Uzbekistan, a land of barren deserts, but Uzbekistan was once more lush, around 92 million years ago. An Azhdarcho flies in. This is the great Flight of the Giant.
Intro rolls
Azhdarcho, a giant flying reptile from the group Azhdarchid, a group including the largest flying animals to ever exist. Azhdarcho eats a random lizard. Unlike other Pterosaurs, Azhdarchids are more terrestrial than other Pterosaurs.
Moving on to a heard of Turanoceratops
Turanoceratops, they are Ceratopsians. Related to the famous Triceratops, but they only have two horns and are smaller. We see some cinematography. This heard is moving to find food, and their destination isn't far away. More cinematography but this time they're eating.
We then see a Dzharatitanis from the top of the trees.
Dzharatitanis, the largest Dinosaur here in Uzbekistan. Once thought to be a Diplodocoid, It is now believed to be a Macronaria. More Dzharatitanis come in and the female Azhdarcho watches them from a cliff. Some Zhyraornis get spooked and fly out of the tree.
These are Zhyraornis, prehistoric birds. Birds first evolved in the Jurassic period from a branch of the Dinosaurs who learned to fly. The appearance of birds is what led to Pterosaurs growing larger, to avoid competition.
Next we see a hunting Timurlengia
Another relative of a famous Dinosaur, Timurlengia, a relative of Tyrannosaurus itself. They are fast and nimble because of their small size, just like many of the early Tyrannosaurids like Eotyrannus. The Timurlengia sees the Azhdarcho fly in and tries to run but the Azhdarcho knocks it down and stabs it. An unfortunate end for the Theropod.
Next we see a Bissektipelta drinking water
Bissektipelta, this creature is related to Ankylosaurus. Unlike the earlier Ankylosauroids, Bissektipelta have clubs on the end of their tail for attacking. A Kansajsuchus jumps out of the water and tries to catch the Bissektipelta but it escapes in time.
This crocodilian is a Kansajsuchus. It wasn't so lucky this time, he has to find some other food source. Kansajsuchus catches a Zhyraornis that was flying above.
We then see a mud puddle with everything we saw so far except Kansajsuchus. Summers here can get very hot, this mud puddle is the perfect spot to cool down. We see more cinematography.
The final creature we see is an Ulughbegsaurus
Ulughbegsaurus, a newly discovered Dinosaur. He is related to Giganotosaurus from South America and Carcharodontosaurus from Africa, and like them, it's the apex predator of the region. We see a Turanoceratops separated from the heard because I had to have that one idiot in the series. A Turanoceratops, separated from the heard, A good prey. Ulughbegsaurus goes after the Turanoceratops and after a battle it kills the herbivore and starts eating it.
We then see Kansajsuchus resting in the sun. Kansajsuchus are cold-blooded, so to keep warm they rest in the sun, but it has to make sure it doesn't overheat. Besides it we see a Dzharatitanis carcass and some Timurlengia try to grab some flesh. The Kansajsuchus wakes up but the Timurlengia escape with some flesh. Timurlengia are meso-predators, they hunt for food but are hunted themselves.
We see the Ulughbegsaurus again. The Ulughbegsaurus is hunting again, this time it's attacking the mud puddle. Ulughbegsaurus runs in and looks for something to eat, but it gets crushed by a Dzharatitanis. Crushed by the giant, the predator is no more.
Later we see the Azhdarcho feeding on the Ulughbegsaurus. Uzbekistan was more harsh than we thought, there's more to these places than we thought.
End credits roll
We've looked at every continent so far, except one. Next time we'll be visiting prehistoric Australia to meet some lesser known creatures. We see an Australovenator.