Prehistoric Planet

Like, could and dinosaur or ancient creature be able to have sex and successfully fertilize any other species? Could some raptors or other small dinosaurs have similar enough DNA for that?

Here's some of the new creatures revealed in the Prehistoric Planet Ice Age trailer (https://youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?si=FG8Ch296Brzbm3bK )

There's at least 4, possibly 5, machairodont species featured.

That one sabertooth shown roaring is not a Smilodon, because its fighting Enhydriodon, the giant otter from Africa and Eurasia. It must be from the Early Pleistocene, before the otter went extinct. It's likely not a Homotherium, as the promotional page didn't call it a scimitar cat. Perhaps Dinofelis?

Also, this African saber-tooth is in Grass Lands, confirming that Enhydriodon is, too.

Also, there's a species of scimitar cat (Homotherium) from The Great Freeze episode. This must be an older species than the one with all-white colouration, in the final episode.

This Smilodon from New Lands is probably probably populator, judging by the presence of several contemporary South American mammals in the episode.

And finally, there's a juvenile in The Great Freeze, showing off the recently-discovered "training wheel fangs". We can't be sure what species it is, but it's probably not Smilodon (age) and definitely not Homotherium.

Alongside Smilodon is Grass Lands is Arctotherium angustidens, the largest terrestrial carnivoran. Notice that it is on top of a Macrauchenia carcass.

Speaking of Macrauchenia, this must be it. It seems the designers opted for the big-nosed interpretation rather than the tapir trunk.

This big bird is the giant stork, Leptoptilos robustus. I believe it lived in Southeast Asia but you may have to check me on that.

Here's the dwarf Stegodon from Indonesia or Malaysia. Honorable mention to the butterfly above his/her head.

These two birds are moa, possibly both Dinornis (the giant moa genus). Males were significantly smaller than females, but I'm not sure if it was this extreme. Perhaps it's another species like the bush moa.

Also moa.

This one's an elephant bird. The beak shows. There's only three possible species. Aepyornis maximus is probably what is featured.

This fellow is definitely a fossa, specifically the giant fossa, Cryptoprocta spelea. They're gonna be handing out on Madagascar with the elephant birds.

Here's Varanus priscus, or Megalania, trying to grab some nimble marsupial. Can't tell for sure, but it's definitely not a possum or quokka.

Who knows what terror bird this one is? It looks like one of the giant species to me, and if so, it could only be Titanis in this time frame.

Here's a thorny devil lizard from Australia. It's cool that we're seeing some extant fauna alongside extinct species, as it shows just how recent these occurances are.

Here's Steller's sea cow! Awesome chunky siren.

Of all the possibilities, the one I find the most likely is that this rock-climbing sloth is Diabolotherium, which was adapted to the rocky terrain of the Andes. The bird must be a condor, if so, as no teratorns lived in this part of South America in the Pleistocene (as far as I know).

Last but not least, a Columbian mammoth getting trapped in a tar pit, perhaps Rancho La Brea. This is in The Great Melt, so we must be seeing end-Pleistocene events. Dire wolves are also confirmed for this episode, and they are quite common in the La Brea pits.

Don't know about you, but I'm probably more excited for this than for the other Prehistoric Planet seasons.

Certainly, there will be other critters outside the trailer and promotional material. I'm hoping for Castoroides and, especially, Haast's eagle for the New Zealand segment. What other awesome Pleistocene fauna might be featured?

'Twas revealed on some STEM lesson plan website, of all places.

Hopefully, Hiddleston doesn't refer to the cats as 'saber-toothed tigers' in the actual series. Regardless, that shot looks absolutely awesome.

Also, episodes confirmed!

Looks to me like Australia for 'New Lands', unless my eyes betray me. That's got to be everyone's favorite pouched lion.

The next iteration of Life on Our Planet will likely release in 2026.

The same film editor who worked on it also worked on WWD 2025 and Surviving Earth. Wasn’t gonna share this originally because it’s NDA, but seriously, who cares.

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age has one episode name confirmed, Grasslands.

The episode format will probably be very similar to Planet Earth or Planet Earth II: Tundra, Grasslands, Deserts (pretty much confirmed by Apple), Mountains (hinted by rock-climbing sloths), and Islands (dwarf elephants confirmed). Or something along the lines of that.

Finally, we have some more images of Surviving Earth’s production from Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/genevieveeferns/?igsh=MWI5ZWR5eHNvZHpkZQ%3D%3D

Guess they’ll be showing an animal with a trunk swimming around in the water, which means this is probably a Cenozoic scene.

One more behind the scenes image here.

What seems to be blurry photos of ground sloths, dire wolves, and a terror bird. Not sure what the one on the top right is, maybe a Pyrotherium or some kind of proboscidean.

I have been fascinated by dinosaurs since 2016, and naturally I have been drawing them for a similar amount of time. Recently, I uncovered a bunch of old dinosaur drawings I did when I was 8, and I decided to redraw the dinosaurs, showing how my art style has changed from the ages of 8, 12 and 15.

Anyways, enough exposition. Here’s the drawings:

Pteranodon

Yes, I know it isn’t a dinosaur, but still. Pterosaurs are some of my favourite things to draw, so naturally they have changed overtime.

2018

This drawing is certainly far from accurate (as you will see with my other 2018 drawings). The pterosaur, while cute, is very disproportionate, with stick-like legs, an inaccurate skull and sometimes the crest is even drawn separate from the body (something you will see more and more with these drawings). The colours I used in the 2018 drawing was blue or grey, depending on the image. Also, this Pteranodon lacks fingers on its wing or a tail.

2022

A reoccurring theme you will see with the 2021/2022 depictions are that they are heavily based off the Jurassic World versions of the species, if present. While this Pteranodon is better proportioned, it lacks pycnofibres. Also, I couldn’t draw a pterosaur walking on all fours at the time, so I only ever drew Pteranodon flying.

2025

This is probably my most accurate depiction, possessing the Pycnofibres. The way the wings fold when walking is based off how they depict it in Prehistoric Planet. In fact, you may also notice that while drawing this, I had the Tethydraco from the show in my head. I gave it a curved beak similar to Tethydraco/Pteranodon sternbergi because I initially planned to represent it as the latter.

Carnotaurus

Well, Carnotaurus has certainly evolved over time…

2018

Remember what I said about drawing the crest separate with Pteranodon? Here you can see an example of that; all the body parts, even the upper and lower jaws, are separate shapes. The hands have three fingers, and are sticks. It is also, for some reason, standing far more upright than Carnotaurus would in reality.

2022

Again, the Jurassic World influence is ever present here. This Carnotaurus is massively better than its predecessor, but there are a few errors; the skull is too Tyrannosaur-like, and this Carnotaur has downwards-facing wrists (IDK how that would even be possible with their near-lack of arms)

2025

A few smaller changes here, nothing as drastic as with the Pteranodon. Arms are more accurate, and have the correct number of fingers. The 2025 Carnotaurus also has lips and osteoderms.

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus is a dinosaur that I nailed pretty early on. But before I nailed it, Jesus!

2018

Like the Carnotaurus, I drew the body parts of the Ankylosaurus separate. The skull was also just a circle, with a beak also separated. The armour had no spikes and I also gave it a really vibrant colour scheme.

2022-2024

After that ‘creature’, I got better at drawing Ankylosaurus. I tried to draw my 2022 Ankylosaurus twice, but both times it had very little difference to the Ankylosaurus I drew for the JP Wiki last September. Massive improvement; the skull isn’t a circle (it’s a rectangle :D) and it has spikes. This was also based off the version in the Jurassic Films, so was spikier than its real-life counterpart.

2025

There is very few differences here, except the skull is no longer a geometric shape, the feet are less elephant-like and the spikes are less spiky.

Brachiosaurus

2018

Like the previous dinosaurs, the body of the 2018 Brachiosaurus is drawn in separate pieces. The neck was always difficult to draw. Sometimes it was too thin, other ones it was too thick. Sometimes it was too long, other ones it was weird shape. The colour was a generic beige green, likely inspired by the green colours of JP///‘s Brachiosaurus. The front limbs are also the same size as the hind limbs.

2022

I’ve always struggled with Brachiosaurus’ skull, so this is actually far better than most of my 2022 depictions. You get the idea, however. It is based off the Jurassic World ‘Brachiosaurus’, which in turn is based off Giraffatitan.

2025

This is probably one of my favourite drawings of the past year. I’ve made the neck thicker and less S-shaped, edited the feet to be less elephant-like and added some speculative spikes going down the Brachiosaur’s back.

So, what do you guys think? What is your favourite species in Part I? Let me know down below what you think, or if you would like a notification for Part II!

I don’t know exactly what prehistoric shark it comes from but it has a lot of plaster on it

I haven’t drawn this creature in wayyyyyy too long, it’s been over half a year since I drew it last I think. Anyways, the Paleo-Accurate version is based on the Rex in Prehistoric Planet (and I really hope I got the accuracy right), JP is based on the main Rex from the movies, and the other ones are just from the top of my head cause I don’t use references for either. My stylized drawings are usually JP/JW-leaning, though, and that might be a little obvious lol

+ solo drawings of each!!

The Golden Age (1993-2005)

This was the age of Jurassic Park and the Walking with Series, and a few mid range docs

(Walking with Dinosaurs is a great example of this era)

The Jurassic Fight Club Era (2006-2010)

This was the era when every company started spewing out dino docs (usualy violent) there are a few exceptions (Prehistoric Park)

(This image sums up this era. One word: VILOENCE)

The "Decent" Age (2010-2012)

This was an era of some pretty solid shows, like Planet Dinosaur.

(A pretty good age)

The Age of Spinosaurs (2010-2020)

This was the time we people started raving about spinosaurus and every doc had it in it.

(Read the title)

The Second Golden Age (2020's)

This is a second golden age of paleo media seeing shows like Prehistoric Planet, and Walking with Dinosaurs (2025)

(Showing them just as animals, beautiful)