Triassic Seas 

Fun fact, Triassic ichthyosaurs hold the record for the fastest conquest of the sea by a land vertebrate. It took only 5 million years for ichthyosaurs to go from mostly-terrestrial to giant fish-eating predators larger that humpback whales, specifically the Cymbospondylus youngorum; for comparison, humans took 7 to 10 million years to evolve from tree-dwelling apes! Later Triassic ichthyosaurs such as the Shonisaurus (the blimp-shaped giant reptile in the video) would get even bigger. For comparison, pliosaurs (the four-flippered reptiles also seen in the video) only evolved in the Middle Jurassic, their group mostly being represented by nothosaurs (the semiaquatic reptiles at the start) at this time, and got up to about 10 tons for the largest pliosaurs. The famous giant mosasaurs of the Cretaceous would only reach 15 tons or so. As for whales? It took them a good 20 million years to evolve the Basilosaurus. a 15-ton flesh-eating whale that chewed up smaller marine mammals for breakfast, and a good while longer before they surpassed the ichthyosaurs with the evolution of giant sperm and baleen whales. So well done, ichthyosaurs!

People are always talking about "production quality" on random RU-vid videos, and then Julian shows up with this masterpiece. All of his videos really make you believe you are there in that environment swimming around with these creatures, stellar!

Good God, the BBC needs to hire you to direct another dino documentary series. This stuff is only getting more amazing, more scary and more detailed. Excellent work, dude, always worth waiting for!

The fact that both pliosaurids and shonisaurus cooperate like modern day sharks and dolphins to catch small schooling fish, it's awesome

Wait a second! This isnt from a BBC documentary?! This is selfmade?! AMAZING! 🤩

I think the coolest thing about this time period to me is just how rare dinosaurs were. They were still just beginning and they had to live with animals that were around a lot longer then them. Such a fascinating time period

I swear, his animations are getting better every time! Ladies and gentlemen, I think we can all agree that this is by far the most entertaining content about prehistoric animals on the entire internet. Thank you for making my evening good sir 🖒

Strangely relaxing - dinosaurs can be calming when they don't attack each other.

This is way better than many Hollywood blockbuster movies. I was transported to another world.

The Triassic in my opinion is one of the most interesting eras of all time. Being the Triassic Kraken a legend from massive prehistoric suction marks, also huge ichthyosaurs which were so large, some even beat the size of even the blue whale. The Triassic is one of the most underrated and formidable eras of all time.

Respect to the camera man for going back in time for this masterpiece

1 0minutes of animation is a lot lot lot lot of work. If you have managed to do it all by yourself, and at this level of detail you are truly a master.

Respect to the camera crew who went back in time to bring us this amazing documentary

"Oh! you attack our friend? Big mistake!" Awesome video Julian! Simply stunning!

I know this guy is gonna be hired to animate a documentary i just know it. Btw amazing job on this masterpiece

You’ve made me feel 8 years old all over again Haven’t seen anything like this on RU-vid, you are truly an artist

The Late Triassic was populated by the largest ichthyosaurs known to date, reaching lengths of over 20 m Recent discoveries include the remains of giant ichthyosaurs from the Austroalpine nappes of the eastern Swiss Alps. The finds come from the lower two members of the Kossen Formation (late Norian to Rhaetian). Also, this reminds me of Shonisaurus

you should do a forest scene next with raptors and some other big therapod being amazing animals in their habitats

I really wish someone would hire this guy to make a full length film

as a kid, cruel sea was always my favourite walking with dinosaurs episode, and this struck all the right chords with me. also that giant icthyosaur totally got what it deserved

I love how natural this feels and really does feel like a scene that would happen in the wild in reality

Even without narration, there is so much suspense and drama in the entire film. Its breathtaking and incredible!!

Omg from 5:03 to 5:18 had to be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen just the fact two different kinds of animals intertwining like that along side with their families just shows how much love and passion these majestic animals possessed.

Bringing back memories of watching walking with dinosaurs as a kid. Fantastic work really feels like I’m watching real living breathing animals!

This honestly brought tears to my eyes how breathtaking it was.

I cannot IMAGINE the amount of hard work that went into this, the amount of detail is incredible as always!!!

9:45 Hey look, the ichthyosaur that escaped from Shonisaurus with the help of the Sachicasaurus made it back to his family!

that bite mark/scar on one of them was a great added touch.

Kudos to the sound design and music that bring lively elements that animation can't do alone

I just realized this is like when sharks & dolphins have a common ground and hunt the same school of fish irl😯 Amazing!

The Trassic Seas,even according to Chased By Sea Monsters could just be as cool and scarier, also great vidro I love it so much

These creatures look so majestic! It would’ve been a sight to see watching them swim, play and hunt in those ancient seas!

When presented before it was bones and always dry. This truly brings it to life!

Would love to have been there seeing those creatures just living out their lives

This is very impressive to me. It's an art form that is misunderstood I think, but it's every bit as good as Dominion trailers, because I like these underwater shots. Great job sir.

In ten minutes, I felt more amazement and scientific questionning than in more than two hours watching Jurassic World Dominion.

This man risked his life to show us the prehistoric life! What a nice dude 👍🏾

Beautifully done as always man! Sure didn’t see that snout point of view shot coming during the fish hunting part! BBC seriously need to hire you if they ever make another major dinosaur documentary like they used to.

I can’t get over how sweet it is that the ichthyosaur family and pliosaur family are almost a family group! It’s absolutely adorable, especially in the beginning of their direct interaction, when the big ichthyosaur and one of the big pliosaurs affectionately nudge against eachother a couple times! And it’s so heartwarming how it’s the 2 adult pliosaurs that rescue the smaller ichthyosaur, and then kill the big attacking ichthyosaur in return! So SO adorable!!!!!! THANK u for doing that:)

If this is what he can do as a hobby imagine what he can do in the industry

The first 30 seconds, it was so real that I thought these are sea creatures I never see before, amazing 😍❤️💯

Mind blowing as always! Between your channel, Dead Sound’s Dinosauria series, and Dane Pavitt’s paleo animations, we’re in a golden age of prehistoric portrayals

I am so hyped for this animation, I love the aquatic prehistoric life and you have done it justice!

I went to a dinosaur museum when I was younger with my school. I didn't know how to appreciate it back then, but now I feel like it would be an unbelievable experience. Especially to see something like a Mosasaur fossil would be other worldly.

7:03 after I saw the pliosaurs fighting the chonk, I always think that the icthy Chonky had in its mouth was their friend

Wow didn't know Shunisaurus were cannibals unless 6:50 there both completely different species ? And the way the lipluerodons saved it as well absolutely remarkable

Love the thumbnail. "Hey George see that cameraman?" "Yeah" "He's a legend. Smile"

That camera man must be really old

While the inclusion of late Cretaceous pterosaurs and Jurassic era pliosaurs really makes this ocean a fictional blend of all eras of the Mesozoic, rather than a Triassic sea, I can’t reiterate the other comments enough. This is a splendid animation and it feels like a real breathing world, even if it isn’t a one to one with our earths history. Excellent work once again

Exquisite artwork & filmography. Best ever.

Everybody's talking about the Animals and Animations, *which is Absolutely Amazing I have to say. These are Stunning. I cant Imagine the Painstaking process of piecing this together..Great job!* But they Never mention How the Legendary Camera Man Has Been Entirely untouchable by these Magnificent beasts as he walks Back in time among them.

I love how the Triassic Pliosaurs Wanted Revenge on that Shonisaurus for Hurting the smaller Ichyosaurus and Would try and distract the Shoni Before the Final Blow to the Neck! Great animation Julian!

Very crocodilian the way you styled them to walk on dry land Just amazing work!

Love the Triassic. So weird and crazy

I have no words to describe... i was watching a video? Or a movie!? Or REAL LIFE! Your work always get better and better ♡

This is incredible! Animating dinosaurs is hard enough, but accounting for water physics and lighting too?? Stunning! Would you like to collaborate on a documentary-style film about a the prehistoric ocean?

If we had monsters like that in modern waters that'd be so incredibly horrifying but kinda neat

I can understand why you took so long to make this masterpiece. From my understanding, this is the longest video you ever made in your channel, and creating and animating everything in it takes a considerable amount of time I suppose. It was worth the wait, it looks as stunning as ever.

Always a great day when you post a video

crazy to think about all the different life that lived on this planet millions of years ago. Animals we'll never see and can only wonder how they existed.

as a kid i loved dinosaurs and still think they’re amazing! wish there were more accurate videos/animations created like this back when i was younger, great work :)

Absolutely amazing, I love that you have used such interesting camera angles, the models and the animations are gorgeous, as always.

Hello Julian, beautiful work!! This a ode in triassic life !

@2:19 That bit of modern junk in the background grabbed my eye unfortunately. But fantastic models, lighting and animation. Better than professionals.

This was VERY VERY well put together. The realism is off the charts fantastic. Great job too the masters behind putting this together.

So realistic as ever. Wonderful details like the ichtyosaurus' wrinkled skin

🎶It's the circle of life🎶 Fantastic! The Triassic is one of the most interesting times our planet has ever seen. Thank you for the hard work you put into this awesome animation! :D

Wunderbar ! Man gut dass Menschen und Dinosaurier nicht in der selben Zeit gelebt haben ! Alles hat seine Zeit !

I can see all the textures on the animals, it’s so incredible how much effort went into this. The lighting and effects too! The way everything just fits together it’s so cool :)

Beautiful. So real

The animation is so good and there's even a story! One thing's for sure is there shouldn't be any pterodactyloid pterosaurs in those era. At least ramphorynchids skim in the Triassic seas. Overall outstanding short film!

Looks cool, but it was little bit different. Before flood , there was thick shield of ice in autosohere , which protected us full Sun radiation and gave us way more air. There was more plants animals , people lived longer. There was no depression. No sickness. Even now they have more air theropy. And it was all in Blu-ray, it was perfect season all year long.

Props to the camera man for going back in time

Love this! The Triassic is quite underrated

I like the symbiotic relationship shown between the two smaller sea reptiles.

I would kill for a Walking With Dinosaurs type of series made by this man. Absolute masterpiece.

You know I really want to see a life during the Triassic period. Since medias rarely talks about them. It mostly about dinosaurs (from Jurassic-Cretaceous) and Pleistocene Epoch.

Someone name every species in the video, that'll make my day. This animation is pure goal, it also inspires me even more to get a paludarium with a special setting matching the ancient past. I love at how even though it's CGI, it still looks so realistic and as if they are really special effects. Haven't seen such great CGI animation like this since Smaug from The Hobbit. This is so beautiful that I feel like crying, it reminds me of a documentary/film I saw as a kid many years ago in I think 2006. Also, I didn't even know that there were pliosaurs alive during the Triassic, I've definitely gotta do more research because I really love pliosaurs they are my personal favorite marine reptiles, Liopleurodon in particular is my personal favorite prehistoric marine animal. I'd like to imagine the two large Sachicasaurus in the video to be a monogamous pair that mate for life. I don't that's just my personal take on it.

I love. Love. Love. Nature animations with no dialog or narration. I love seeing an interpretation on a nature scene, not something put on display. Beautiful. I could watch hours.

Your work is incredible! Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

Wow, very well-done!

It's hard to believe that this is animation. The detail to every aspect is astounding. This really is a masterpiece. ♥

Continue your work, this already looks like a movie

This is epic, absolutely superb work mate!

This took my breath away. Walking With Sea Monsters said this about the Dunkleosteus, i say it about this.

Such an awesome animation! This is soo cool to watch!

This guy deserves an award for most wholesome prehistoric animations! the only animal that died deserved it too.

I love the ending. The life cycle begins where it started.

I get super excited when you post! Your videos are absolutely phenomenal! Keep those sea beasties coming!😍🙏🏻

My god so Beautiful and I hope we can see the Jurassic sea soon :D

Genuinly do you work in the VFX / animation industry? This is some high tier documentary level productions

Well done... Did a great job conveying what it was like... This would definitely inspire young minds into the field... ☺️

I can't believe this is not from like BBC or Nat Geo or something. Unbelievable. Amazing! This is as good as any DINO stuff I've ever seen, and I gather I've sen all RU-vid has to offer a few times over.

this looks way better than the Jurassic World heavy dark-grey tone plasticine-like animation effects - colors are bright, movements are well thought and the entire composition is pure, elegant - Bravo!

Oh Julian! You've outdone yourself, this really is a work of art. The light, the textures, the perspectives and the sound, truly extraordinary. I can hardly believe what I'm seeing! The dinosaur mad child in me thanks you for what must have taken considerable time and effort.

Meine Gratulation und ein RISIGES LOB zu dieser Wundervollen Arbeit ,"STANDING OVATIONS"🤗🤗🤗👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Well done Sir Well done Outside of Brontisaurus Ichthyosaurs are intriguing to me. They were agile to weigh so much There is much we don't know about these magnificent dolphin-like animals. Thanks for sharing and again well done

0:50 I dont think those pterosaurs should have crests

Fantastic paleo-artwork again, Julian! I can't get over the amount of details you put into creating their skins - good example would be at 1:20 with the closeup of that sunbathing Nothosaurus. Amazing, simply amazing! Thanks again for another jewel in your ever-growing collection!

I swear prehistoric life is so amazing and the big dolphin looking animal that got bit by the mosasaur towards the end was the size of an blue whale maybe even bigger.