When they are close to adulthood, the group of young Diplodocus are nearly all killed by a huge forest fire, which leaves two survivors including the female. As they grow, they face many dangers, including predation by Ornitholestes and Allosaurus, and a Stegosaurus, which kills one while swinging its tail. After hatching at the forest edge, she and her siblings retreat to the safety of the denser trees. This episode followed the life of a young female Diplodocus. The 2nd episode to be filmed and broadcast.ġ52 million years ago - Late Jurassic - Colorado Filming locations: Redwood National Park ( Fern Canyon), California, Tasmania, New Zealand Conditions: warm with mixture of forest and fern-prairies.

Cynodont (identified as Thrinaxodon in the encyclopedia).

The episode ends with the arrival of a herd of the prosauropod Plateosaurus, foreshadowing the future dominance of giant sauropod dinosaurs as depicted in the second episode. Finally, the wet season comes again, and the Coelophysis have survived, along with the cynodont pair. Wounded, sick and without a territory, the female dies and is eaten by a pack of Coelophysis. The female Postosuchus is later shown to have been wounded by Placerias's tusks, and is beaten out of its territory by a rival Postosuchus. At night, the pair of cynodonts are shown eating their remaining young, then moving away. Still searching for food, the Coelophysis are shown discovering a burrow of the small mammal-like cynodont, Unfortunately one youngster strays too close and is eaten, The father cynodont attempts to protect the youngster, but to no avail. A female rauisuchian ( Postosuchus, one of the largest carnivores alive at the time of the Triassic) was also shown following the Placerias herd, and kills one of the members. Early pterosaurs (specifically Peteinosaurus) were also featured, depicted cooling themselves in what little water was present during the drought. The Coelophysis was shown hunting a herd of Placerias, looking for weak members to prey upon. The episode followed a female Coelophysis as it tried to survive in the dry season.

In the year of the episode, the rains are late. Each episode of Walking with Dinosaurs focused on the lives of one or more 'protagonists', depicting fictional and speculative events based mainly on inferences and the behavior of modern animals, produced in a style that mimicked traditional wildlife documentaries.Ģ20 million years ago - Late Triassic - Arizona Filming location: New Caledonia Conditions: semi-desert with short rainy season.

Postosuchus walking with dinosaurs