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1	* AccidentallyCorrectZoology:
2	** 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 [[AnachronismStew 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.
3	* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/ChristianSlater is the narrator.
4	* NoBudget: 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.
5	** The ''Saltasaurus'' from "Alpha's Egg" and "titanosaurs" (''Ampelosaurus''?) and ''Magyarosaurus'' from "Pod's Travels".
6	** The ''Troodon'' from "Little Das' Hunt" and the dwarf troodontids from "Pod's Travels".
7	** ''Alvarezsaurus'' ("Alpha's Egg") and ''Shuvuuia'' ("White Tip's Journey").
8	** Mainland (''Rhabdodon'') and dwarf "''Iguanodon''" (''Zalmoxes'') in "Pod's Travels".
9	** ''Allodaposuchus'' ("Pod's Travels") and ''Notosuchus'' ("Alpha's Egg").
10	** ''Pyroraptor'' and the dwarf ''Pyroraptor'' in "Pod's Travels".
11	** ''Aucasaurus'' ("Alpha's Egg") and the mainland and dwarf ''Tarascosaurus'' ("Pod's Travels").
12	** ''Maiasaura'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' in "Little Das' Hunt".
13	* ScienceMarchesOn: 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. [[ScienceMarchesOn/{{DinosaurPlanet}} See here for details]].
14	* WorkingTitle: Prehistoric Worlds.

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