Clash of the Dinosaurs
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Clash of the Dinosaurs is a four-part television mini-series produced by Dangerous LTD for Discovery Channel
. The show premiered on December 13, 2009 with a double-episode.
is discussed.
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. The show premiered on December 13, 2009 with a double-episode.
Featured genera
- AnkylosaurusAnkylosaurusAnkylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris...
- DeinonychusDeinonychusDeinonychus was a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaur. There is one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus. This 3.4 meter long dinosaur lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 115–108 million years ago . Fossils have been recovered from the U.S...
- ParasaurolophusParasaurolophusParasaurolophus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5–73 million years ago. It was an herbivore that walked both as a biped and a quadruped. Three species are recognized: P. walkeri , P. tubicen, and the...
- QuetzalcoatlusQuetzalcoatlusQuetzalcoatlus was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America , and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks...
(not actually a dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
, but a pterosaurPterosaurPterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
) - SauroposeidonSauroposeidonSauroposeidon is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from four neck vertebrae that were found in the southeastern portion of the US state of Oklahoma. The fossils were found in rocks dating to the Early Cretaceous, a period when the sauropods of North America had diminished in both size and...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
Extreme Survivors
In this, the first episode, the survival of the dinosaurs throughout the MesozoicMesozoic
The Mesozoic era is an interval of geological time from about 250 million years ago to about 65 million years ago. It is often referred to as the age of reptiles because reptiles, namely dinosaurs, were the dominant terrestrial and marine vertebrates of the time...
is discussed.
Perfect Predators
This episode tells how predators such as Tyrannosaurus, Deinonychus and Quetzalcoatlus caught their prey.The Defenders
The defenses used by Sauroposeidon, Parasaurolophus, Ankylosaurus and Triceratops against predators are featured here.Generations
In this final episode, the dinosaurs' reproduction habits and evolution into birds is discussed.Trivia
- The Dinosaurs In Clash Of The Dinosaurs Is The Same In The The Last Day Of The Dinosaurs.It's Form are also copy in the another dinosaur Show The Last Day Of The Dinosaurs.
Errors
- Tyrannosaurus is said to be a slow and lumbering animal that could only run 15 miles per hour, but recent studies suggest that it could outrun most of its potential prey, running at 20-25 miles per hour.
- The show depicted the juvenile Tyrannosaurus as a miniature version of the adult. However, a recent study by paleontologist Jack HornerJack HornerJack Horner may refer to:*Jack Horner , a character from the comic book, Fables, created by Bill Willingham, based on the nursery rhyme character*Jack Horner , Gordon John Horner, Minnesota sportscaster...
suggests that juvenile Tyrannosaurus had elongated snouts and grew deeper skulls as they aged. Also, juvenile (and possibly adult) tyrannosaurs may have actually been feathered. - Just two Deinonychus are shown taking on Sauroposeidon, a dinosaur much bigger than themselves. Two Deinonychus would have never done such a thing, and even if they did, the Sauroposeidon would have "pulped them", as Mathew Wedel puts it.
- Tyrannosaurus was not the largest carnivorous dinosaur to ever live. There were noticeably larger ones, like GiganotosaurusGiganotosaurusGiganotosaurus is a genus of carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived around 97 million years ago during the early Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period. It included some of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, slightly larger than the largest Tyrannosaurus, but smaller than the...
, SpinosaurusSpinosaurusSpinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German...
and CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus was a gigantic carnivorous carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived around 100 to 93 million years ago, during the late Albian to early Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous Period...
, whose estimated sizes are only based on few and incomplete specimens (the largest T. rex (43 ft. long) is based on "Sue," a 90% complete specimen). It was, however, the largest carnivore in its local environment. - In life, Triceratops had three claws on the front foot, while, in the progam, it was portrayed with four.
- The program states that Tyrannosaurus bones have been found in Asia. However, most regard the Asian Tyrannosaurus-like TarbosaurusTarbosaurusTarbosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in parts of China. Although many species have been...
to be a separate species. - Quetzalcoatlus is portrayed as scaly, while it was actually covered in hairlike pycnofibres.
- In the show's "dinosaur quiz" segment, Sauroposeidon is misspelled Sauroposeiden.
- Parasaurolophus is repeatedly mispronounced as "Parasauropholus".
- There is no evidence of Parasaurolophus using ultrasound as defense, and it is unlikely that this was acoustically possible.
- There is no evidence that Quetzalcoatlus used ultraviolet vision.
- One recent study reveals that Tyrannosaurus did not have cranial kinesis.
- Triceratops was a lot more social than in the program. It really lived in groups of females, males, teenagers, and babies in groups of hundreds, not in groups of three or six.
- Deinonychus was showed using it's hook claw to slash down on the hind of animals but since the claw was hook and was built for gripping, it is more likely use to help it hold on to animals not slash.
- When Tyrannosaurus attacks the Ankylosaurus It appeared it was trying to grab Ankylosaurus's side but this would be unlikely since it would also grab the armor and break it's teeth.
- Sauroposeidon was said it's only defense was it's massive size, it is true massive size is their best defense but they can also use their tail for a defense, rearing up on there back legs to crush there predator, and shift there weight to the direction where a predator is about to jump, to throw off a predator when there about to jump on them.
- The program sometimes seems to give the impression that all dinosaurs featured lived at the same time. While they are all from the Cretaceous, Deinonychus and Sauroposeidon lived about 110 million years ago, Parasaurolophus lived roughly 73 million years ago, and Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus lived 65 million years ago.
- In the last episode, it is shown that how birds evolved from dinosaurs, but in fact, Triassic bird footprint fossils have been unearthed which proves that birds did not evolve from dinosaurs in the Mid Jurassic or Cretacous, but were present in the Triassic.
- The Programed show T-rex attacking a TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
head on and trying to bite off one of its horns, losing an eye in the process. however no predator would try such a thing cause Predators were supposed to be opportunists, picking off the sick and weak, and always going for vulnerable spots on the flanks and the ribs, never the front of the defenses of the animal. - The Program showed SauroposeidonSauroposeidonSauroposeidon is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from four neck vertebrae that were found in the southeastern portion of the US state of Oklahoma. The fossils were found in rocks dating to the Early Cretaceous, a period when the sauropods of North America had diminished in both size and...
neck too short. Sauroposeidon is most famous for having a crazy long neck even by brachiosaur standards and would have been far longer then the model in the show. - The show claimed SauroposeidonSauroposeidonSauroposeidon is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from four neck vertebrae that were found in the southeastern portion of the US state of Oklahoma. The fossils were found in rocks dating to the Early Cretaceous, a period when the sauropods of North America had diminished in both size and...
had a burger-sized brain - in reality, they're talking about a CamarasaurusCamarasaurusCamarasaurus meaning 'chambered lizard', referring to the hollow chambers in its vertebrae was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs. It was the most common of the giant sauropods to be found in North America...
brain model, a creature 1/3 the mass of Sauroposeidon. And Nobody has found Sauroposedon braincase, and Camaras brain wasnt scaled up. - The program claim SauroposeidonSauroposeidonSauroposeidon is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from four neck vertebrae that were found in the southeastern portion of the US state of Oklahoma. The fossils were found in rocks dating to the Early Cretaceous, a period when the sauropods of North America had diminished in both size and...
abandoned their eggs and moved on and leaving its eggs exposed in the open. However fossil sauropod nest, show they cover their eggs with leaves and twigs before leaving and if they did leave them in the open, the eggs for sure could die by the cold, heat, or weather. - The T. rex in the show has big ugly jowls under its lower jaw, And are completely copied from horizontal-necks of crocodiles and alligators. But No theropod had this sort of neck-throat structure.