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** The ''Liopleurodon'' is portrayed far larger than the largest pliosaurs, even from inflated estimates of the time (which ranged up to ''maybe'' 20 meters for the very largest), although it's handwaved as a century-old giant that is big even for his kind (presumably relying on the idea of reptiles continuing to grow as they age).
** ''Steropodon'' is portrayed as a scavenging raccoon-like mammal (played by a real-life coatimundi) when in actuality, it was a relative of the ''platypus''. Posterior studies would latter show that Mesozoic monotremes lacked a beak like that of its living relatives, so at least it would have looked a bit like a "normal" mammal, though still probably not like a coati.
** ''Steropodon'' is portrayed as a scavenging raccoon-like mammal (played by a real-life coatimundi) when in actuality, it was a relative of the ''platypus''. Posterior studies would latter show that Mesozoic monotremes lacked a beak like that of its living relatives, so at least it would have looked a bit like a "normal" mammal, though still probably not like a coati.
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** The cynodonts in "New Blood" were based on two teeth found in the Chinle Formation that were ([[ScienceMarchesOn at the time]]) believed to belong to cynodonts (the teeth are now named ''Kraterokheirodon'' and it is unknown what type of animal they are). However, even at the time, the depiction in the episode is purely speculative, because the teeth were believed to belong to a large traversodont cynodont, which the cynodonts in the episode do not resemble. Why? Well, for one, they're depicted as predators, but traversodonts were herbivores.
** The ''Diplodocus'' is portrayed with a row of iguana-like spines running down its back and neck. This is based on a fossil of a still unidentified diplodocid tail with skin impressions from the Morrison Formation described in 1992. Their presence on ''Diplodocus'' specifically, and running down the back and neck, is speculative, although certainly possible, but the restoration makes one crucial error: it omits the spines from the end of the tail, the ''only'' place they're known from for sure in the actual fossil.
** The episode "Spirits of the Ice Forest" states that allosaur predators were rare during the Cretaceous, and only in remote refugium like the polar forests do they still hold out. Unless the narrator meant ''Allosaurus'' specifically, this is a ridiculously incorrect statement since large carnosaurs were more successful than ever during the Early-Mid Cretaceous (this is partly due to the classification of carcharodontosaurs as allosaurs being controversial at the time, but it's now widely accepted).
** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
** The end of "Giant of the Skies" implies by its wording that dinosaurs did not reach some landmasses, such as Antarctica, until the Cretaceous Period, but fossils of Antarctic dinosaurs had already been discovered dating from far earlier (such as ''Cryolophosaurus'', from the Early Jurassic).
** The same episode has a tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** The ending of "Spirits of the Ice Forest" implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about 10 million years ago). The only reason they disappeared is the same reason all the non-avian dinosaurs disappeared.
** The end of "Time of Titans" implies that the sauropods declined at the end of the Jurassic and states that sea level rise was the primary reason. In fact, the Morrison Formation strata shows that the shallow sea bordering the region was actually ''receding'' (creating the expansive salt flats seen in ''The Ballad of Big Al''), and sauropods remained very successful and widespread until the end of the Cretaceous; only in North America did they seem to decline, and even then ''Alamosaurus'' returned to dominate the southern part of the continent in the last few million years.
** Hell Creek is portrayed as being a volcanic wasteland, but there is very little evidence of this (volcanic ash has been found in the formation, but it's believed to have been the result of ash thrown up by the asteroid impact). While there was intense volcanism near the end of the Cretaceous, it was in India (namely, the Deccan Traps), on the other side of the planet, and its effect on dinosaur diversity is heavily contested, even at the time.
** The ''Diplodocus'' is portrayed with a row of iguana-like spines running down its back and neck. This is based on a fossil of a still unidentified diplodocid tail with skin impressions from the Morrison Formation described in 1992. Their presence on ''Diplodocus'' specifically, and running down the back and neck, is speculative, although certainly possible, but the restoration makes one crucial error: it omits the spines from the end of the tail, the ''only'' place they're known from for sure in the actual fossil.
** The episode "Spirits of the Ice Forest" states that allosaur predators were rare during the Cretaceous, and only in remote refugium like the polar forests do they still hold out. Unless the narrator meant ''Allosaurus'' specifically, this is a ridiculously incorrect statement since large carnosaurs were more successful than ever during the Early-Mid Cretaceous (this is partly due to the classification of carcharodontosaurs as allosaurs being controversial at the time, but it's now widely accepted).
** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
** The end of "Giant of the Skies" implies by its wording that dinosaurs did not reach some landmasses, such as Antarctica, until the Cretaceous Period, but fossils of Antarctic dinosaurs had already been discovered dating from far earlier (such as ''Cryolophosaurus'', from the Early Jurassic).
** The same episode has a tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** The ending of "Spirits of the Ice Forest" implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about 10 million years ago). The only reason they disappeared is the same reason all the non-avian dinosaurs disappeared.
** The end of "Time of Titans" implies that the sauropods declined at the end of the Jurassic and states that sea level rise was the primary reason. In fact, the Morrison Formation strata shows that the shallow sea bordering the region was actually ''receding'' (creating the expansive salt flats seen in ''The Ballad of Big Al''), and sauropods remained very successful and widespread until the end of the Cretaceous; only in North America did they seem to decline, and even then ''Alamosaurus'' returned to dominate the southern part of the continent in the last few million years.
** Hell Creek is portrayed as being a volcanic wasteland, but there is very little evidence of this (volcanic ash has been found in the formation, but it's believed to have been the result of ash thrown up by the asteroid impact). While there was intense volcanism near the end of the Cretaceous, it was in India (namely, the Deccan Traps), on the other side of the planet, and its effect on dinosaur diversity is heavily contested, even at the time.
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** "New Blood": The cynodonts in "New Blood" were are based on two teeth found in the Chinle Formation that were ([[ScienceMarchesOn at the time]]) believed to belong to cynodonts (the teeth are now named ''Kraterokheirodon'' and it is unknown what type of animal they are). However, even at the time, the depiction in the episode is purely speculative, because the teeth were believed to belong to a large traversodont cynodont, which the cynodonts in the episode do not resemble. Why? Well, for one, they're depicted as predators, but traversodonts were herbivores.
** "Time of Titans":
*** The ''Diplodocus'' is portrayed with a row of iguana-like spines running down its back and neck. This is based on a fossil of a still unidentified diplodocid tail with skin impressions from the Morrison Formation described in 1992. Their presence on ''Diplodocus'' specifically, and running down the back and neck, is speculative, although certainly possible, but the restoration makes one crucial error: it omits the spines from the end of the tail, the ''only'' place they're known from for sure in the actual fossil.
** The episode "Spirits of the Ice Forest" states that allosaur predators were rare during the Cretaceous, and only in remote refugium like the polar forests do they still hold out. Unless the narrator meant ''Allosaurus'' specifically, this is a ridiculously incorrect statement since large carnosaurs were more successful than ever during the Early-Mid Cretaceous (this is partly due to the classification of carcharodontosaurs as allosaurs being controversial at the time, but it's now widely accepted).
** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
***** The end of "Giant of the Skies" implies by its wording that dinosaurs did not reach some landmasses, such as Antarctica, until the Cretaceous Period, but fossils of Antarctic dinosaurs had already been discovered dating from far earlier (such as ''Cryolophosaurus'', from the Early Jurassic).
** The same episode has a tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** The ending of "Spirits of the Ice Forest" implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about 10 million years ago). The only reason they disappeared is the same reason all the non-avian dinosaurs disappeared.
** The end of "Time of Titans"implies that the sauropods declined at the end of the Jurassic and states that sea level rise was the primary reason. In fact, the Morrison Formation strata shows that the shallow sea bordering the region was actually ''receding'' (creating the expansive salt flats seen in ''The Ballad of Big Al''), and sauropods remained very successful and widespread until the end of the Cretaceous; only in North America did they seem to decline, and even then ''Alamosaurus'' returned to dominate the southern part of the continent in the last few million years.
** "Cruel Sea": The ''Liopleurodon'' is portrayed as being far larger than the largest pliosaurs, even from inflated estimates of the time (which ranged up to ''maybe'' 20 meters for the very largest), although it's handwaved as a century-old giant that is big even for his kind (presumably relying on the idea of reptiles continuing to grow as they age).
** "Spirits of the Ice Forest":
*** ''Steropodon'' is portrayed as a scavenging raccoon-like mammal (played by a real-life coatimundi) when in actuality, it was a relative of the ''platypus''. Posterior studies would latter show that Mesozoic monotremes lacked a beak like that of its living relatives, so at least it would have looked a bit like a "normal" mammal, though still probably not like a coati.
*** The episode states that allosaur predators were rare during the Cretaceous, and only in remote refugium like the polar forests do they still hold out. Unless the narrator meant ''Allosaurus'' specifically, this is a ridiculously incorrect statement since large carnosaurs were more successful than ever during the Early-Mid Cretaceous (this is partly due to the classification of carcharodontosaurs as allosaurs being controversial at the time, but it's now widely accepted).
*** The ending implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about ten million years ago). They disappeared for the same reason why the non-avian dinosaurs did at the end of the Cretaceous.
** "Giant of the Skies":
*** It's stated that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
*** The end implies by its wording that dinosaurs did not reach some landmasses, such as Antarctica, until the Cretaceous Period, but fossils of Antarctic dinosaurs had already been discovered dating from far earlier (such as ''Cryolophosaurus'', from the Early Jurassic).
*** A tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) is present as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** "Death of a Dynsasty": Hell Creek is portrayed as being a volcanic wasteland, but there is very little evidence of this (volcanic ash has been found in the formation, but it's believed to have been the result of ash thrown up by the asteroid impact). While there was intense volcanism near the end of the Cretaceous, it was in India (namely, the Deccan Traps), on the other side of the planet, and its effect on dinosaur diversity is heavily contested, even at the time.
** "Time of Titans":
*** The ''Diplodocus'' is portrayed with a row of iguana-like spines running down its back and neck. This is based on a fossil of a still unidentified diplodocid tail with skin impressions from the Morrison Formation described in 1992. Their presence on ''Diplodocus'' specifically, and running down the back and neck, is speculative, although certainly possible, but the restoration makes one crucial error: it omits the spines from the end of the tail, the ''only'' place they're known from for sure in the actual fossil.
** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
**
** The same episode has a tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** The ending of "Spirits of the Ice Forest" implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about 10 million years ago). The only reason they disappeared is the same reason all the non-avian dinosaurs disappeared.
** The end of "Time of Titans"
** "Cruel Sea": The ''Liopleurodon'' is portrayed as being far larger than the largest pliosaurs, even from inflated estimates of the time (which ranged up to ''maybe'' 20 meters for the very largest), although it's handwaved as a century-old giant that is big even for his kind (presumably relying on the idea of reptiles continuing to grow as they age).
** "Spirits of the Ice Forest":
*** ''Steropodon'' is portrayed as a scavenging raccoon-like mammal (played by a real-life coatimundi) when in actuality, it was a relative of the ''platypus''. Posterior studies would latter show that Mesozoic monotremes lacked a beak like that of its living relatives, so at least it would have looked a bit like a "normal" mammal, though still probably not like a coati.
*** The episode states that allosaur predators were rare during the Cretaceous, and only in remote refugium like the polar forests do they still hold out. Unless the narrator meant ''Allosaurus'' specifically, this is a ridiculously incorrect statement since large carnosaurs were more successful than ever during the Early-Mid Cretaceous (this is partly due to the classification of carcharodontosaurs as allosaurs being controversial at the time, but it's now widely accepted).
*** The ending implies that the polar dinosaurs of Antarctica became extinct when Antarctica drifted south and glaciated, but this didn't occur in reality until long after non-avian dinosaurs had become extinct (Antarctica did not become completely glaciated until about ten million years ago). They disappeared for the same reason why the non-avian dinosaurs did at the end of the Cretaceous.
** "Giant of the Skies":
*** It's stated that pterosaurs with wingspans of 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a 6 meters wingspan were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
*** The end implies by its wording that dinosaurs did not reach some landmasses, such as Antarctica, until the Cretaceous Period, but fossils of Antarctic dinosaurs had already been discovered dating from far earlier (such as ''Cryolophosaurus'', from the Early Jurassic).
*** A tuatara (portrayed with stock footage of a modern tuatara) is present as a filler species. However, it's not based on any animal actually known to have existed in Australia at the time (at best, there's a humerus of a possible lepidosaur known from early strata, but this could be a lizard too, and has been suggested to a small theropod), it's based entirely on the tuatara's status as a "living fossil" and the assumption it was in the region since the Mid Cretaceous.
** "Death of a Dynsasty": Hell Creek is portrayed as being a volcanic wasteland, but there is very little evidence of this (volcanic ash has been found in the formation, but it's believed to have been the result of ash thrown up by the asteroid impact). While there was intense volcanism near the end of the Cretaceous, it was in India (namely, the Deccan Traps), on the other side of the planet, and its effect on dinosaur diversity is heavily contested, even at the time.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', the young ''Diplodocus'' is attacked by an ''Allosaurus'' and is saved when another ''Diplodocus'' knocks the ''Allosaurus'' down with its tail.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', the The young ''Diplodocus'' is attacked by an ''Allosaurus'' and is saved when another ''Diplodocus'' knocks the ''Allosaurus'' down with its tail.
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** Ultimately the ending to the series with the K-Pg Extinction event--the prehistoric dinosaurs are gone for good, but their lineage lives on in the birds and their extinction paved the way for the mammals (and by extension humans) to take over in their stead.
* BloodierAndGorier: Several scenes of mild or implied violence and death from the TV series were described in rather graphic detail in the accompanying book ''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''. Compare, for example, the scene of fight between female ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the armoured herbivore ''Ankylosaurus'' from the TV series with their fight in the book. Meanwhile, the poor ''Ornithocheirus''--as if he hadn't [[TheWoobie suffered enough]]--dies not just of exhaustion, but of more or less getting ''torn apart'' by the rival males!
* BloodierAndGorier: Several scenes of mild or implied violence and death from the TV series were described in rather graphic detail in the accompanying book ''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''. Compare, for example, the scene of fight between female ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the armoured herbivore ''Ankylosaurus'' from the TV series with their fight in the book. Meanwhile, the poor ''Ornithocheirus''--as if he hadn't [[TheWoobie suffered enough]]--dies not just of exhaustion, but of more or less getting ''torn apart'' by the rival males!
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** Ultimately the ending to the series with the K-Pg Extinction event--the event -- the prehistoric dinosaurs are gone for good, but their lineage lives on in the birds and their extinction paved the way for the mammals (and by extension humans) to take over in their stead.
* BloodierAndGorier: Several scenes of mild or implied violence and death from the TV series were described in rather graphic detail in the accompanying book ''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''. Compare, for example, the scene of fight between female ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the armoured herbivore ''Ankylosaurus'' from the TV series with their fight in the book. Meanwhile, the poor''Ornithocheirus''--as ''Ornithocheirus -- as if he hadn't [[TheWoobie suffered enough]]--dies enough -- dies not just of exhaustion, but of more or less getting ''torn apart'' by the rival males!
* BloodierAndGorier: Several scenes of mild or implied violence and death from the TV series were described in rather graphic detail in the accompanying book ''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''. Compare, for example, the scene of fight between female ''Tyrannosaurus'' and the armoured herbivore ''Ankylosaurus'' from the TV series with their fight in the book. Meanwhile, the poor
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** The first dinosaur we see (during the scenes in the first episode which outline what the series is going to be about) is a Tyrannosaurus. The last dinosaurs to be shown (unless you count the shots of modern birds at the end) are two juvenile Tyrannosaurus, who get swept away by the blast wave from the comet strike.
* CreatorProvincialism: The pilot episode was set in the Oxford Clay Formation, located in England, and the series was produced by Creator/TheBBC. The actual series mostly averts this though, being set mostly around the world (although still mostly in English-speaking countries).
* CreatorProvincialism: The pilot episode was set in the Oxford Clay Formation, located in England, and the series was produced by Creator/TheBBC. The actual series mostly averts this though, being set mostly around the world (although still mostly in English-speaking countries).
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** The first dinosaur we see (during the scenes in the first episode which outline what the series is going to be about) is a Tyrannosaurus. ''Tyrannosaurus''. The last dinosaurs to be shown (unless you count the shots of modern birds at the end) are two juvenile Tyrannosaurus, ''Tyrannosaurus'', who get swept away by the blast wave from the comet strike.
* CreatorProvincialism: The pilot episodewas is set in the Oxford Clay Formation, located in England, and the series was produced by Creator/TheBBC. The actual series mostly averts this though, being set mostly around the world (although still mostly in English-speaking countries).
* CreatorProvincialism: The pilot episode
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** "New Blood contained the deaths of all the cynodont young (one by being eaten by the ''Coelophysis'', the rest eaten by their ''own parents'' in the uncut UK Broadcast/DVD). The Coelophysis themselves are also cannibals.
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** "New Blood contained Blood" contains the deaths of all the cynodont young (one by being eaten by the ''Coelophysis'', the rest eaten by their ''own parents'' in the uncut UK Broadcast/DVD). The Coelophysis themselves are also cannibals.
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*** In the original cut, the female tyrannosaur goes into heat because a leak of volcanic gas kills her first litter of eggs before they hatch. Then two ''Didelphodon'' come and [[{{Squick}} try to eat the almost-formed tyrannosaur embryos]].
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* DyingAlone: Poor ''Ornithocheirus''.
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* EatsBabies: The ''Coelophysis'', cynodonts, ''Allosaurus'', ''Didelphodon'', and [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Hell Creek dromaeosaurids]] all get to feed on babies and juveniles. In some cases, [[IAmAHumanitarian those of their own kind]]. (Or even ''their own''.)
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* EatsBabies: EatsBabies:
** The ''Coelophysis'', cynodonts, ''Allosaurus'', ''Didelphodon'', and [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Hell Creek dromaeosaurids]] all get to feed on babies and juveniles. In some cases, [[IAmAHumanitarian those of their own kind]]. (Or even ''their own''.)
** The ''Coelophysis'', cynodonts, ''Allosaurus'', ''Didelphodon'', and [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Hell Creek dromaeosaurids]] all get to feed on babies and juveniles. In some cases, [[IAmAHumanitarian those of their own kind]]. (Or even ''their own''.)
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--->But nature is seldom wasteful. They have become food for the next generation.
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* FeatheredFiend: The primitive bird ''Iberomesornis'' in ''Giant of the Skies'' fit the ZergRush type of this.
** Technically also ''Ornitholestes'', ''Utahraptor'', and the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurids, even though many of them were depicted as [[ScienceMarchesOn unfeathered]] or [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology only sparsely feathered]].
** Technically also ''Ornitholestes'', ''Utahraptor'', and the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurids, even though many of them were depicted as [[ScienceMarchesOn unfeathered]] or [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology only sparsely feathered]].
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%%** The primitive bird ''Iberomesornis'' in ''Giant of the Skies'' fit the ZergRush type of
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%%** Technically also ''Ornitholestes'', ''Utahraptor'', and the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurids, even though many of them were depicted as [[ScienceMarchesOn unfeathered]] or [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology only sparsely feathered]].%%"Technically except they don't" -- do they fit? If so, how?
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** The ''Cryptoclidus'' is clumsy on land, but graceful in the water ([[ScienceMarchesOn although no one considers it likely anymore]] that plesiosaurs could crawl on land).
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** The ''Cryptoclidus'' is are clumsy on land, but graceful in the water ([[ScienceMarchesOn although no one considers it likely anymore]] that plesiosaurs could crawl on land).
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* MamaBear: The female ''Tyrannosaurus''. Deconstructed, as her valiant attempt to scare an ''Ankylosaurus'' away from her infants ends up killing her, and it's implied that her babies would have starved to death without her to protect them. Only implied, because they're soon killed by the meteorite anyway.
** The female ''Tyrannosaurus'' also displays the trait in the live arena show, when she scares away a ''Torosaurus'' and an ''Ankylosaurus'' that are harassing her baby.
** The female ''Tyrannosaurus'' also displays the trait in the live arena show, when she scares away a ''Torosaurus'' and an ''Ankylosaurus'' that are harassing her baby.
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* MamaBear: The female ''Tyrannosaurus''. Deconstructed, as her valiant attempt to scare an ''Ankylosaurus'' away from her infants ends up killing her, and it's implied that her babies would have starved to death without her to protect them. Only implied, because they're soon killed by the meteorite anyway.
**anyway. The female ''Tyrannosaurus'' also displays the trait in the live arena show, when she scares away a ''Torosaurus'' and an ''Ankylosaurus'' that are harassing her baby.
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* MisplacedWildlife: European dinosaurs ''Plateosaurus'', and ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeAnkylosaurs Polacanthus]]'' and the equally European pterosaurs ''Peteinosaurus'' and ''Anurognathus'', all placed in North America in the show, not to mention ''Utahraptor'', of all things, in Europe. The ''Peteinosaurus'' and ''Plateosaurus'' examples may be justified, since they lived at the time of Pangaea. They could easily have migrated from Europe into North America or vice versa, although no fossil evidence of this has been found. ''Polacanthus'' in North America may be based on the genus ''Hoplitosaurus'', an ankylosaur often referred to by the European genus. The American narration refers to the ankylosaur as ''Gastonia'', a similar animal from the proper time and place (or at least, was ''thought'' to be the proper time [[ScienceMarchesOn back then]]).
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* MisplacedWildlife: The European dinosaurs ''Plateosaurus'', ''Plateosaurus'' and ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeAnkylosaurs Polacanthus]]'' and the equally European pterosaurs ''Peteinosaurus'' and ''Anurognathus'', ''Anurognathus'' are all placed in North America in the show, not to mention America. ''Utahraptor'', of all things, a North American genus, is likewise placed in Europe. The ''Peteinosaurus'' and ''Plateosaurus'' examples may be justified, since they lived at the time of Pangaea. They could easily have migrated from Europe into North America or vice versa, although no fossil evidence of this has been found. ''Polacanthus'' in North America may be based on the genus ''Hoplitosaurus'', an ankylosaur often referred to by the European genus. The American narration refers to the ankylosaur as ''Gastonia'', a similar animal from the proper time and place (or at least, was ''thought'' to be the proper time [[ScienceMarchesOn back then]]).
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** The mother ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the final episode will, according to the narration, quickly come to view her offspring as "food"[[labelnote:note]]more likely, she would have tolerated them until they were large enough to be considered competition and chased away[[/labelnote]], though this turns out to be a moot point as she is fatally injured by an ''Ankylosaurus'''s club-like tail. It is also implied that the weakest of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' babies was killed and eaten by its siblings.
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** The mother ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the final episode will, according to the narration, quickly come to view her offspring as "food"[[labelnote:note]]more "food"[[note]]more likely, she would have tolerated them until they were large enough to be considered competition and chased away[[/labelnote]], away[[/note]], though this turns out to be a moot point as she is fatally injured by an ''Ankylosaurus'''s club-like tail. It is also implied that the weakest of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' babies was killed and eaten by its siblings.
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* MythArc: Thanks to the narrative of the series, the Mezozoic era is this. The evolution, success and decline of dinosaurs can be tracked throughout the series, as is the changing of things to become more modern such as the emergence of plants, grasses, small background mammals, and the continents.
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* MythArc: Thanks to the narrative of the series, the Mezozoic Mesozoic era is this. The evolution, success and decline of dinosaurs can be tracked throughout the series, as is the changing of things to become more modern such as the emergence of plants, grasses, small background mammals, and the continents.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:The fight between female ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Ankylosaurus'' ends up this way in the book that accompanied the TV series.]]
* NobodyPoops: Averted in "Time of the Titans". Not only do they show a full view of a ''Diplodocus'' defecating twice, but they also show the pile of dung and the dung beetles crawling all over it.
* NobodyPoops: Averted in "Time of the Titans". Not only do they show a full view of a ''Diplodocus'' defecating twice, but they also show the pile of dung and the dung beetles crawling all over it.
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* NobodyPoops: Averted in "Time of the Titans". Not only do they show a full view of a ''Diplodocus'' defecating twice, but they also show the pile of dung and the dung beetles crawling all over it.
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* OutsideContextVillain: Almost every episode features a natural disaster that puts at risk both prey and predator - a drought in "New Blood", a forest fire in "Time of the Titans", a tropical storm in "Cruel Sea", the polar winter in "Spirits of the Ice Forest", and the volcanic activity and meteor strike in "Death of a Dynasty". Only "Giant of the Skies" did not have a natural disaster.
* PaletteSwap: Similar looking animals (like ''Utahraptor'' and ''Dromaeosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'' and ''Australovenator'', various ornithopods) were just these. Certain animals (like large theropods and ornithopods) only got new heads. You can tell, because many creatures have the exact same folds and blood vessels on their skin. Then, there is ''Plesiopleurodon'', which is just StockFootage of ''Liopleurodon'' from the previous episode, only tinted lighter.
** ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is the worst offender, as in its case it's obvious that the animators didn't have much time; it's just the ''Ornithocheirus'' from "Giant of the Skies" with a few minor tweaks. They didn't even edit out the teeth!
* PapaWolf: The male cynodont. Until the ''Coelophysis'' discover the burrow and he decides that the young aren't worth defending anymore, at least...
* PleaseWakeUp: The baby T-Rexes continue to hang around their dead mother, waiting for the corpse to get up. Averted in the book, where they begin to feed on the body, showing that they are aware that their mother has died.
* PaletteSwap: Similar looking animals (like ''Utahraptor'' and ''Dromaeosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'' and ''Australovenator'', various ornithopods) were just these. Certain animals (like large theropods and ornithopods) only got new heads. You can tell, because many creatures have the exact same folds and blood vessels on their skin. Then, there is ''Plesiopleurodon'', which is just StockFootage of ''Liopleurodon'' from the previous episode, only tinted lighter.
** ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is the worst offender, as in its case it's obvious that the animators didn't have much time; it's just the ''Ornithocheirus'' from "Giant of the Skies" with a few minor tweaks. They didn't even edit out the teeth!
* PapaWolf: The male cynodont. Until the ''Coelophysis'' discover the burrow and he decides that the young aren't worth defending anymore, at least...
* PleaseWakeUp: The baby T-Rexes continue to hang around their dead mother, waiting for the corpse to get up. Averted in the book, where they begin to feed on the body, showing that they are aware that their mother has died.
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* OutsideContextVillain: Almost every episode features a natural disaster that puts at risk both prey and predator - -- a drought in "New Blood", a forest fire in "Time of the Titans", a tropical storm in "Cruel Sea", the polar winter in "Spirits of the Ice Forest", and the volcanic activity and meteor strike in "Death of a Dynasty". Only "Giant of the Skies" did not have a natural disaster.
* PaletteSwap: Similar looking animals (like ''Utahraptor'' and ''Dromaeosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'' and ''Australovenator'', various ornithopods) were just these. Certain animals (like large theropods and ornithopods) only got new heads. You can tell, because many creatures have the exact same folds and blood vessels on their skin. Then, there is ''Plesiopleurodon'', which is just StockFootage of ''Liopleurodon'' from the previous episode, only tinted lighter. \n** ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is the worst offender, most notable case, as in its case in it's obvious that the animators didn't have much time; it's just the ''Ornithocheirus'' from "Giant of the Skies" with a few minor tweaks. They didn't even edit out the teeth!
* PapaWolf: The malecynodont.cynodont ferociously defends its burrow, mate, and litter from inquisitive predators. Until the ''Coelophysis'' discover the burrow and he decides that the young aren't worth defending anymore, at least...
* PleaseWakeUp: The babyT-Rexes tyrannosaurs continue to hang around their dead mother, waiting for the corpse to get up. Averted in the book, where they begin to feed on the body, showing that they are aware that their mother has died.
* PaletteSwap: Similar looking animals (like ''Utahraptor'' and ''Dromaeosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'' and ''Australovenator'', various ornithopods) were just these. Certain animals (like large theropods and ornithopods) only got new heads. You can tell, because many creatures have the exact same folds and blood vessels on their skin. Then, there is ''Plesiopleurodon'', which is just StockFootage of ''Liopleurodon'' from the previous episode, only tinted lighter.
* PapaWolf: The male
* PleaseWakeUp: The baby
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* RedHerring: ''Eustreptospondylus'' being shown during the opening narration of ''Cruel Sea'', with Kenneth Branagh talking about "the most fearsome predator of the Jurassic" that "is watching his prey". Only a few moments later it becomes obvious that [[spoiler:this narration ''wasn't'' about ''Eustreptospondylus'', but instead about ''Liopleurodon'']]
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* RedHerring: ''Eustreptospondylus'' being is shown during the opening narration of ''Cruel Sea'', with Kenneth Branagh talking about "the most fearsome predator of the Jurassic" that "is watching his prey". Only a few moments later it becomes obvious that [[spoiler:this narration ''wasn't'' about ''Eustreptospondylus'', but instead about ''Liopleurodon'']]''Liopleurodon'']].
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** Female ''T. rexes'' are portrayed as being [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale larger and more aggressive]] than their male counterparts. It was a popular idea at the time, but [[ScienceMarchesOn there's very little support for this nowadays]].
** Female ''Ornithocheirus'' are depicted as lacking the keel-like crests that the males have on their beaks, while female ''Tapejaras'' have smaller head crests than their male counterparts (both cases are purely speculative, although it is known in the distantly related ''Pteranodon'').
** Female ''Ornithocheirus'' are depicted as lacking the keel-like crests that the males have on their beaks, while female ''Tapejaras'' have smaller head crests than their male counterparts (both cases are purely speculative, although it is known in the distantly related ''Pteranodon'').
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** Female ''T. rexes'' rex'' are portrayed as being [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale larger and more aggressive]] than their male counterparts. It was a popular idea at the time, but [[ScienceMarchesOn there's very little support for this nowadays]].
** Female ''Ornithocheirus'' are depicted as lacking the keel-like crests that the males have on their beaks, while female''Tapejaras'' ''Tapejara'' have smaller head crests than their male counterparts (both cases are purely speculative, although it is known in the distantly related ''Pteranodon'').
** Female ''Ornithocheirus'' are depicted as lacking the keel-like crests that the males have on their beaks, while female
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** The episode "Giant of the Skies" was about an ''Ornithocheirus ''traveling halfway across the globe enduring various hardships in order to reach the mating grounds only to [[spoiler:have it driven away and eventually dying from starvation and exhaustion, and it never got to mate a single time. However, the narrator does state that it managed to mate in previous mating cycles many times before, and some of its own young were among those in the mating rounds.]]
** The Mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in "Death Of A Dynasty". After a nest she built prior to the start of the episode fails, she mates again and lays a fresh clutch of eggs. Unfortunately, however, out of the twelve eggs that she lays, nine of them fail to hatch, of the three that do, the youngest one doesn't last long and is implied to have been killed by its own siblings. Shortly afterwards, the mother herself is fatally injured while defending her last two young from an ''Ankylosaurus'' and suffers a slow agonizing death shortly afterwards. And, the very next day, the asteroid impact that caused the K-T Mass Extinction kills both of her only surviving offspring. As the book puts it, "Her long struggle to reproduce has come to nothing."
** The Mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in "Death Of A Dynasty". After a nest she built prior to the start of the episode fails, she mates again and lays a fresh clutch of eggs. Unfortunately, however, out of the twelve eggs that she lays, nine of them fail to hatch, of the three that do, the youngest one doesn't last long and is implied to have been killed by its own siblings. Shortly afterwards, the mother herself is fatally injured while defending her last two young from an ''Ankylosaurus'' and suffers a slow agonizing death shortly afterwards. And, the very next day, the asteroid impact that caused the K-T Mass Extinction kills both of her only surviving offspring. As the book puts it, "Her long struggle to reproduce has come to nothing."
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** The episode "Giant of the Skies" was is about an ''Ornithocheirus ''traveling ''Ornithocheirus'' traveling halfway across the globe enduring various hardships in order to reach the mating grounds only to [[spoiler:have it driven away and eventually dying from starvation and exhaustion, and it never got to mate a single time. However, the narrator does state that it managed to mate in previous mating cycles many times before, and some of its own young were among those in the mating rounds.]]
** TheMother story of the mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in "Death Of A of a Dynasty". After a nest she built prior to the start of the episode fails, she mates again and lays a fresh clutch of eggs. Unfortunately, however, out of the twelve eggs that she lays, nine of them fail to hatch, of the three that do, the youngest one doesn't last long and is implied to have been killed by its own siblings. Shortly afterwards, the mother herself is fatally injured while defending her last two young from an ''Ankylosaurus'' and suffers a slow agonizing death shortly afterwards. And, the very next day, the asteroid impact that caused the K-T Mass Extinction kills both of her only surviving offspring. As the book puts it, "Her long struggle to reproduce has come to nothing."
** The
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* TailSlap: An adult ''Diplodocus'' saves a younger one from an ''Allosaurus'' this way.
** A young ''Diplodocus'' is collateral damage to a ''Stegosaurus'' thagomizer.
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: Branagh refers to the sauropods as "a great family of dinosaurs" in the original WWD. "Infraorder" would be more appropriate.
** Still better than in some of the dubbed versions, which call sauropods a ''species''.
* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: A mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is the main character of the final episode. In the outro for "Spirits of the Ice Forest", the narrator describes ''T. rex'' as "the most terrifying predator that has ever walked the Earth."
* ThirstyDesert: In the episode ''New Blood'', much of the world is reduced to this, due to being a supercontinent. In the episode, it's mentioned the drought is particularly bad this year.
** A young ''Diplodocus'' is collateral damage to a ''Stegosaurus'' thagomizer.
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: Branagh refers to the sauropods as "a great family of dinosaurs" in the original WWD. "Infraorder" would be more appropriate.
** Still better than in some of the dubbed versions, which call sauropods a ''species''.
* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: A mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is the main character of the final episode. In the outro for "Spirits of the Ice Forest", the narrator describes ''T. rex'' as "the most terrifying predator that has ever walked the Earth."
* ThirstyDesert: In the episode ''New Blood'', much of the world is reduced to this, due to being a supercontinent. In the episode, it's mentioned the drought is particularly bad this year.
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* TailSlap: An adult ''Diplodocus'' saves a younger one from an ''Allosaurus'' by lashing the predator with its whiplike tail. On the opposite end of this way.
** Atrope, a young ''Diplodocus'' is collateral damage to a ''Stegosaurus'' thagomizer.
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: Branagh refers to the sauropods as "a great family of dinosaurs" in the original WWD. "Infraorder" would be moreappropriate.
**appropriate. Still better than in some of the dubbed versions, which call sauropods a ''species''.
* TerrifyingTyrannosaur:A mother ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is the main character of the final episode. In the outro for "Spirits of the Ice Forest", the narrator describes ''T. rex'' as "the most terrifying predator that has ever walked the Earth."
* ThirstyDesert: In the episode ''New Blood'', much of the world is reduced tothis, empty and arid desert, due to being a supercontinent. In Fertile areas, such as the episode, it's mentioned one that the drought episode is particularly bad this year.set in, exist around coasts and rivers, but are still subject to periodic droughts.
** A
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: Branagh refers to the sauropods as "a great family of dinosaurs" in the original WWD. "Infraorder" would be more
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* ThirstyDesert: In the episode ''New Blood'', much of the world is reduced to
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** The ''Coelophysis'' against the dying ''Postosuchus''.
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** The individually small ''Coelophysis'' against attack the mighty but dying ''Postosuchus''.''Postosuchus'' in a large group, worrying at it from all sides until they bring the titan down.
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** A defensive variant is used by ''[[FeatheredFiend Iberomesornis]]'' on the old ''Ornithocheirus''.
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** A defensive variant is used by ''[[FeatheredFiend Iberomesornis]]'' on the old ''Ornithocheirus''.''Ornithocheirus'', which allows the tiny birds to mob and overwhelm the immense pterosaur.
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** The pilot short, which eventually got adapted into the episode "Cruel Sea", had the sauropod ''Cetiosaurus'' in it. For reasons unknown[[note]]Perhaps redundancy coming after ''Time of the Titans'' and not fitting right into the story[[/note]], it was omitted in the full program, as too were sauropods with high arched, swan-like necks.
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** The pilot short, which eventually got adapted into the episode "Cruel Sea", had the sauropod ''Cetiosaurus'' in it. For reasons unknown[[note]]Perhaps redundancy coming after ''Time of the Titans'' and not fitting right into the story[[/note]], it was omitted in the full program, as too were sauropods with high highly arched, swan-like necks.
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* AnachronismStew: The novelization does this with the ''landmasses''. Specifically, in "Giant of the Skies", North America is called Appalachia, but that name refers to the eastern half of the continent while it was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway between 100 and 70 million years ago. As the story takes place in 127 mya, Appalachia shouldn't technically exist yet. ''Laurentia'' would have been a more fitting term.
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** The novelization even does this with the ''landmasses''. Specifically, in "Giant of the Skies", North America is called Appalachia, but that name refers to the eastern half of the continent while it was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway between 100 and 70 million years ago. As the story takes place in 127 mya, Appalachia shouldn't technically exist yet. ''Laurentia'' would have been a more fitting term.
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* ApocalypseWow: The meteor impact scene in "Death of a Dynasty" is pretty awesome, and much more realistically shown than most other portraits in other documentaries, with the correct sequence of events: first the light, then the earth tremor, then the dust cloud and wind-storms, finally the melted rocks from the sky.
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* ApocalypseWow: The meteor impact scene in "Death of a Dynasty" is pretty awesome, and much more realistically shown than most other portraits in other documentaries, with the correct sequence of events: first the light, then the earth tremor, then the dust cloud and wind-storms, finally the melted rocks from the sky.
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** The novelization even does this with the ''landmasses''. Specifically, in "Giant of the Skies", North America is called Appalachia, but that name refers to the eastern half of the continent while it was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway between 100 and 70 million years ago. As the story takes place in 127 mya, Appalachia shouldn't technically exist yet.
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** The novelization even does this with the ''landmasses''. Specifically, in "Giant of the Skies", North America is called Appalachia, but that name refers to the eastern half of the continent while it was cut in half by the Western Interior Seaway between 100 and 70 million years ago. As the story takes place in 127 mya, Appalachia shouldn't technically exist yet. ''Laurentia'' would have been a more fitting term.
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** The ''Liopleurodon'' is portrayed far larger than the largest pliosaurs, even from inflated estimates of the time (which ranged up to ''maybe'' twenty metres for the very largest), although it's handwaved as a century-old giant that is big even for his kind (presumably relying on the idea of reptiles continuing to grow as they age).
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** The ''Liopleurodon'' is portrayed far larger than the largest pliosaurs, even from inflated estimates of the time (which ranged up to ''maybe'' twenty metres 20 meters for the very largest), although it's handwaved as a century-old giant that is big even for his kind (presumably relying on the idea of reptiles continuing to grow as they age).
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** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of six-metres plus were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, but during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a six-metre wingspan were exceptional (pterosaurs with 3-metre wingspans were widespread though).
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** It's stated that "Giant of the Skies" that pterosaurs with wingspans of six-metres plus 6+ meters were common by the Early Cretaceous. This is not true, pterosaurs of such a size did not become even remotely common until near the end of the Late Cretaceous, but in fact during the Early Cretaceous, pterosaurs with a six-metre 6 meters wingspan were were, instead, considered exceptional (pterosaurs with 3-metre 3 meters wingspans were widespread though).
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* GiantFlyer: Several giant pterosaurs (the correct name instead of "pterodactyl"). ''Ornithocheirus'' is the protagonist for one episode, portrayed as having a forty foot wingspan (nowadays, the specific ''Ornithocheirus'' species is known as ''Tropeognathus'', and it is believed to have a much smaller maximum wingspan of under thirty feet), and ''Quetzalcoatlus'' makes a small appearance in the last episode, portrayed with a thirteen metre wingspan (modern estimates put it at around eleven to ten metres in wingspan).
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* GiantFlyer: Several giant pterosaurs (the correct name instead of "pterodactyl"). ''Ornithocheirus'' is the protagonist for one episode, portrayed as having a forty foot wide wingspan (nowadays, the specific ''Ornithocheirus'' species is known as ''Tropeognathus'', and it is believed to have a much smaller maximum wingspan of under thirty feet), and ''Quetzalcoatlus'' makes a small appearance in the last episode, portrayed with a thirteen metre 13 meters wide wingspan (modern estimates put it at around eleven to ten metres 10-11 meters wide in wingspan).
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* TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed: "Death of a Dynasty" ends with the impact of the Chicxulub bolide and the K-Pg extinction.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The book is far more brutal than the television series.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The book is far more brutal than the television series.
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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The last episode, "Death of a Dynasty", is about the K-Pg extinction event. The episode begins a few months before the asteroid hits and ends with the extinction of the dinosaurs as the Earth is plunged into darkness by the rain of molten rock and burning ash. However, even before this, it's stated that increased global volcanism have decimated the forest habitats and greatly increased the incidences of stillbirths among dinosaurs, giving the impression the meteor was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
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** New Blood contained the deaths of all the cynodont young (one by being eaten by the ''Coelophysis'', the rest eaten by their ''own parents'' in the uncut UK Broadcast/DVD). The Coelophysis themselves are also cannibals.
** "Time of the Titans", obviously, with all the ''Diplodocus'' youngsters (called "sauropodlets" in the show), very few of whom reach adulthood, the rest having either fallen victim to other dinosaurs (mostly predators, though one is killed when it gets in the way of a Stegosaurus's spiked tail) or died in a forest fire. Even more so in the book, where [[spoiler: only one survives.]]
** "Time of the Titans", obviously, with all the ''Diplodocus'' youngsters (called "sauropodlets" in the show), very few of whom reach adulthood, the rest having either fallen victim to other dinosaurs (mostly predators, though one is killed when it gets in the way of a Stegosaurus's spiked tail) or died in a forest fire. Even more so in the book, where [[spoiler: only one survives.]]
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** New "New Blood contained the deaths of all the cynodont young (one by being eaten by the ''Coelophysis'', the rest eaten by their ''own parents'' in the uncut UK Broadcast/DVD). The Coelophysis themselves are also cannibals.
** "Time of theTitans", obviously, with Titans" has all the ''Diplodocus'' youngsters (called "sauropodlets" in the show), very few of whom reach adulthood, the rest having either fallen victim to other dinosaurs (mostly predators, though one is killed when it gets in the way of a Stegosaurus's spiked tail) or died in a forest fire. Even more so in the book, where [[spoiler: only one survives.]]
** "Time of the
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For the series' initial U.S. run on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel, the program was abridged to play in a 3-hour timeslot as a continuous two-hour-long special (divided into three separate episodes in reruns), and was largely rewritten to be more educational, the new narration handled by Creator/AveryBrooks. This version has remained exclusive to television and has had very miniscule appearances on streaming services. In addition, a LighterAndSofter cut aimed at children was released in 2002, ironically named ''Prehistoric Planet'', not to be confused with the [[Series/PrehistoricPlanet dinosaur documentary series of the same name]] released 20 years later (although that series is widely considered an updated SpiritualSuccessor to WWD).
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For the series' initial U.S. run on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel, the program was abridged to play in a 3-hour timeslot as a continuous two-hour-long special (divided into three separate episodes in reruns), and was largely rewritten to be more educational, the new narration handled by Creator/AveryBrooks. This version has remained exclusive to television and has had very miniscule appearances on streaming services. In addition, a LighterAndSofter cut aimed at children was released in 2002, ironically named ''Prehistoric Planet'', not to be confused with the [[Series/PrehistoricPlanet dinosaur documentary series of the same name]] released 20 years later (although that series is widely considered an updated SpiritualSuccessor to WWD).
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''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]][=/=]Creator/DiscoveryChannel SpeculativeDocumentary series focusing on... well... dinosaurs, using state-of-the-art CGI (by late-'90s standards) and animatronics to recreate Mesozoic life. It was narrated by Creator/KennethBranagh. Among the most expensive documentaries ever produced, the series nonetheless became a major hit, spawning the ''Franchise/WalkingWith'' franchise.
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''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]][=/=]Creator/DiscoveryChannel SpeculativeDocumentary series focusing on... well... dinosaurs, using state-of-the-art CGI (by late-'90s standards) and animatronics to recreate Mesozoic life. It was narrated by Creator/KennethBranagh. Among Creator/KennethBranagh, and is the most expensive documentaries ever produced, the series nonetheless became a major hit, spawning first entry in the ''Franchise/WalkingWith'' franchise.
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''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]][=/=]Creator/DiscoveryChannel SpeculativeDocumentary series focusing on... well... dinosaurs, using state-of-the-art CGI (by late-'90s standards) and animatronics to recreate Mesozoic life. It was narrated by Creator/KennethBranagh. Among the most expensive documentaries ever produced, the series nonetheless became a major hit, spawning a [[''Franchise/WalkingWith'' media franchise]] that would continue for most of the next decade.
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''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]][=/=]Creator/DiscoveryChannel SpeculativeDocumentary series focusing on... well... dinosaurs, using state-of-the-art CGI (by late-'90s standards) and animatronics to recreate Mesozoic life. It was narrated by Creator/KennethBranagh. Among the most expensive documentaries ever produced, the series nonetheless became a major hit, spawning a [[''Franchise/WalkingWith'' media franchise]] that would continue for most of the next decade.
''Franchise/WalkingWith'' franchise.
