| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Lost World]] |
| 4 | !!''Spinosaurus'' |
| 5 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2625.JPG]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | The largest of the spinosaurs, large riverine theropods specialized in fishing rather than hunting on land (though it is still capable of the latter), and the largest carnivorous dinosaur. It lived in North Africa 95 million years ago. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Damaging its backsail is a good way to kill it. |
| 10 | * BigEater: Said to be able to "afford being wasteful" by the narrator. It doesn't bother to finish its captured fish during the wet season, because they are plentiful. However, this becomes a problem in the resource-scarce dry season. |
| 11 | * BiggerIsBetter: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. Its large size makes it invulnerable to predation and gives it an edge on fights against other carnivores, but doesn't spare him from fighting, and ultimately becomes a fatal burden during the dry season. |
| 12 | * BreakTheBadass: A borderline literal one; the poor thing gets its sail broken by ''Carcharodontosaurus'' and then slowly bleeds to death. |
| 13 | * CripplingOverspecialization: Its specialism is what ultimately leads to its species extinction, as well as the Spinosaurid dinosaurs as a whole. |
| 14 | ** JackOfAllStats: On the other hand, it is that very same specialization that allows ''Spinosaurus'' to fish in addition to hunting, scavenging and stealing carcasses on land. It may be worse at doing the jobs of ''Carcharodontosaurus'', ''Rugops'' and ''Sarcosuchus'', but it can do all three, unlike them. |
| 15 | * TheDreaded: Most of the other dinosaurs in the region flee when they see it. |
| 16 | * LastOfHisKind: It is also the last known spinosaur. A swan song for its group. |
| 17 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Part alligator, part crane, part grizzly bear. |
| 18 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Its jaws are very crocodile-like. |
| 19 | * PrehistoricMonster: Biggest carnivore on Earth that can rip a 28-foot-long sawfish to pieces in seconds? Certainly qualifies. |
| 20 | * PyrrhicVictory: While it successfully fends off a ''Carcharodontosaurus'', the sail injuries its opponent inflicted ultimately prove fatal. |
| 21 | * SavageSpinosaurs: Downplayed since it is just an animal trying to survive in its world. |
| 22 | * SeaMonster: A freshwater variant. It is shown swimming during one part of the episode. |
| 23 | * VillainProtagonist: Or at least as close as you can get to a villain in an animal documentary, as it's the main predator of the episode. |
| 24 | * WolverineClaws: Not as big as therizhinosaur claws, but certainly impressive by theropod standards. They make for the ''Spinosaurus'' weak jaws and give it victory over the ''Carcharodontosaurus''. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | !!''Carcharodontosaurus'' |
| 27 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2632.PNG]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | The ''second'' largest theropod in ''Spinosaurus'''s habitat. A more conventional carnivorous dinosaur that hunts inland. |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | * AllForNothing: The more powerful bite of the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' manages to kill the ''Spinosaurus'', but only after it makes the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' flee and the ''Spinosaurus'' eats the carcass they were fighting over. |
| 32 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: Not quite bigger, but it has a more lethal bite than its river-dwelling rival. |
| 33 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Zig-zagged. It is better at hunting on land than the ''Spinosaurus'' and has a more powerful bite, but the ''Spinosaurus'' is bigger, has devastating claws, and can also hunt on the marshaland. |
| 34 | * AttackItsWeakpoint: One does it accidentally, when it bites the backsail of the ''Spinosaurus'' while fighting for a carcass. The injury kills the ''Spinosaurus'', but only long after the ''Carcharodontosaurus'' has been driven away. |
| 35 | * DontGoInTheWoods: Inverted. It prefers the open plain and tends to stay out of the riverine forest. |
| 36 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: As is typical of giant dinosaurs. Just see "New Giants". |
| 37 | * PyrrhicVictory: Its victory over ''Spinosaurus'' is so delayed that it never learns it actually won. |
| 38 | * ThreateningShark: In name, at least. The name translates to "Shark-toothed lizard". |
| 39 | * TheWorfEffect: Delivers this to the ''Spinosaurus'', but not before getting badly injured. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | !!''Ouranosaurus'' |
| 42 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dpouranosaurus.png]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | A sailback duckbill dinosaur and a common prey in Early Cretaceous North Africa. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | * AnachronismStew: Not known from the same time as ''Spinosaurus'', as it lived over 10 million years prior. The only evidence of an iguanodont from the domain of ''Spinosaurus'' is a single cloven-shaped footprint similar in size to ''Iguanodon''. Suffice to say, we can't tell if its owner was similar to ''Ouranosaurus''. |
| 47 | * NonIndicativeName: Its name means "brave ''monitor'' lizard". It is not a monitor lizard, and it is anything but brave in the show. |
| 48 | * NotWorthKilling: During the wet season, one sees the ''Spinosaurus'' approaching and runs away. However, the ''Spinosaurus'' makes no effort to hunt it as it heads into the water to fish. |
| 49 | * RedShirt: The token prey animal of the bunch. |
| 50 | * RuleOfCool: One nonsensically panics and runs away after seeing the ''Spinosaurus'' walking in the area, who is then revealed to not even be interested in hunting ''Ouranosaurus''. This is made to establish the ''Spinosaurus'' as a large but peculiar predatory dinosaur. The following scene has the ''Ouranosaurus'' acting more realistically, wary of the ''Spinosaurus'' and watching it as it moves, but not wasting energy in fleeing unnecessarily. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | !!''Onchopristis'' |
| 53 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdonchopristis.png]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | An estuariane sawfish/sawshark relative depicted as the actual most common prey of ''Spinosaurus''. |
| 56 | ---- |
| 57 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Spinosaurus'' teaches it this the hard way. |
| 58 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Like both modern sawfish (rays) and sawsharks, ''Onchopristis'''s teeth protruded laterally from an elongated, flat muzzle similar to a chainsaw. |
| 59 | * RuleOfCool: ''Onchopristis'' was the largest of all fish on ''Spinosaurus'' habitat. We don't know how commonly ''Spinosaurus'' preyed on it rather than on smaller fish. Nevertheless, ''Onchopristis'' is a very common fossil and ''Spinosaurus'' was more than capable of taking it. The show justifies this as ''Spinosaurus'' hunting during ''Onchopristis'''s migration to desovate upriver, when they would be most common and vulnerable. |
| 60 | * SeaMonster: A giant sawfish. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | !!''Rugops'' |
| 63 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdrugops.png]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | A medium-sized abellisaurid theropod, depicted as a scavenger. |
| 66 | ---- |
| 67 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter[=/=]OvershadowedByAwesome: According to the narration, it has what it takes to be a dominant carnivore. However, since it has ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Carcharodontosaurus'' to contend with, it looks unimpressive by comparison, especially considering its scavenging habits. |
| 68 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Described as 8 meters long, when the actual animal was only 4.5 meters and even the highest past estimates put it at only 6 meters. Though there are fossils of a still unnamed abelisaurid from the domain of ''Spinosaurus'' that did grow this large. |
| 69 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Obligate scavengers are typically animals that can fly. Guess what ''Rugops'' wasn't able to do.[[note]]spoiler alert: flying[[/note]] |
| 70 | * ScavengersAreScum: Inverted. It is depicted as a scavenger, but this is actually done to make it ''more'' sympathetic, depicting it as an underdog who can only trail behind other dinosaurs for food. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | !!Unnamed crocodile |
| 73 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdcroc.jpg]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | A typical freshwater crocodile with a small scene in this episode and another in "New Giants." |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * CatScare: One jumps out of a pond as ''Spinosaurus'' walks by, looking ridiculous in comparison. |
| 78 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Zig-zagged. The ''Spinosaurus'' seems surprised at first, but only leaves because there is also a ''Sarcosuchus'' in the same pond. |
| 79 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: A true crocodile, unlike ''Spinosaurus''. |
| 80 | * NoNameGiven: Just called a crocodile in the show. Speculated to be ''Goniopholis'' by fans. |
| 81 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: It would be a feared crocodile in the modern day, but it looks puny next to ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Sarcosuchus''. |
| 82 | * ScyllaAndCharybdis: It has a ''Spinosaurus'' on land and an underwater ''Sarsosuchus'' behind, so it is understandable if it is a little moody. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | !!''Sarcosuchus'' |
| 85 | ->See "New Giants" |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | |
| 88 | !!Unnamed pterosaur |
| 89 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdpteroscavenger.png]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | An unnamed pterosaur, seen feeding on a sauropod carcass during the dry season. |
| 92 | ---- |
| 93 | * CirclingVultures: More like "Circling Pterosaurs". We meet them while they're scavenging a carcass. |
| 94 | * FailedASpotCheck: Despite its massive size, the ''Spinosaurus'' walks to and snatches one from behind whithout the pterosaur realizing. |
| 95 | * NoNameGiven: Not named in the show. Fans speculate that it is ''Alanqa'', an azhdarchoid from Morocco's Kem Kem beds, but ''Alanqa'' didn't have a head crest. It could match ''Apatorhamphus'', a chaoyangopterid from the same formation, but that thing was described after the show debuted. |
| 96 | * PaletteSwap: The same body plan is used in other episodes for chaoyangopterid pterosaurs, but painted differently to indicate it is a different species. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Feathered Dragons]] |
| 100 | !!''Epidexipteryx'' |
| 101 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdepidexipteryx.png]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | A monkey-sized, tree-dwelling theropod that hunted bark beetle larvae in China 154 million years ago. |
| 104 | ---- |
| 105 | * AsianBuckTeeth: It is the first Asian dinosaur we see in the series (from China, to be specific), and it just happens to have long upper front teeth that protrude over its lower jaw. It actually had only front teeth, while the rest of the jaws were toothless. |
| 106 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: One is robbed of its larva by another, then watches the thief dropping a second larva. When the first goes to the ground to get it, it is eaten by a ''Sinraptor''. |
| 107 | * CreepyLongFingers: Perfect for probing insect larvae. |
| 108 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Basically, a bird version of the aye-aye. |
| 109 | * ScienceMarchesOn: The discovery of close relative ''Yi qi'' with what appears to be membranous, bat-like wings raises the possibility that ''Epidexipteryx'' also had these, and was capable of gliding as a result. |
| 110 | * UglyCute: Small creature with large, bright eyes... CreepyLongFingers and buck teeth. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | !!''Sinraptor'' |
| 113 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsinraptor.png]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | A medium-sized theropod that hunts on the ground below ''Epidexipteryx''. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Said to be a relative of ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Actually a metrioacanthosaurid, and thus more related to ''Carcharodontosaurus'' or ''Allosaurus''. |
| 118 | * BigBad: Of the Late Jurassic China segment, in spite of its small size. |
| 119 | * DontGoInTheWoods: A vertical variant. ''Epidexipteryx'' is safe on the canopy because ''Sinraptor'' can't climb, but the moment it climbs down it is in mortal danger. |
| 120 | * NonIndicativeName: Despite its name and size being evocative of ([[RaptorAttack pop culture]]) ''Velociraptor'', it is more related to ''Allosaurus''. |
| 121 | * SuperpersistentPredator: Presuming the ''Sinraptor'' that gets the ''Epidexipteryx'' at the end is the same, this creature just spent most of the day chasing and stalking it. Even after it took refuge inside a hollowed tree and climbed another. |
| 122 | |
| 123 | !!''Xianglong'' |
| 124 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdxianglong.png]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | A tree lizard capable of extending its ribs to glide between trees, like modern flying lizards. It lived in China 120 million years ago. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | * AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife: The presence of ''Xianglong'' in this episode is correct. However, the model is reused in several other episodes as stand in for other lizards, regardless of continent or geological era. |
| 129 | * NotQuiteFlight: Its "wings" are rigid so it can only glide. |
| 130 | * NotWorthKilling: To ''Sinornithosaurus'', due to its small size. |
| 131 | * PropRecycling: See AnachronismStew above. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | !!''Microraptor'' |
| 134 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdmicroraptor.jpg]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | A raven-sized dromaeosaurid dinosaur with four wings, adapted to climbing and gliding between trees like its prey, ''Xianglong''. |
| 137 | ---- |
| 138 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Its wing feathers attach to the wrong finger and it has a head crest that the real animal lacked. |
| 139 | * BadassAdorable: It may look cute and cuddly, but as its prey often discovers, it's still a predator. |
| 140 | * CripplingOverspecialization: By transforming its hind legs in supporting wings, it can glide better than other non-avian dinosaurs. However, this results in it being barely able to walk on land, and its typical raptor retractile claws are so modified for climbing that they cannot be used for hunting or defense. |
| 141 | * TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: While chasing a ''Xianglong'' through the trees, one becomes a target of an even larger glider, ''Sinornithosaurus''. |
| 142 | * NotQuiteFlight: It can glide, but can't flap its wings. Still, since it has four wings it is a better glider than two-winged reptiles. |
| 143 | * ScienceMarchesOn: After the show came out, the same technique used to determine the original color of ''Sinornithosaurus'' was used for ''Microraptor''. To everyone's surprise, it was black and shiny. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | !!''Sinornithosaurus'' |
| 146 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsinornithosaurus.jpg]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | A chicken-sized, yet vicious dromaeosaurid capable of hunting both on the trees and on the ground. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * ApeShallNeverKillApe: It does not kill members of its other species in the show, however it is shown viciously chasing its barely smaller relative, ''Microraptor''. |
| 151 | * BigBad: Of the Early Cretaceous China segment, despite its size being even smaller than ''Sinraptor'''s. |
| 152 | * DeathFromAbove: Also a glider like ''Microraptor'', it seems to take special delight in jumping over its prey after a short "flight". |
| 153 | * FeatheredFiend: Feathery creature with a venomous bite. |
| 154 | * JackOfAllStats: It can glide almost as well as ''Microraptor'', it can also run and fight on the ground, it can team up with others to bring down bigger prey, and if that wasn't enough - it is venomous. |
| 155 | * KillerRabbit: And yet it'd look well in a bird cage. Until it became angry or hungry, at least. |
| 156 | * NotQuiteFlight: Like its smaller counterpart, it's a skilled glider. However, it can also run on the ground. |
| 157 | * PoisonedWeapons: Its bite is poisonous, allowing it to kill prey larger than itself with apparent little effort. |
| 158 | * PrehistoricMonster: A vicious, bird of prey-like predator with a venomous bite. |
| 159 | * RaptorAttack: It is depicted accurately, but it is obvious that the trope influence its absolutely villainous portrayal. |
| 160 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: It has this color scheme, and for once, it is based on actual fossil evidence. |
| 161 | * RuleOfCool: The venomous bite was first suggested in a [[RippedFromTheHeadlines 2009 paper]]. However, a rebuttal to this study was published in 2010. Though the original authors defended their claim, most dinosaur researchers remain [[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/were-feathered-dinosaurs-venomous-59931649/ skeptical]] and the idea is not widely accepted. Despite this, the show chose to depict ''Sinornithosaurus'' as venomous presumably because it was cooler. |
| 162 | * SuperpersistentPredator: Ultimately subverted. While one takes a lot of time and effort to give up on ''Microraptor'', it eventually does and sets its eyes on ''Jeholosaurus'' instead. |
| 163 | * VillainTeamUp: While apparently solitary, three end up flocking, killing, and eating a mother ''Jeholosaurus'' together. |
| 164 | |
| 165 | !!''Jeholosaurus'' |
| 166 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdjeholosaurus.png]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | A typical small ornithopod dinosaur, living on the forest underbush. |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * BaitAndSwitch: After chasing the ''Microraptor'' for most of the segment, the ''Sinornithosaurus'' gives up on the 11th hour and goes for a ''Jeholosaurus'' family. It seems to have its eyes on a distracted chick, but then teams up with other to kill its mother. |
| 171 | * HeroicSacrifice[=/=]MamaBear: The mother puts herself between her young and the ''Sinornithosaurus'', dying in the process. |
| 172 | * InferredHolocaust: The chicks depend on their mother for survival, so there are no guesses to what happened to them after she was killed. |
| 173 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The mother would have lived it she didn't care for her children. |
| 174 | * RedShirt: Like most ornithopods in dinosaur media, it shows up and is killed immediately. For once, the victim is given a more dignified sendoff, as a mother that dies trying to protect her children. |
| 175 | * VictimizedBystander: They are walking through the forest, minding their business... and then the ''Sinornithosaurus'' attacks. |
| 176 | * WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The cuter ''Microraptor'' was chased longer but was allowed to escape. ''Jeholosaurus'' was not as lucky on either account. |
| 177 | |
| 178 | !!''Saurornithoides'' |
| 179 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsaurornithoides.png]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | A typical troodontid theropod living on the fringes of the Mongolian desert, 85 million years ago. |
| 182 | ---- |
| 183 | * AnachronismStew: It is 10 million years too early. |
| 184 | * ButtMonkey: It has two of its eggs stolen before being unceremonously killed off. |
| 185 | * DidNotSeeThatComing[=/=]DeathByIrony[=/=]NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A parent chases away an ''Oviraptor'' that was eating its eggs, only to be caught by surprise, and eaten itself in one bite... by a passing ''Gigantoraptor'', a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gigantic version of the former]]. |
| 186 | * InferredHolocaust: Enjoy those free eggs, oviraptors. |
| 187 | * RedShirt: Its death (shocking or comical, depending of your take) is used to introduce ''Gigantoraptor'', possibly the largest feathered creature ever. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | !!''Oviraptor'' |
| 190 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdoviraptor.jpg]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | The well-known oviraptorid theropod. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * EatsBabies: Tries to eat ''Gigantoraptor's'' eggs. Succeeds in eating ''Saurornithoides'''. |
| 195 | * FeatheredFiend: Looks much like a bird and is used as an antagonist. |
| 196 | * {{Handwave}}: Probably anticipating criticism because it is a well known factoid that the original ''Oviraptor'' fossil was misnamed, due to a nesting mother being misinterpreted as an egg thief, the show cuts immediately to show [[ShownTheirWork recent fossil evidence]] that ''Oviraptor'' [[RightForTheWrongReasons actually ate troodontid eggs]] sometimes. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | !!''Gigantoraptor'' |
| 199 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdgigantoraptor.jpg]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | A... well, ''dinosaur''-sized relative of ''Oviraptor'', living in the same environment. At almost 4 meters tall, it is one of the largest feathered creatures of all time. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | * AcrophobicBird: Referenced, although it is not actually a bird. It has feathers, but they are used for display during mating and not for flight. Even if they were flight feathers, ''Gigantoraptor'' would be far too large to lift itself. |
| 204 | * AnimalsNotToScale: A rare real life version. It is similar to ''Oviraptor'' in everything, except it is 35 times its size. Its discovery is compared to finding a cow-sized mouse. |
| 205 | * BattleCouple: The parents take turns defending the nest, but when both of them get in on it you're better off running. |
| 206 | * DeathByIrony: The father's own parental instincts work against him when a sandstorm comes, burying him alive because he just couldn't bring himself to leave the eggs defenseless. |
| 207 | * FeatheredFiend: To their prey and any predator looking to make a meal of their eggs. |
| 208 | * GiantMook: Comes across as this in its EstablishingCharacterMoment, effortlessly killing a ''Saurornithoides'' that was chasing away an ''Oviraptor''. However, the ''Gigantoraptor'' is seen later keeping ''Oviraptor'' away from its own eggs. |
| 209 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: It flaps its wings to appear bigger and scare away predators. Not unusual for a chicken-sized animal, certainly weird for one that rivals ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in size. |
| 210 | * MamaBear and PapaWolf: Mess with their eggs and they'll mess you up. |
| 211 | * RuleOfCool: The death scene is based on fossils of the much smaller ''Oviraptor''. |
| 212 | * UglyCute: Their short, thick, only two teeth at the back of the mouth puts them into the territory. The [[CowTools exact use]] of these teeth is unclear. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Last Killers]] |
| 216 | !!''Daspletosaurus'' |
| 217 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dpdaspletosaurus.jpg]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | The first giant tyrannosaur and the apex predator in Alberta 75 million years ago. |
| 220 | ---- |
| 221 | * AnimalJingoism: The show attributes the evolution of tyrannosaurs towards greater size and bite force to an arms race with ceratopsians. |
| 222 | * BiggerIsBetter: To hunt, to fight other carnivores for a carcass, or to scare them away. |
| 223 | * NotMeThisTime: Though ''Daspletosaurus'' cause plenty of damage to the ''Centrosaurus'' herd on their own, most deaths are caused by the adverse weather. |
| 224 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: ''Daspletosaurus'' team up to bring down the larger and more difficult ceratopsians, but the cooperation disappears as soon as the prey is felled and they start fighting each other for the carcass. |
| 225 | * ZergRush: Their preferred strategy when they can't get a large ceratopsian individually, by surprise. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | !!''Chasmosaurus'' |
| 228 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dpchasmosaurus.jpg]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | A rhinoceros-sized ceratopsian hunted by ''Daspletosaurus''. |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * AnimalJingoism: Referenced. ''Chasmosaurus'' essentially plays the part of ''Triceratops'' in most dinosaur media: as prey and enemy of a giant tyrannosaur. Though interestingly, it still doesn't get tangled in a prolonged fight with them. It drives away one ''Daspletosaurus'' with a charge, and turns tail as soon as it realizes it is surrounded. |
| 233 | * HornAttack: Like any large ceratopsian, its SignatureAttack is this. |
| 234 | * OhCrap: When the ''Chasmosaurus'' realizes that there isn't just one ''Daspletosaurus'' in the area, or two... but an entire pack of them. And that they ''all'' are walking towards it... |
| 235 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: It immediately tries to run from the rushing ''Daspletosaurus''... |
| 236 | * ShaggyDogStory: ...but they hunt it successfully. |
| 237 | |
| 238 | !!''Troodon'' |
| 239 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdtroodon.jpg]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | An even more typical troodontid than ''Saurornithoides'' and the [[TropeNamer namer]] of the group. Two species appear: a southern one in Alberta, and a larger Arctic one in Alaska. |
| 242 | ---- |
| 243 | * EatsBabies: Though the Alaskan species is larger and hunts in groups, it is still unable to hunt adult ''Edmontosaurus'' and goes after their young only. |
| 244 | * FeatheredFiend: Although not very feathered. |
| 245 | * GrimUpNorth: The Alaskan species is twice the size of the Albertan one and the top predator of its environment, due to tyrannosaurs not being present there. |
| 246 | * KillerRabbit: Not very dangerous looking, but it (literally) keeps the large ''Edmontosaurus'' awake at night. |
| 247 | * PaletteSwap: The Albertan and Alaskan species use the same model with different plumage, which is also used for other troodontids in the series (''Saurornithoides'', ''Bradycneme''). |
| 248 | * RaptorAttack: It fulfils the role of popular culture raptors in the show, although it is smaller, not as powerful, and (for once), is shown to be unsuccessful. |
| 249 | * TheSmartGuy: The popular meme about ''Troodon'''s brain size is referenced, but the narrator claims that it is [[TakeThat not as noteworthy]] as its large eye size. |
| 250 | * ZergRush: The only way they can overpower young ''Edmontosaurus'', and it is still useless against the adults despite the large size of the Alaskan species. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | !!''Edmontosaurus'' |
| 253 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdedmontosaurus.jpg]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | An elephant-sized duckbill dinosaur that nests in the Arctic. Despite its size, the youngsters are vulnerable to ''Troodon'' attacks. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * HornAttack: Even though the species is completely hornless, a mother makes this to defend her young, and even manages to kill or seriously maim a ''Troodon''. |
| 258 | * MamaBear: Like its distant relative or ancestor ''Jeholosaurus'', the mothers are very protective of their young, and they successfully fend off a ''Troodon'' attack in the segment even though the ''Troodon'' delayed it until night to stake conditions in their favor. |
| 259 | * ShootTheShaggyDog: Despite being protected by the elders of the herd, the juvenile ''Edmontosaurus'' still dies later through the night after sustaining many injuries caused by the ''Troodon'' pack. |
| 260 | * SocialOrnithopod: The show goes to elaborate and explain why ''Edmontosaurus'' tend to travel in herds, which is to ensure the young's safety and because of their massive numbers, they travel together so that they could continue to nurture and sustain themselves in the long-run. |
| 261 | * ThrowTheDogABone: In dinosaur media, duckbills often appear as the RedShirt that gets killed easily by ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and [[RaptorAttack raptors]]. Here, they successfully defend themselves and each other against a ''Troodon'' attack. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | !!''Majungasaurus'' |
| 264 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdmajungasaurus.jpg]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | An abellisaurid dinosaur. Though small for large theropod standards, it is the apex predator of Madagascar 70 million years ago. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * BerserkButton: The mother was ready to leave the male alone with the carcass until it tried to attack one of [[MamaBear her chicks]]. |
| 269 | * BiggerIsBetter: The female uses her size to bully the ''Rahonavis'' out of a carcass without a fight, and the male then uses its own larger size to bully out the female. However, this is subverted when the female attacks the male by surprise and kills it. |
| 270 | * HisOwnWorstEnemy: At the start of the segment, the narration says that ''Majungasaurus'' was thought to be the apex predator of its environment until fossil bite marks were found in ''Majungasaurus'' bones. Marks that were later found to belong to [[IAmAHumanitarian another]] ''Majungasaurus''. |
| 271 | * MamaBear: The main one is a mother who kills a large male to protect her young. |
| 272 | * MonstrousCannibalism: Subverted. A mother ''Majungasaurus'' kills and eats a large male ''Majungasaurus'' partly because he was a threat to her young and partly because the family was starving due to the drought. |
| 273 | * ThirstyDesert: During the Late Cretaceous, western Madagascar is already a desert, but it is subjected to even worse droughts than today. The segment takes place during one of these. |
| 274 | * UglyCute: The chicks for sure. The adults also fall into this or NightmareRetardant, due to their short face, large forward facing eyes, shark-like mouth and teeth, and comically short arms and head horn. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!''Rahonavis'' |
| 277 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdrahonavis.jpg]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | A small, opportunistic bird-like theropod from Madagascar. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * AcrophobicBird: Debate continues about whether ''Rahonavis'' was a bird-like dinosaur or an actual bird, and whether it was capable of flight, with some even making the astonishing claim that the answer is yes to both (and as a result, flight either appeared twice on the near-bird lineage, or once and was abandoned in non-birds). The show avoids the topic altogether and has ''Rahonavis'' never attempting to fly. |
| 282 | * CirclingVultures: The ''Majungasaurus'' mother follows a flock to a sauropod carcass. |
| 283 | * NoisyNature: While running downhill, they produce rattlesnake noises even though they have no way or reason to. |
| 284 | * PropRecycling: They use the same model as ''Sinornithosaurus'', colors and all. |
| 285 | |
| 286 | !!''Centrosaurus'' |
| 287 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdcentrosaurus.png]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | A migratory ceratopsian that makes vast herds in North America. |
| 290 | ---- |
| 291 | * MortonsFork: The herd gets caught between hungry ''Daspletosaurus'' and a flooded plain that is inhabited by giant crocodiles, ''just'' as a terrible storm is starting to gather. |
| 292 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Many are killed by predators, and countless more by the elements. |
| 293 | * WeHaveReserves: While they stay in the group for safety, they will make no attempt to help one of their members in trouble. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | !!''Deinosuchus'' |
| 296 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pddeinosuchus.png]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | The (very) large crocodile likely seen hunting a ''Centrosaurus'' after the herd goes in the water. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * TheCameo[=/=]FreezeFrameBonus: It is just seen once from behind and could be easiy confused with a passing tree trunk (an actual one floats pass the herd just before this scene). |
| 301 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Oh, yes, never do. |
| 302 | * NoNameGiven: The species is never named (or even referenced) by the narrator, but ''Deinosuchus'' is the only possible candidate that fits geographic range and size. |
| 303 | * NotMeThisTime: While it takes advantage of the passing ''Centrosaurus'', most die to the storm. |
| 304 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: By the storm, and by the ''Daspletosaurus''. Just think how much shadow they can cast, if the narrator feels no reason to mention ''dinosaur-eating giant crocodiles''. |
| 305 | * PropRecycling: Reuses the model of the smaller African crocodile seen in "Lost World" and "New Giants". |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Fight for Life]] |
| 309 | !!''Squatina'' |
| 310 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsquatina.jpg]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | A small flattened shark from Late Jurassic Europe, 150 million years ago. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * LivingRelic: The genus still exists today, largely unchanged from the Jurassic. |
| 315 | * TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Introduced as an ambush predator, it is eaten after a brief chase by ''Kimmerosaurus''. |
| 316 | * ThreateningShark: Completely averted. Does not even get the benefit of looking scary, like the sharks in the ''Franchise/WalkingWith'' series. |
| 317 | * TheWorfEffect: Proudly following on the tradition set by the SpiritualPredecessor, it is introduced at the beginning and immediately eaten by the tetrapod sea monster of choice. |
| 318 | |
| 319 | !!''Kimmerosaurus'' |
| 320 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdkimmerosaurus.jpg]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | A typical, medium-sized plesiosaur. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: Bigger to ''Squatina'', smaller to Predator X. |
| 325 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Because they are too large to be shallowed whole, their predators dismember them alive. |
| 326 | * HiddenElfVillage: The ''Kimmerosaurus'' nurse in protected shallow waters that aren't accessible to their predators, but they must venture in dangerous deeper waters to feed themselves. |
| 327 | * TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: After catching a ''Squatina'', it must flee for its life from a threatening Predator X. |
| 328 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Like all plesiosaurs, it looks like someone crossed a snake with a sea turtle and gave it a crocodile head. |
| 329 | * OffWithHisHead: Its gruesome death at the jaws of Predator X is by decapitation. Surprisingly, this is based on actual fossil evidence. |
| 330 | |
| 331 | !!Predator X |
| 332 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdpredatorx.jpg]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | A giant, at the time unnamed pliosaur discovered in Svalbard. Apex predator of the Jurassic European seas. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * ALoveToDismember: Despite its enormous size, plesiosaurs are still too large for it be able to shallow them whole. Its hunting strategy is to attack from below repeatedly, stunning the prey and ripping off its flippers before going for the killing blow to the head. And even after that, it is forced to cut the body in at least two, before eating it. |
| 337 | * BigBad: Of its segment in the episode, although it arguably becomes a VillainProtagonist after stealing the spotlight from ''Kimmerosaurus''. |
| 338 | * TheDreaded: The ''Kimmerosaurus'' scatter the minute it shows up. |
| 339 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Giant crocodile-turtle thing, with a short neck unlike the plesiosaurs. |
| 340 | * OffWithHisHead: After ripping a back flipper from a ''Kimmerosaurus'', it takes out its head. This is based on a plesiosaur fossil consisting of a decapitated head with a few vertebrae attached - and nothing else. |
| 341 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Called "Predator X" because it had not been completely studied at the time the show came out, and was yet to receive a binomial name. |
| 342 | * ScienceMarchesOn: It was later published with the name ''Pliosaurus funkei''. |
| 343 | * SeaMonster: As straight as it goes. A fifty-foot aquatic super-predator. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | !!''Camptosaurus'' |
| 346 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdcamptosaurus.png]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | An ornithopod vegetarian dinosaur with keen senses, but no obvious means of defense. It is common in Late Jurassic North America. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * CatScare: As a default sentinel, it regularly watches for potential threats that turn out to be not. The "cats" include a pterosaur and another ''Camptosaurus'', both in the immediate prelude to an ''Allosaurus'' attack. |
| 351 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: The ''Allosaurus'''s jaws are actually too weak to kill with one bite, so the unlucky ''Camptosaurus'' gets hacked down in the back repeatedly before it dies from blood loss. This is like being hit with an ax that has several pointy knives attached. |
| 352 | * GoryDiscretionShot: How the ''Camptosaurus'' attacked by the ''Allosaurus'' ends up. The result is not shown, but very likely it was bitten in the head. |
| 353 | * LetsSplitUpGang: Its safety comes form numbers and hanging around the armored ''Stegosaurus'', so leaving the herd is the absolute worst thing it can do. |
| 354 | * TheLoad: While ''Stegosaurus'' probably value its warning ahead of coming ''Allosaurus'', it seems they wouldn't have to deal with as much ''Allosaurus'' attacks in the first place if they didn't hang around ''Camptosaurus'', which are the easier and as a result preferred prey. |
| 355 | * NonActionGuy: It cannot fight nor outrun its main predator, ''Allosaurus'', and must rely on ''Stegosaurus'' for additional safety. |
| 356 | * RedShirt: If ''Allosaurus'' is the Jurassic's "lion", this little guy is its "zebra". |
| 357 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: It is reduced to this when the ''Allosaurus'' attacks. Too bad it is also [[OhCrap slower]] than ''Allosaurus''. |
| 358 | * ThoseTwoGuys: After decades finding their bones together in several fossil sites, a fossil track site finally confirmed for good that they both lived, and traveled together. |
| 359 | ** BigGuyLittleGuy: Little Guy to ''Stegosaurus''' Big Guy. |
| 360 | ** BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to ''Stegosaurus''' Brawn. |
| 361 | * WeHaveReserves: Their best defense is to hang around in enough numbers and run faster than their peers. They make no attempt to defend each other. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | !!''Stegosaurus'' |
| 364 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdstegosaurus.png]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | A large, armored [[TropeNamer stegosaur]] with a [[BewareMyStingerTail stinger tail]]. One of the most famous dinosaurs of all time, and the Jurassic in particular. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * AnimalJingoism: As in most dinosaur media it also fights an ''Allosaurus'' in the segment. But this time it is based on hard fossil evidence. |
| 369 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: With its back armored and its sides within reach of the thagomizer, the small head is its only vulnerable part. |
| 370 | * BewareMyStingerTail: It has four long spines at the end of the tail that it uses against predators, collectively called "thagomizer". |
| 371 | * CoolVersusAwesome: Its duel with ''Allosaurus'', which is made even cooler by being preceded by shots of the cautious ''Allosaurus'' flexing its "weapons" (claws and teeth). |
| 372 | * DumbMuscle: Not very bright, therefore relying on ''Camptosaurus'' to act as a look out. |
| 373 | * MightyGlacier: It is slow and doesn't bother to run away. But it is nearly invulnerable to the ''Allosaurus'' and comes out of the duel with barely a scratch. |
| 374 | * ScienceMarchesOn: The obvious reason for such a long, well known dinosaur to appear in this show based on new discoveries. For ''well over a century'', ''Stegosaurus'' was assumed to be too armored and too stupid to be a social animal, and it is depicted in nearly all dinosaur related media as a solitary animal that interacted only occasionally with members of its own species and the odd temerary ''Allosaurus''. This is the first time it's depicted not just living in herds, but sharing them also with another herbivore, ''Camptosaurus''. |
| 375 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With ''Camptosaurus''. |
| 376 | ** BigGuyLittleGuy: Big Guy to ''Camptosaurus''' Little Guy. |
| 377 | ** BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to ''Camptosaurus''' Brains. |
| 378 | * WeHaveReserves: When the ''Allosaurus'' attacks, each ''Stegosaurus'' defends only itself, and it is blind luck that an adult ends incapacitating the ''Allosaurus'' when it was attacking a younger individual. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | !!''Allosaurus'' |
| 381 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdallosaurus_0.jpg]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | A large theropod dinosaur and the most common predator in Late Jurassic North America. |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * AllForNothing: An ''Allosaurus'' manages to kill a ''Camptosaurus'' after a chase, only to lose it to ''Saurophaganax''. |
| 386 | * AnimalJingoism: Of course, ''Allosaurus'' gets to fight ''Stegosaurus''. But for once, this is portrayed as its Plan B. |
| 387 | * BigBad: Acts as the main antagonist of its segment. |
| 388 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Yet it fails at killing a ''Camptosaurus'' and a ''Stegosaurus'' on screen, and when it finally gets the ''Camptosaurus'', it has its prey stolen by ''Saurophaganax''. |
| 389 | * CoolVersusAwesome: Still, its duel with ''Stegosaurus'' is probably the most badass sequence in the series. |
| 390 | * TheDreaded: The predator ''Camptosaurus'' is always on the look for, since it is an ambush predator and it happens to be bigger, stronger and faster than its prey. |
| 391 | * EatsBabies: It is also not stupid, so if it cannot get the unarmored ''Camptosaurus'' it will go for the smaller young ''Stegosaurus'' before the fully grown. |
| 392 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The attack ends with the ''Alloaurus'' getting thagomized on the backbone. Surprisingly, it survives... but this hunt is certainly over. |
| 393 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: ''Allosaurus'' mixes serrated, knife-like teeth with weak jaw muscles but strong neck muscles. This unlikely mix of elements results in the ''Allosaurus'' hunting by hitting its prey repeatedly from above, using its head like an ax... with slicing knives attached to the blade. |
| 394 | * JustAFleshWound: It survives a direct hit from the ''Stegosaurus'''s thagomizer, although it will keep it from hunting large prey for a while. |
| 395 | * LightningBruiser: It is faster than ''Camptosaurus'' and certainly faster than ''Stegosaurus''. |
| 396 | * MortonsFork: With its cover blown and the ''Camptosaurus'' gone, it is left with the choice to either face [[ThisIsGonnaSuck heavily armored]] ''Stegosaurus'' or remain hungry while it looks for food elsewhere. |
| 397 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The top part of its head is red, and the eyes area is black. |
| 398 | * ScaryTeeth: Knife-shaped, with serrated front and back for slicing meat. |
| 399 | |
| 400 | !!''Saurophaganax'' |
| 401 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsaurophaganax.png]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | An even larger theropod from Late Jurassic North America, and a close relative of ''Allosaurus''. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: Turns out there is someone else ''Allosaurus'' is afraid of. |
| 406 | * BiggerIsBetter: It bullies the ''Allosaurus'' out of its kill by simply being bigger. |
| 407 | * PrehistoricMonster: It is an oversized version of ''Allosaurus'', with longer crests turned into devilish-looking horns, and a [[DarkIsEvil mostly dark face]] giving it a creepier vibe. |
| 408 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Its face basically inverts the color scheme of ''Allosaurus'' while still using the same colors. Somehow, it makes it look even more dangerous. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:New Giants]] |
| 412 | !!''Argentinosaurus'' |
| 413 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdargentinosaurus.jpg]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | The largest confirmed dinosaur of all time, a titanosaur sauropod from South America 95 million years ago. |
| 416 | ---- |
| 417 | * BiggerIsBetter: They're so huge that very few predators dare to attack them. [[GiganticAdultsTinyBabies As adults]], at least. |
| 418 | * TheCavalry: An adult scares away a ''Skorpiovenator'' that was feeding on hatchlings. |
| 419 | * DeathTrap: Inadvertently creates these when it steps on volcanic ash. |
| 420 | * EatenAlive: The few predators that can eat it ''have'' to do it this way because it's simply too big for them to kill. |
| 421 | * ExplosiveBreeder: Their way to make up for the absolute vulnerability of their young. |
| 422 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: How the first adult ''Argentinosaurus'' is introduced. |
| 423 | * GiantCorpseWorld: When an ''Argentinosaurus'' finally dies, it feeds countless carnivores and scavengers for several days. |
| 424 | * GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: The young are tiny and vulnerable, but when they grow up they're ''huge''. |
| 425 | * GiantEqualsInvincible: They're the biggest known dinosaurs and thus few animals can eat them. And the few animals that can are unable to kill them. |
| 426 | * GoombaStomp: Manages to defeat a ''Mapusaurus'' this way. |
| 427 | * NoSell: Due to its huge size, wounds that would be fatal to smaller dinosaurs do little to no damage to them. |
| 428 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Poor hypsilophodonts. We know ''Argentinosaurus'' didn't mean it. |
| 429 | * WeHaveReserves: Zig-zagged. While carnivores could not possibly eat enough hatchlings to make a difference, they still defend their nests and young in the documentary. |
| 430 | |
| 431 | !!''Lacusovagus'' |
| 432 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdlacusovagus.png]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | An opportunistic chaoyangopterid pterosaur. |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | * BookEnds: First seen trying to eat a baby ''Argentinosaurus''. One (presumably the same one) is last seen scavenging an adult ''Argentinosaurus'' skeleton. |
| 437 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Its scavenging skeletons and hunting sauropod hatchlings foreshadows ''Hatzegopteryx'' doing the same in the last episode, just more successfully. |
| 438 | * EatsBabies: First seen as it tries to eat the first hatchling ''Argentinosaurus'' from its nest. |
| 439 | * NoNameGiven: Identified as a "chaoyangopterid pterosaur" only, but the only known from South America at the time was ''Lacusovagus''. |
| 440 | * PropRecycling: Uses the same model as the African pterosaur. |
| 441 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It makes the same actions as the contemporary unnamed African pterosaur and the ''Hatzegopteryx'' from the next episode. |
| 442 | |
| 443 | !!''Skorpiovenator'' |
| 444 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdscorpiovenator.jpg]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | A typical abelisaurid theropod from South America. |
| 447 | ---- |
| 448 | * BaitAndSwitch: Introduced scaring a pterosaur away from a dinosaur nest. Turns out it's not a MamaBear defending her nest, but an equally opportunistic carnivore that wants to feast on it itself. |
| 449 | * CirclingVultures: It is among the first, and last, to feed on a dying adult ''Argentinosaurus''. |
| 450 | * EatsBabies: And actually succeeds for a while, unlike the pterosaur. |
| 451 | * OhCrap: Gets this when it encounters an adult ''Argentinosaurus'' while in the process of eating hatchlings. |
| 452 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Doesn't get much attention due to sharing habitat with the larger ''Mapusaurus''. |
| 453 | * PaletteSwap: Largely the same as relatives ''Rugops'' and ''Majungasaurus'' from other episodes, but with a mostly green color. |
| 454 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Runs away from the nesting site as soon as an adult ''Argentinosaurus'' intervenes. |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !!Unnamed hypsilophodont |
| 457 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdsahyppsilo.png]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | A typical small, gazelle-like ornithopod from South America. |
| 460 | ---- |
| 461 | * ButtMonkey: They only appear for scenery and their death scene, which is actually based on fossil evidence of small ''theropods'' dying this way in Asia (to ''Mamenchisaurus'' footprints, rather than ''Argentinosaurus''). |
| 462 | * DeathByIrony: Presumably hangs around ''Argentinosaurus'' for protection against predators, but several end sucked and suffocate on muddy terrain left by ''Argentinosaurus'' footprints. |
| 463 | * NoNameGiven: They are never given a name on screen but they are probably meant to be ''Notohypsilophodon''. ''Gasparinisaura'' has also been suggested, but it would be anachronistic. |
| 464 | * PropRecycling: They use the same model as ''Jeholosaurus''. |
| 465 | * QuicksandSucks: Due to the enormous weight of ''Argentinosaurus'', the volcanic ash liquifies and turns into quicksand under its feet, trapping several small dinosaurs when they step on it later. |
| 466 | * WeHaveReserves: They make no attempt to help each other when some become trapped on quicksand. |
| 467 | |
| 468 | !!''Mapusaurus'' |
| 469 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdmapusaurus.jpg]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | One of the largest theropods of all time, and the only potential predator of adult ''Argentinosaurus''. |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | * AnimalJingoism: Said to be just one of many allosaur relatives specialized in hunting giant sauropods. |
| 474 | * BigBad: Sort of the antagonist of this segment. |
| 475 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: |
| 476 | ** An ''Argentinosaurus'' crushes one to death on screen. |
| 477 | ** If they were to succeed, they would have slowly eaten an adult (or subadult) ''Argentinosaurus'' alive, so it is good that they don't. |
| 478 | * ZergRush: Despite their massive size, they are still too small to take an ''Argentinosaurus'' one on one, so their only hope of getting food from them is by massing and attacking all at once. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | !!''Paralititan'' |
| 481 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdparalititan.png]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | A contemporary African relative of ''Argentinosaurus'' of roughly the same size. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * TheCavalry: In [[RippedFromTheHeadlines a repeat]] of the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Kruger Battle at Kruger]]", the herd comes together to save a wounded subadult from a ''Carcharodontosaurus''. |
| 486 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Skeletons of possibly ''Paralitan'' appear in the first episode "Lost World", which is set in the same location, although there were also other sauropods there in real life. |
| 487 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: Also get this. |
| 488 | * QuicksandSucks: Downplayed. The shore mud collapses under the feet of a young ''Paralititan'' and it gets briefly stuck, but it is never at risk of sinking completely. |
| 489 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It is basically the same as ''Argentinosaurus'', except it doesn't have to worry about [[ZergRush zerg rushes]] because ''Carcharodontosaurus'' is solitary unlike ''Mapusaurus''. The scene could have been moved to South America since a second (although slightly smaller) species of ''Sarcosuchus'' lived there. |
| 490 | |
| 491 | !!''Sarcosuchus'' |
| 492 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2634.JPG]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | A giant African crocodile, twice the size of today's largest species. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * AnachronismStew: It actually is almost 20 million years older than ''Paralititan'' (though it barely coexisted with ''Spinosaurus'', just not in the timeframe of the show). |
| 497 | * EatsBabies: After failing to snatch an adult ''Paralititan'', one comes out of the water to grab a young one stuck in the mud. |
| 498 | * GiantMook: Both of its appearances involve only one ''Sarcosuchus'', and are preceded by crocodiles of smaller species. |
| 499 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: And this one is a worthy candidate to largest crocodile ever. |
| 500 | * ScienceMarchesOn: ''Sarcosuchus'' could not perform the Nile crocodile's "death roll", so it is at least unlikely that it hunted animals larger than itself. It was more likely a piscivore specialist, like the similarly long-snouted gharials of today. |
| 501 | |
| 502 | !!''Carcharodontosaurus'' |
| 503 | ->See "Lost World" |
| 504 | ---- |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[folder:Great Survivors]] |
| 508 | !!''Magyarosaurus'' |
| 509 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdmagyarosaurus.png]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | A pony-sized titanosaur from Hateg Island (now Romania), 65 million years ago. |
| 512 | ---- |
| 513 | * DeathByIrony: |
| 514 | ** They are related to the largest dinosaurs ever, which were invulnerable to predators. They are eaten by pterosaurs, the kind of animal most dinosaurs wouldn't mind. |
| 515 | ** Furthermore, sauropods are commonly seen as the dinosaur version of giraffes. These sauropods are much smaller (like ponies) and the pterosaurs that eat them are the ones the size of a giraffe. |
| 516 | * DeathFromAbove: They are invulnerable to land based predators... but easy pickings for pterosaurs. |
| 517 | * FunSize: A comparatively tiny sauropod. Besides the pterosaurs, pretty much all the animals on Hateg Island were this. |
| 518 | * ProtagonistCenteredMorality[=/=]WhatMeasureIsANonCute: ''Bradycneme'' eats lizards in one bite? No big deal. ''Hatzegopteryx'' eats ''Magyarosaurus''? Horrific! |
| 519 | |
| 520 | !!''Bradycneme'' |
| 521 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdbradycneme.jpg]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | A small theropod from Hateg Island. |
| 524 | ---- |
| 525 | * BaitAndSwitch: It is first introduced as if it was a giant theropod going to hunt an equally giant sauropod, but it is actually after a lizard. |
| 526 | * BloodIsTheNewBlack: Gets its muzzle covered in blood while feeding on a dead ''Magyarosaurus'' after the K/Pg impact. |
| 527 | * RaptorAttack: It is not feathered enough, and it might not even be a maniraptor in reality. |
| 528 | * PaletteSwap: Uses the same model as ''Troodon'' and ''Saurornithoides'', but has dark red plumage. |
| 529 | * ScienceMarchesOn: Over the years, the very fragmentary remains have been suggested to be troodontids, but also basal tetanurans, maniraptorans, alvarezsaurids, and even birds. |
| 530 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere |
| 531 | |
| 532 | !!''Hatzegopteryx'' |
| 533 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdhatzegopteryx.jpg]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | The largest pterosaur ever (and in turn, largest flying creature of all time), also an inhabitant of Hateg. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | * AlasPoorVillain: "Villain" [[CarnivoreConfusion is probably not the right word]], but seeing such a mighty predator reduced to desperate scavenging after the K/Pg Extinction Event is rather heartbreaking. |
| 538 | * BigBad: The apex predator of Hateg Island and thus the antagonist of its segment. |
| 539 | * EatsBabies: Shown hunting for young ''Magyarosaurus'', which is swallows in one bite. And [[ScienceMarchesOn the real thing]] would have had no problem pecking the grown-ups to death, as well. |
| 540 | * DeathFromAbove: They are the only threat to most dinosaurs in the island and they can come from the sky at any time. |
| 541 | * GiantFlyer: It has a ten meter wingspan. |
| 542 | * LeanAndMean: Tall, thin and the island's top predator. The real thing would have been a lot more muscular, though. |
| 543 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A stork with bat wings, that trots on all fours like an ungulate, is as tall as a giraffe, and occupies the apex predator niche. |
| 544 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Possibly the scariest creature in the program. |
| 545 | * ScienceMarchesOn: The version seen in the show is closer to ''Quetzalcoatlus''. ''Hatzegopteryx'' had a larger crest and thicker neck vertebrae that have been interpreted as indicative of a shorter, more muscular neck. Perhaps adapted to attack decent sized dinosaurs. |
| 546 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: Though they hang around in groups, they constantly fight and try to steal each other's food. |
| 547 | |
| 548 | !!"Zunityrannus" |
| 549 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdzunityrannus.png]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | A somewhat primitive, medium-sized tyrannosaur living in Western North America 92 million years ago. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * ArtifactOfDeath: They eat carrion infected with botulism bacteria, die, and become poisoned carrion themselves. |
| 554 | * CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The entire group is successfully repelled by ''Nothronychus'' and dies of food poisoning after they settle for scavenging. |
| 555 | * IAmAHumanitarian: That corpse scavenged? It's one of their own. And it is implied that more will die from eating the pack's corpses. |
| 556 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The animal was undescribed until '''2019''', where it was finally given the name ''Suskityrannus''. |
| 557 | * RewatchBonus: You can see the first corpse as a living dinosaur at the beginning of the segment, scavenging an even older carcass. |
| 558 | |
| 559 | !!''Nothronychus'' |
| 560 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdnothronychus.jpg]] |
| 561 | |
| 562 | A primitive therizinosaur, one among a group of bizarre theropods who abandoned meat for a vegetarian diet. |
| 563 | ---- |
| 564 | * FeatheredFiend: Despite being a herbivore, it's also armed with long, vicious claws. |
| 565 | * KillerRabbit: It is goofy, tiny-headed and pot-bellied. And you are better to stay out of its devastating WolverineClaws. |
| 566 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: This is a theropod who doesn't use its teeth as a weapon, but its oversized, sickle-like claws instead. |
| 567 | * VegetarianCarnivore: Like all therizinosaurs. |
| 568 | * WolverineClaws: A trait of all therizinosaurs. Typically used for browsing, but also for defense. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | !!''Alectrosaurus'' |
| 571 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pdalectrosaurus.png]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | A somewhat larger, more advanced horned tyrannosaur from Mongolia 85 million years ago. |
| 574 | ---- |
| 575 | * BattleCouple: Only implied, but it is quite suspicious that two chose to attack the ''Gigantoraptor'' at once. |
| 576 | * InformedAttribute: They are said to drive all other conventional theropods to extinction, along with their fellow tyrannosaurs. But neither them nor their "Zunityrannus" relatives seem very successful. |
| 577 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After testing the male ''Gigantoraptor'', they turn tail and leave without fanfare. |
| 578 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like "Zunityrannus", they come, attack the bizarre giant theropod, and are driven away. In a more general sense, they are also this to most large theropods in the series (their relative ''Daspletosaurus'' being the most notable exception, ironically). |
| 579 | * TheWorfEffect: Introduced as a bigger threat to ''Gigantoraptor'' than ''Oviraptor'', but defeated without much difficulty. |
| 580 | |
| 581 | !!''Gigantoraptor'' |
| 582 | ->See "Feathered Dragons" |
| 583 | ---- |
| 584 | |
| 585 | !!''Oviraptor'' |
| 586 | ->See "Feathered Dragons" |
| 587 | ---- |
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