When Dinosaurs Roamed America facts for kids
When Dinosaurs Roamed America is a 2001 television movie from the Discovery Channel. The movie is narrated by John Goodman. This movie tells us about species of dinosaurs that lived in North America through the ages of the Mesozoic era. The backgrounds of the movie are real places of America.
Contents
Featured creatures
Late Triassic Segment
- Coelophysis
- Rutiodon
- Desmatosuchus
- Icarosaurus
- Traversodon
- Unidentified mammal, probably Morganucodon or Megazostrodon
- quoll (live-acted, probably appeared by accident)
- locust (animated)
Early Jurassic Segment
- Dilophosaurus
- Megapnosaurus (identified as Syntarsus, which it was called at the time)
- Anchisaurus (in terms of size and general appearance it resembles a Massospondylus)
Late Jurassic Segment
- Camarasaurus
- Allosaurus
- Apatosaurus
- Stegosaurus
- Dryosaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Unidentified pterosaur, probably Pterodactylus
Middle Cretaceous Segment
- Nothronychus
- Dromaeosaurus (identified as dromaeosaur)
- Zuniceratops
- Coelurosaurus (identified as coelurosaur)
Late Cretaceous Segment
- Tyrannosaurus
- Triceratops
- Anatotitan
- Quetzalcoatlus
- Purgatorius (live-acted by opossum)
- Ornithomimus (not identified, revealed on web)
- Spider (live-acted)
See also
In Spanish: When Dinosaurs Roamed America para niños
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