The dinosaurs existed on our planet for roughly one hundred and sixty five million years, and for the majority of that time, they were the dominant life form on Earth. This gave them an awful lot of time to adapt, evolve and blossom into hundreds, likely even thousands, of different species, forms and functions. When we think of dinosaurs, typically a select few images come to mind - gigantic, two legged theropods such as Tyrannosaurus - four legged tanks such as Triceratops and Stegosaurus, long necked titans such as Brachiosaurus, or speedy, small predators such as Velociraptor.
The truth is that dinosaurs were a hugely diverse group of animals, and many more strange and unfamiliar forms took hold across the deserts, swamps, forests and plains of our planet's past. Today, we will be taking a look at ten of the most peculiar non avian dinosaurs ever to walk our planet - and these are just ones from the Cretaceous period, the time when dinosaurs had well and truly taken over the globe. From a species of tyrannosaur adapted to polar regions, to a tiny theropod that may have lived like a modern day monkey or lemur, we will cover the globe, from icy Alaska to the blistering Gobi Desert. We will be stopping along the way in the warm plains of Spain and the bustling woodlands of what is now southern Argentina, as well as making a stop in the ancient rainforests of China. Join us as we journey to meet the ten strangest dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period.
0:00 Introduction
2:24 Nothronychus
7:09 Bajadasaurus
10:09 Scansoriopteryx
13:27 Gigantoraptor
17:44 Carnotaurus
21:44 Concavenator
24:27 Shuvuuia
28:09 Leallynasaura
32:43 Udanoceratops
35:23 Nanuqsaurus
40:00 Outro
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31 май 2024
