Dinosauria (Series)

The title of the Dinosauria (Series)

The Dinosauria Series is an Animated Dinosaur series made by David James Armsby. The first episode "Old Buck" was released on September 9 2021, and the last episode "The Last Tyrant" was released on June 1 2022. The series contains 5 episodes in total.

List of Creatures

Episode I: Old Buck

This film takes place in Alberta, Canada 75 million years ago and follows an old alpha-male styracosaurus as he defends his territory from a rival male.

• Styracosaurus
• Lambeosaurus
• Daspletosaurus

Episode II: Our Frozen Past

This short film takes place 69 million years ago in Cretaceous Alaska and follows a mother Troodon as she and her brood try to survive the coldest and most desperate times of the year.

• Troodon
• Pachyrhinosaurus
• Nanuqsaurus

Episode III: A More Ancient Spring

The film takes place 75 million years ago in Cretaceous Alberta and follows a male lambeosaurus searching for a mate during the changing spring season.

• Lambeosaurus
• Corythosaurus
• Parasaurolophus
• Gorgosaurus
• Chasmosaurus
• Euoplocephalus

Episode IV: Sea and Sky

This film is set 85 million years ago in the Niobrara Formation and follows a group of Geosternbergia (Pteranodon sternbergi) trying to hunt during a thunderstorm... but there are dangerous creatures in these Cretaceous seas.

• Geosternbergia
• Cretoxyrhina
• Tylosaurus
• Xiphactinus

Episode V: The Last Tyrant

The fifth short film in the "Dinosauria Animated Series". It is set 66 million years ago in Late Cretaceous North America and covers the dramatic extinction event that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.

• Alamosaurus
• Ankylosaurus
• Avisaurus
• Edmontosaurus
• Ornithomimus
• Pachycephalosaurus
• Triceratops
• Tyrannosaurus
• Quetzalcoatlus (corpses)

Trivia

• The final shot of the trailer with the Tyrannosaurus roaring over the cliff at sunset is likely a reference to a similar shot in Walking with Dinosaurs.
• The creator of the show David James Armsby is a huge fan of dinosaurs, one way or another including them in all of his short films, most noteworthy sharp teeth and mother of nature.
• Many dinosaurs in the show are having their very first appearance in a nature documentary.
• The rival male in the episode "Old Buck" is a reference to a Styracosaurus Specimen with an asymmetrical frill
• The episode "Our Frozen Past" is a repurposed version of the early story concept of the Dinosauria series, called "All Days"
• The title of the episode "A More Ancient Spring" is a reference to a painting made in 1830 called "A More Ancient Dorset"
• The episode "Sea And Sky" is the only episode in the series with no Dinosaurs
• The episode "The Last Tyrant" is the longest in the series