon''. ''Sarcosuchus'' and ''Carcharodontosaurus'' try, but don't succeed.
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted. ''Squatina'' only serves as prey for ''Kimmerosaurus'', and fellow cartilaginous fish ''Onchpristis'' is the main prey of ''Spinosaurus''.
* EyeOpen: Used a few times.
* EyeScream: The ''Hatzegopteryx'' eating the eye of a (dead) ''Magyarosaurus''.
* FeatheredFiend: The generic oviraptorid (likely ''Nemegtomaia''), ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Microraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Nothronychus''. Some of these are perhaps among the most accurate reconstructions ever to be put on TV screens. Other feathered dinosaurs include ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurornithoides'' and ''Bradycneme'', though none of these are portrayed as being particularly fiendish.
* FootFocus: The intimidating kind. Some predators tend to make an entry by dramatically stomping in front of the camera.
* GiantFlyer: ''Hatzegopteryx'', although this program showcases just how terrifyingly good it was at being a "Giant Strider" on ground.
* {{Gorn}}: Can't go without it. One marine plesiosaur gets chopped up pretty badly. The dinos inflict all kinds of wounds on each other too, one ''Mapusaurus'' gets gruesomely squashed by an ''Argentinosaurus'', and there is a huge focus on blood splattering.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: ''Microraptor'' is chasing ''Xianglong'', until a nearby ''Sinornithosaurus'' sets its sight on ''it''.
* JitterCam: A virtual variant. Sadly, it's quite irritating for the eyes.
* LostWorld: Aside from the first episode being called exactly that, not really.
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf:
** The ''Saurornithoides'' pulls this on an oviraptorid, but [[spoiler:is then eaten by the much larger ''Gigantoraptor'']]. The ''Jeholosaurus'' also tries to defend its young, but is overwhelmed by three ''Sinornithosaurus''.
** Played straight by the ''Paralititan''. The ''Edmontosaurus'' is also successful[[spoiler:, but the juvenile it saves still succumbs to its injuries]]. Also played straight by the ''Gigantoraptor'', [[spoiler: ironically enough]].
* MeaningfulName: Nearly all the animals.
* MoodWhiplash:
** First [[spoiler:the ''Spinosaurus'' defeats the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' in an epic battle. The next scene discusses reasons why ''Spinosaurus'' might have gone extinct...]]
** You may also count the final episode, ''The Great Survivors''. It deals with, as the title suggests, survival tactics, but then suddenly, [[spoiler:the ''Gigantoraptor'' who's been fighting hard for its nest gets suffocated and buried in a sandstorm, and then the remainder of the episode discusses the great extinction event.]]
* {{Narrator}}: JohnHurt
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile:
** The gigantic ''Sarcosuchus'' makes an appearance. To emphasize its size, there are regular-sized crocodilians strolling along in the foreground, and they are tiny.
** An aquatic crocodillian, probably ''Deinosuchus'', attacks one of the ''Centrosaurus'' when they are swimming.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Mr. Hurt admittedly struggled with a few of the fancier dinosaur names, and this is at times evident in the finished product. One example is ''Sinraptor'', which is pronounced in the show as "SIN-raptor" [[hottip: *: Actually SYN-raptor]].
* [[spoiler:NobodyDies: The ''Paralititan'' montage.]]
* NoisyNature: Averted!
* OffWithHisHead: This befalls a ''Kimmerosaurus''.
* PaletteSwap: This series is a rather heavy offender in this category: ''Rugops'' and ''Skorpiovenator''; ''Saurornithoides'', ''Troodon'' and ''Bradycneme''; ''Sinornithosaurus'' and ''Rahonavis''; ''Jeholosaurus'' and the small ornithopods in ''The New Giants'' (likely ''Notohypsilophodon''); ''Allosaurus'' and ''Saurophaganax''.
* PteroSoarer:
** ''Hatzegopteryx'' is depicted properly as the terrestrial macropredator it was in real life; while the neck is slightly too flexible and the wing membranes are folded in a way not likely to have occured in real life (a problem ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'' pterosaurs also faced), it was otherwise very accurate.
** Episode one has undescribed chaoyangopterygids acting as "om nom nom" material for spinosaurs, and in episode five, they appear as nest robbers and scavengers; while the shown vulture like habits may not be accurate, otherwise they are fairly realistic, except for the really pointy wings (real pterosaurs had rounded wing tips).
* RaptorAttack: Averted ''hard'' by the dromaeosaurids. (However, they do have one major blunder: their primary feathers attach to the ''third'' finger, not the second as they should.) The troodonts play this straight (i.e.: not feathered enough) though.
* RuleOfCool:
** The venomous ''Sinornithosaurus''.
** ''Bradycneme'' simultaneously plays this straight & averts it. As noted under the ScienceMarchesOn entry, ''Bradycneme'' may simply be a harmless alvarezsaurid instead of a deinonychosaur. As far as Hateg deinonychosaurs go, it would be rather weak, and the contemporary ''Balaur'' (which may have had two killing claws per foot) could've been used instead.
* ScienceMarchesOn:
** Or at least may be marching on very soon. There is reportedly [[http://dml.cmnh.org/2011Jul/msg00114.html unpublished data]] showing that the troodont skulls in the oviraptorid nest actually tumbled into the nest, instead of being evidence of interspecific interaction.
** ''Bradycneme'' was just recently [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradycneme reclassified]] as an alvarezsaurid by one paleontologist. [[OhCrap Oops..]] (but it's pretty fragmentary, so one hypothesis is almost as good as another.)
** ''Raptorex'', which is briefly mentioned in the third episode, may be an inaccurately dated juvenile of a larger tyrannosaurid. Doubles as RuleOfCool, as ''Dilong'' would have been equally acceptable, and there are no doubts about its validity. [[hottip:*: Unless, of course, you happen to be DougalDixon.]]
** It turns out we now have an idea of what the [[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/03/08/a-shiny-dinosaur-–four-winged-microraptor-gets-colour-and-gloss/ colours]] of ''Microraptor'' were.
** New tyrannosauroid ''[[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/04/04/yutyrannus-a-giant-tyrannosaur-with-feathers/ Yutyrannus]]'' shows that even large members of the group had feathers.
* SeaMonster:
** Predator X and ''Onchopristis'', although ''Onchopristis'', being a sawfish, is largely just a menace to small fish and is the favourite prey of the semi-aquatic ''Spinosaurus''. Also, it's more of a "River Monster" as it is a freshwater species. Amusingly enough, [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'' died out because it failed to be a sea monster]].
* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Microraptor'', ''Sinornithosaurus'', ''Saurornithoides'', ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Majungasaurus'', ''Rugops'', ''Sinraptor'', ''Magyarosaurus'', ''Centrosaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Ouranosaurus'', ''Jeholosaurus'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurophaganax''[[hottip:*:Unless it turns out it's just a large ''Allosaurus'']], ''Camptosaurus'', ''Skorpiovenator'', ''Mapusaurus'', ''Bradycneme'', ''Alectrosaurus'', "Zunityrannus" (an undescribed tyrannosauroid), ''Nothronychus'', the sawfish ''Onchopristis'', the gliding lizard ''Xianglong'', the gigantic pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx'' (the chaoyangopterid pterosaurs being even more of an example), the angelshark ''Squatina'', and the plesiosaur ''Kimmerosaurus''. Note that a few of these may already be on their way to becoming StockDinosaurs, having appeared in recent media a handful of times.
* ShellShockSilence: A variation of this is used. There is no explosion or loud noises of any kind involved (unless you count one less-than-MightyRoar), but the bulk of the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' fight has no sound effects or narration, only music and low-frequency grumbles. It's a very effective scene until jerky animation kicks in.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'' wasn't the only one to do it: this show also replicated the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Battle at Kruger]] video, this time with a lone ''Carcharodontosaurus'' fighting for a young ''Paralititan'' against a ''Sarcosuchus'' and of course the ''Paralititan'''s family.
** The color scheme used on the ''Ouranosaurus'' is identical to the one used in ''DinosaursTheMostCompleteUpToDateEncyclopedia''.
* ShownTheirWork:
** Taken to [[UpToEleven extreme levels]]: every minute or so, the story stops for the narrator to meticulously explain what evidence supports the scene we have just watched. Well, most of the time, that is. Some stuff is presented as pure (but generally educated) speculation. This is probably in response to criticism of the original ''WalkingWithDinosaurs''.
** Many of the feathered theropods are (almost) properly feathered, and most don't have pronated hands.
** While not particularly recent discoveries, this show gets the abelisaurid, sauropod and hadrosaur hands right when most other depictions do not.
** The show uses ''Camptosaurus''' actual skull, while even recent works will use that of ''Theiophytalia'', which has been distinct since 2006.
* SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying:
** As accurate as the dromaeosaurids are, their primary feathers inexplicably attach to the third finger instead of the second as they did in RealLife.
** Although most of the theropods in the show [[ShownTheirWork don't have pronated hands]] most of the time, the ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Epidexipteryx'' do in many shots.
** The "venomous ''Sinornithosaurus''" idea is brought up, even though this study was debunked online as soon as it was published and later officially debunked in a rebuttal paper (the accompanying book gets this right).
** They still can't get the number of claws on archosaur forelimbs right. The maximum number should be three, on the inner digits, while the rest don't have actual claws.
** Ornithopods chewing like some mammals do, by moving their lower jaws from side to side. This would have been impossible.
** ''Onchopristis'' was probably an entirely freshwater species, not one that occasionally swam upriver from the seas.
** Dinosaurs and birds are regarded as two separate, distinct groups by the schematics at the end of the last episode, and the narrator doesn't even mention that not all dinosaurs are gone, in spite of the fact that a [[WalkingWithDinosaurs certain other BBC documentary]] made more than ten years ago points this out. (Particularly strange because ''Planet Dinosaur'' does get this right at the end of the ''second'' episode.)
** The narration in the last episode also implies that plesiosaurs are dinosaurs (the "survived rising sea levels" line shows Predator X), and arguably also the pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx''. However, in the latter's case (as well regarding plesiosaurs in episode four), this is largely just because they don't mention the fact that plesiosaurs and pterosaurs are not dinosaurs, but since they don't mention that they are dinosaurs either, it can be interpreted as a generous inversion of ViewersAreMorons, since it is now expected that the public is not moronic enough to consider plesiosaurs and pterosaurs to be dinosaurs.
** The oviraptorids are shown digging with their forelimbs, even though using their feet would be more likely (especially given that they had large wing feathers attached to their hands).
** ''Rugops'' is claimed to be an obligate scavenger, but studies on energy efficiency show that only large soaring animals can be obligate scavengers. At the same time, however, this may actually be [[ShownTheirWork based on an unpublished study]] showing that ''Rugops'' was at least ''well built'' for scavenging, rather than just wild speculation. However, a 2006 DougalDixon book made a similar claim, so the producers aren't necessarily aware of the new study.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Allosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Edmontosaurus'', and ''Troodon''.
* StockSoundEffect: There are very few animal sounds for the program, and each giant theropod, small theropod and mid-sized herbivore seems to be using the same ones. For example, the herbivores tend to make pig screeches. [[FridgeLogic And this doesn't make much sense]], considering how important hearing was in identifying their fellow species.
* TheGreatFlood: Such a flood washes away a herd of ''Centrosaurus''.
* TimePassesMontage: The "everyone eats the ''Argentinosaurus''" scene in episode 5.
* {{Undercrank}}: Many fight scenes are filmed this way, but unfortunately, it backfires, and just makes the animation look like bad StopMotion.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Two large ''Alectrosaurus'' [[MuggingTheMonster lunge themselves at a]] ''[[MuggingTheMonster Gigantoraptor]]'', but it fights back and kicks one straight to the ground. It doesn't take long for both to run away. A group of American tyrannosaurs also attempt to kill a pair of ''Nothronychus'', but they drive them off quickly with their huge claws.
* UseYourHead: The ''Carcharodontosaurus'' use it for head-butting each other.
* ZergRush: ''Daspletosaurus'' against a lone ''Chasmosaurus'' first, then against a whole herd of ''Centrosaurus''. Giant troodonts also attempt this maneuver, but even an ''Edmontosaurus'' calf is too tough to take down when adults are nearby.
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