Planet Dinosaur

- Season 1

(2011)

New finds from Africa have revealed some of the most spectacular dinosaurs ever known. the Spinosaurus, the largest carnivore ever known to have existed, clashes with the Carcharodontosaurus over their common pray, the Ouranosaurus.

A look at some of the more recently discovered and highly intriguing feathered dinosaurs from Asia, including the Epidexipteryx, the Oviraptor, the Gigantoraptor and the Microraptor.

Witness how three very different, yet very dangerous, kinds of carnivorous dinosaurs hunted and killed their prey, or in some cases, their own fellow species.

In the late Jurassic, the enormous Predator X hunts in the European oceans. On the American land, the famous Allosaurus terrorizes its victims. However, there may be even larger predators stalking the terrain.

This episode focuses on the new giants, the heavyweights of the dinosaur world. It's only in recent years that we've unearthed the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived. One monster eclipsing all others was the immense Argentinosaurus - a single backbone was bigger than a human. For years these giants were considered immune to attack from any predator until the discovery of Mapusaurus.

This final episode explores the dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive. From the Magyarsaurus, which showed an amazing adaptation to island life, to the Nothronychus, a carnivore that gave up meat eating. This astonishing capacity to evolve meant that dinosaurs not only spread throughout the world, but also, dominated life upon it for more than 160 million years.