Prehistoric Giants

Prehistoric Planet Ice Age: Giant Moa.

The giant moa (Dinornis) is an extinct genus of massive, flightless birds that were endemic to New Zealand. Reaching up to 12 feet (3.6 meters) tall and weighing up to 500 pounds (230 kilograms), they were the tallest birds ever discovered.

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Prehistoric Planet Ice Age: Megalania Hunting Propleopus.

Megalania (Varanus priscus) was a giant, extinct monitor lizard that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch, coexisting with early humans and megafauna. Reaching up to 23 feet (7 meters) long, it was the largest terrestrial lizard known, an apex predator with serrated teeth, powerful limbs, and possibly venomous saliva, preying on large animals like giant marsupials. Its extinction around 50,000 years ago is attributed to climate change, habitat loss, and hunting by humans.

Propleopus was an extinct genus of giant rat-kangaroo from Australia, known as the “giant rat-kangaroo” or sometimes “carnivorous kangaroo,” that lived during the Plio-Pleistocene epochs. It was a large, omnivorous marsupial, much bigger than its modern relatives, with teeth suggesting it ate meat, insects, eggs, and vegetation. Its diet included opportunistic scavenging and hunting small vertebrates, and it was a quadrupedal animal that moved by bounding on all four limbs.

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Prehistoric Planet Ice Age: Diprotodon.

Diprotodon, the largest known marsupial, was a rhinoceros-sized “giant wombat” that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. Measuring up to 4 m (13ft) long and 2 m (6.5ft) tall, it was a herbivore that thrived in woodlands and plains, likely migrating seasonally for food. It went extinct around 44,000–50,000 years ago, likely due to climate change and human impact.

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Prehistoric Planet Ice Age: Terror Birds. Second Part.

Phorusrhacidae, commonly known as “terror birds,” were a family of large, flightless, carnivorous birds that dominated South American ecosystems during the Cenozoic Era, acting as apex predators. They are characterized by their massive, hooked beaks, powerful legs, and long necks, using their beaks to strike and kill prey, with some species reaching over 2 meters tall. While primarily South American, some genera like Titanis migrated to North America after the Isthmus of Panama formed, and evidence suggests they existed in Europe and Africa earlier than previously thought.

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Prehistoric Planet Documentary \ Season 1 \ Episode 2: Deserts.

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Prehistoric Planet Documentary \ Season 1 \ Episode 2: Deserts.

Dreadnoughtus schrani

Enormous sauropods that gather in the deserts of South America to mate. Males possess rows of inflatable sacs down their necks they blow up to impress females.

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Prehistoric Planet Documentary \ Season 1 \ Episode 4: Ice World.

Antarctopelta oliveroi

Small ankylosaurs that thrived in Antarctica, which had a temperate climate during their time. The juveniles live in same-age groups and need to find shelter for the winter.

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Prehistoric Planet Documentary \ Season 1 \ Forests

Carnotaurus

Large South American abelisaurid theropods with horns on their heads and near-vestigial arms. Males clear sections of the forest to display for females.

Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: The male Carnotaurus has bright blue scales on the undersides of his arms.

Did Not Get the Girl: Despite his flamboyant mating dance, the male Carnotaurus is unable to court the female that he attracted.

Fantastic Fauna Counterpart: The mating dance of the Carnotaurus is similar to that of bowerbirds.

Secondary Sexual Characteristics: The male has red scales and bright blue arms, while the female is a grayish green.

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Prehistoric Planet Ice Age: Terror Birds. First Part.

Phorusrhacidae, commonly known as “terror birds,” were a family of large, flightless, carnivorous birds that dominated South American ecosystems during the Cenozoic Era, acting as apex predators. They are characterized by their massive, hooked beaks, powerful legs, and long necks, using their beaks to strike and kill prey, with some species reaching over 2 meters tall. While primarily South American, some genera like Titanis migrated to North America after the Isthmus of Panama formed, and evidence suggests they existed in Europe and Africa earlier than previously thought.

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Prehistoric Planet Documentary \ Season 1 \ Episode 4 - Ice Worlds

Troodontidae indet.

A smaller-sized North American theropod that uses its intelligence to great effect during forest fires.

Fantastic Fauna Counterpart: It uses fire to flush out potential prey like a black kite.

Handy Mouth: It bites onto a flaming branch to put it in an area where it will grow bigger.

It Can Think: One of the most intelligent dinosaurs, it can intentionally spread fire to flush out prey.

Noble Bird of Prey: Like the other small theropods, the troodontid is fully modeled with feathers and a crest like that of a harpy eagle or a secretarybird.

No Name Given: No specific name is given for it, likely because Maastrichtian troodontid fossils from North America are very fragmentary. Oddly enough, despite the setting, it’s not the giant troodontid of Prince Creek, as it’s described as just 6 feet long.

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