Trivia / Dinosaur Planet

• Accidentally Correct Zoology:
  • The show’s portrayal of Tarascosaurus. It’s only known from one very fragmentary specimen (two dorsal vertebrae and a partial thigh bone), with an estimated length of only 3 meters, and it’s geologically older than Pyroraptor and Rhabdodon by close to 10 million years, on top of its fragmentary nature making its classification as an abelisaurid controversial. Likewise, at the time the show was made, the idea of abelisaurids existing in Late Cretaceous Europe was hotly debated (again, due to the extreme paucity of attributed specimens). Flash forward a decade later (2013), and French paleontologists describe Arcovenator, a 6-meter majungasaurine found in the same formation as Pyroraptor and Rhabdodon and the first indisputable European abelisaurid.
• Celebrity Voice Actor: Christian Slater is the narrator.
• No Budget: A number of models are reused for different related species throughout the series, recoloring them for different episodes (sometimes even within the same episode). This usually results in at least one of the species depicted being quite incorrect in its anatomical features.
  • The Saltasaurus from "Alpha's Egg" and "titanosaurs" (Ampelosaurus?) and Magyarosaurus from "Pod's Travels".
  • The Troodon from "Little Das' Hunt" and the dwarf troodontids from "Pod's Travels".
  • Alvarezsaurus ("Alpha's Egg") and Shuvuuia ("White Tip's Journey").
  • Mainland (Rhabdodon) and dwarf "Iguanodon" (Zalmoxes) in "Pod's Travels".
  • Allodaposuchus ("Pod's Travels") and Notosuchus ("Alpha's Egg").
  • Pyroraptor and the dwarf Pyroraptor in "Pod's Travels".
  • Aucasaurus ("Alpha's Egg") and the mainland and dwarf Tarascosaurus ("Pod's Travels").
  • Maiasaura and Edmontosaurus in "Little Das' Hunt".
• Science Marches On: While it was very up-to-date (some might even say ahead of its time) with its dinosaur portrayals, modern paleontology has made many discoveries since its debut. See here for details.
• Working Title: Prehistoric Worlds.

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