The Lost Dinosaurs of New Zealand is a 2002 documentary hosted by Jonathon Booth and published by the Discovery Channel, it was directed by Bryan Bruce.[1]
Featured Animals:[]
- Unspecified ammonite
- Unspecified ankylosaur
- Unspecified elasmosaur
- Unspecified hypsilophodont (possibly Leaellynasaura)
- Unspecified large theropod
- Unspecified mosasaur
- Unspecified pterosaur
- Unspecified sauropod
Scientific Inaccuracies[]
- The large theropod is referred to as a megalosaur: a family of large theropods that wouldn't have existed in New Zealand.
- A scene in the film shows an elasmosaur breaching the water to hunt a pterosaur. This is highly unlikely for a number of factors, including the head being too small and the neck being too brittle to catch pterosaurs in flight.
Details[]
- The show had a G rating (according to Screen Rant), and ran for 46 minutes.