Age of Reptiles

[Balaur]

Well, in response to Yutyrannus's Dinosauria series I created my own, which I actually was working on for a while. I cleaverly titled it Age of Reptiles, but it has no relation to Ricardo Delgado's comics. While Dinosauria has 10 episodes that have a specific theme in each one and jumps around time in each episode, my series had 6 episodes, and is set in chronological order, in a format like Walking with Dinosaurs, each episode covering one location on time.

#1 - Valley of the Moon - In this first episode, we follow the struggles of Pisanosaurus, Eoraptor, and Herrerasaurus, along with the predatory Saurosuchus through a whole year in Triassic Argentina.

#2 - Frozen Crest - In this episode, we follow the lives of three Cryolophosaurus throughout ten months in a lush tropical Antarctica.

#3 - Lost Paradise - As the dinosaurs diversified, so did the marine reptiles. In this episode, we will follow the pliosaur Megalneusaurus and the plesiosaur Pantosaurus in the Sundance Sea of North America for six months in the Jurassic.

#4 - Lost Cause - Follow Baryonyx and Concavenator as they feed on their own prey, and are forced to compete with one another when the dry Season changes everything.

#5 - Forgotten Archosaurs - While dinosaurs diversify even more, one place in the world was empty of the niche that theropod dinosaurs filled. And in Brazil, they were filled by the crurotarsans. Join Baurusuchus, Mariliasuchus and Pissarrachampsa and they struggle through eight months of Cretaceous Brazil.

#6 - Last of a Dynasty - In this programme, We follow a male Balaur, as he goes on his mostly herbivorous lifestyle for six weeks before the asteroid hits. But when he does, he will fight to stay alive and be the last of a great dynasty.

Fauna and Flora -


Valley of the Moon


Herrerasaurus


Probelesodon


Eoraptor


Pisanosaurus


Ischigualastia


Silesaurid

Frozen Crest


Cryolophosaurus


Glacialisaurus


Tirtylodont


Siderops


Paradise Lost


Pteranichs


Megalneusaurus


Marshosaurus


Opthalmosaurus


Old Silence


Concavenator


Pelecanimimus


Baryonyx


Iberomesornis


Forgotten Archosaurs


Pissarrachampsa


Baurusuchus


Multitiberculate

Last of a Dynasty


Hatzegopteryx


Balaur


Elopteryx


Magyarosaurus


Eurazhdarcho

Flora

Megamalus


Megalococus



Specials:
The Greatest Migrations:
Dinosaur Cove -

Walking with Dinosaurs -

Gorgosaurus

[Yutyrannus]

Awesome series! I can't wait to see some of the creatures!

As for episode names how about these:
#1 - Valley of the Moon
#6 -Dinosaurian Dwarves

These were all I could come up with as I haven't heard of any of the other ones. Good luck on your series !

[Balaur]

Awesome series! I can't wait to see some of the creatures!

As for episode names how about these:
#1 - Valley of the Moon
#6 -Dinosaurian Dwarves

These were all I could come up with as I haven't heard of any of the other ones. Good luck on your series !

Thanks! I do wish that this would become a real series! Also, I have changed the names of the first and last episodes. However, I decided to name the last episode "Last of a Dynasty" (a tribute to Walking with Dinosaurs "Death of a Dynasty").

I really wanted to choose locations that Walking with Dinosaurs did not cover and even any documentary did not cover. Sundance Sea and Adamantina Formations are also very fascinating and Ive never seen a documentary showcase those areas. However, I did like a story I came up with about Hateg Island, and speculative lifestyles on Balaur bondoc. All I will say is that I showcased it to be actually very herbivorous, but still being an omnivore. In addition, I invented a fiction plant with giant fruit that only Balaur is capable of getting to that I have only called "cannonball apples". They actually are not related to apples, but it was a cool name. Still figuring out a scientific name for it.

Also, If the series would become a success, I think I could create a spin-off that featured locations I cut out, but in a slightly different format or theme. Still, watch out for those pictures, there coming soon!

[Balaur]

Also, if you notice the locationa I chose, there is a very suspicious lack of tyrannosaurs, therizinosaurs, and ceratopsians. I know, it sucks, but the original story I had (Zuni Basin, featuring Zunityrannus, Nothronychus, and Zuniceratops, among others) was caotic and not very well written and also that is when I realized I had too many episodes. Now I now that is sucks to cut a story. Who knows, I may resurrect the story if I cant make a good story for Adamantina (which by the way has upright walking, possibly warm-blooded and even maybe whiskered crocodilians) than I can return. So yeah, deal with the lack of those dinosaurs for now.

[Yutyrannus]

Awesome series! I can't wait to see some of the creatures!

As for episode names how about these:
#1 - Valley of the Moon
#6 -Dinosaurian Dwarves

These were all I could come up with as I haven't heard of any of the other ones. Good luck on your series !

Thanks! I do wish that this would become a real series! Also, I have changed the names of the first and last episodes. However, I decided to name the last episode "Last of a Dynasty" (a tribute to Walking with Dinosaurs "Death of a Dynasty").

I really wanted to choose locations that Walking with Dinosaurs did not cover and even any documentary did not cover. Sundance Sea and Adamantina Formations are also very fascinating and Ive never seen a documentary showcase those areas. However, I did like a story I came up with about Hateg Island, and speculative lifestyles on Balaur bondoc. All I will say is that I showcased it to be actually very herbivorous, but still being an omnivore. In addition, I invented a fiction plant with giant fruit that only Balaur is capable of getting to that I have only called "cannonball apples". They actually are not related to apples, but it was a cool name. Still figuring out a scientific name for it.

Also, If the series would become a success, I think I could create a spin-off that featured locations I cut out, but in a slightly different format or theme. Still, watch out for those pictures, there coming soon!

Sounds very cool! Are you going to post episode plots?

[Yutyrannus]

Also, if you notice the locationa I chose, there is a very suspicious lack of tyrannosaurs, therizinosaurs, and ceratopsians. I know, it sucks, but the original story I had (Zuni Basin, featuring Zunityrannus, Nothronychus, and Zuniceratops, among others) was caotic and not very well written and also that is when I realized I had too many episodes. Now I now that is sucks to cut a story. Who knows, I may resurrect the story if I cant make a good story for Adamantina (which by the way has upright walking, possibly warm-blooded and even maybe whiskered crocodilians) than I can return. So yeah, deal with the lack of those dinosaurs for now.

That's okay, I have plenty of those dinosaurs! We can each have some of the creatures that aren't in the other's series !

[Balaur]

Also, if you notice the locationa I chose, there is a very suspicious lack of tyrannosaurs, therizinosaurs, and ceratopsians. I know, it sucks, but the original story I had (Zuni Basin, featuring Zunityrannus, Nothronychus, and Zuniceratops, among others) was caotic and not very well written and also that is when I realized I had too many episodes. Now I now that is sucks to cut a story. Who knows, I may resurrect the story if I cant make a good story for Adamantina (which by the way has upright walking, possibly warm-blooded and even maybe whiskered crocodilians) than I can return. So yeah, deal with the lack of those dinosaurs for now.

That's okay, I have plenty of those dinosaurs! We can each have some of the creatures that aren't in the other's series !

Yes, that is a good thing!

Awesome series! I can't wait to see some of the creatures!

As for episode names how about these:
#1 - Valley of the Moon
#6 -Dinosaurian Dwarves

These were all I could come up with as I haven't heard of any of the other ones. Good luck on your series !

Thanks! I do wish that this would become a real series! Also, I have changed the names of the first and last episodes. However, I decided to name the last episode "Last of a Dynasty" (a tribute to Walking with Dinosaurs "Death of a Dynasty").

I really wanted to choose locations that Walking with Dinosaurs did not cover and even any documentary did not cover. Sundance Sea and Adamantina Formations are also very fascinating and Ive never seen a documentary showcase those areas. However, I did like a story I came up with about Hateg Island, and speculative lifestyles on Balaur bondoc. All I will say is that I showcased it to be actually very herbivorous, but still being an omnivore. In addition, I invented a fiction plant with giant fruit that only Balaur is capable of getting to that I have only called "cannonball apples". They actually are not related to apples, but it was a cool name. Still figuring out a scientific name for it.

Also, If the series would become a success, I think I could create a spin-off that featured locations I cut out, but in a slightly different format or theme. Still, watch out for those pictures, there coming soon!

Sounds very cool! Are you going to post episode plots?

I think I am going to post the episode plots right now. Also, just after I am totally done with this series I will move onto my 'Age of Mammals' series.

[Dinoguy2]

Well, in response to Yutyrannus's Dinosauria series I created my own, which I actually was working on for a while. I cleaverly titled it Age of Reptiles, but it has no relation to Ricardo Delgado's comics. While Dinosauria has 10 episodes that have a specific theme in each one and jumps around time in each episode, my series has 6 episodes, and is set in chronological order, in a format like Walking with Dinosaurs, each episode covering one location on time. I dont have any episode names for some of them, so I dirived the names feom the formation or locatipn they are from.

#1 - Valley of the Moon - In this first episode, we follow the struggles of Pisanosaurus, Eoraptor, and Herrerasaurus, along with the predatory Saurosuchus through a whole year in Triassic Argentina.

#2 - Frozen Crest - In this episode, we follow the lives of three Cryolophosaurus throughout ten months in a lush tropical Antarctica.

#3 - Lost Paradise - As dinosaurs diversify, so did the marine reptiles. In this programme, follow the lives of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus and the pliosaur Megalneusaurus through six months as they kill each other, eat, and breed.

#4 - Las Hoyas - Follow Baryonyx and Concavenator as they feed on their own prey, and are forced to compete with one another when the dry Season changes everything.

#5 - Forgotten Archosaurs - While dinosaurs diversify even more, one place in the world was empty of the niche that theropod dinosaurs filled. And in Brazil, they were filled by the crurotarsans. Join Baurusuchus, Mariliasuchus and Pissarrachampsa and they struggle through eight months of Cretaceous Brazil.

#6 - Last of a Dynasty - In this programme, We follow a male Balaur, as he goes on his mostly herbivorous lifestyle for six weeks before the asteroid hits. But when he does, he will fight to stay alive and be the last of a great dynasty.

(I almost added a polar dinosaur episode, but I would have way too many Cretaceous episodes.)

Good ideas, nice to see some focus on non-dino archosaurs like the stem-crocs in Brazil. One note though, is that Balaur bondoc was found in rocks dated to the early Maastrichtian, and given that most dinosaur species turn over every 1-2 million years or so, it would almost certainly have been extinct before the meteor impact.

Though, it's easy to imagine that another Balaur-like theropod might have evolved from it by the time of the K-Pg, so it is still plausible as long as you just refer to it as a Balaur or "balaurid" and not specifically as a B. bondoc.

[Balaur]

Well, in response to Yutyrannus's Dinosauria series I created my own, which I actually was working on for a while. I cleaverly titled it Age of Reptiles, but it has no relation to Ricardo Delgado's comics. While Dinosauria has 10 episodes that have a specific theme in each one and jumps around time in each episode, my series has 6 episodes, and is set in chronological order, in a format like Walking with Dinosaurs, each episode covering one location on time. I dont have any episode names for some of them, so I dirived the names feom the formation or locatipn they are from.

#1 - Valley of the Moon - In this first episode, we follow the struggles of Pisanosaurus, Eoraptor, and Herrerasaurus, along with the predatory Saurosuchus through a whole year in Triassic Argentina.

#2 - Frozen Crest - In this episode, we follow the lives of three Cryolophosaurus throughout ten months in a lush tropical Antarctica.

#3 - Lost Paradise - As dinosaurs diversify, so did the marine reptiles. In this programme, follow the lives of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus and the pliosaur Megalneusaurus through six months as they kill each other, eat, and breed.

#4 - Las Hoyas - Follow Baryonyx and Concavenator as they feed on their own prey, and are forced to compete with one another when the dry Season changes everything.

#5 - Forgotten Archosaurs - While dinosaurs diversify even more, one place in the world was empty of the niche that theropod dinosaurs filled. And in Brazil, they were filled by the crurotarsans. Join Baurusuchus, Mariliasuchus and Pissarrachampsa and they struggle through eight months of Cretaceous Brazil.

#6 - Last of a Dynasty - In this programme, We follow a male Balaur, as he goes on his mostly herbivorous lifestyle for six weeks before the asteroid hits. But when he does, he will fight to stay alive and be the last of a great dynasty.

(I almost added a polar dinosaur episode, but I would have way too many Cretaceous episodes.)

Good ideas, nice to see some focus on non-dino archosaurs like the stem-crocs in Brazil. One note though, is that Balaur bondoc was found in rocks dated to the early Maastrichtian, and given that most dinosaur species turn over every 1-2 million years or so, it would almost certainly have been extinct before the meteor impact.

Though, it's easy to imagine that another Balaur-like theropod might have evolved from it by the time of the K-Pg, so it is still plausible as long as you just refer to it as a Balaur or "balaurid" and not specifically as a B. bondoc.

Thanks for the information. I thought that Balaur was from the late Maastrichtian so that was my bad, but I'll keep him and not refer to it a Balaur bondoc.

[Yutyrannus]

Balaur, just so you know, Felipe-elias on deviantart has a Baurusuchus skeletal that you could use.

[Balaur]

Thanks Yutyrannus! I decided to change the format of the series slightly, and go to ten episodes like Monsters of the Mesozoic. However, it will still be like Walking with Dinosaurs, a single story, shot in a documentary format, and half hour. I went to ten because I learned about Ohmdenosaurus and was inspired by this great piece of art. http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/art/Ohmdenosaurus-395631740

I also wanted to put in more Triassic episodes and Jurassic episodes, so that the series isn't (one Triassic episode, two Jurassic episodes, three Cretaceous episodes). Mainly because the Cretaceous is overly represented (as it is in so many documentaries 'Walking with Dinosaurs'     'Planet Dinosaur')

So expect at least one more Triassic episode, an Ohmdenosaurus episode, another Jurassic episode, and possibly four from the Cretaceous. So, hows that instead of restricting myself a bunch! I still am restricting myself becasue there are so many episodes I could have made from so many formations, but I am avoiding all the formations WWD covered and I am trying new formations that have never been seen before (Adamantina Formation, Posidonia Shale). The episode guide will be changed accordingly because of this new decision.

[Yutyrannus]

Thanks Yutyrannus! I decided to change the format of the series slightly, and go to ten episodes like Monsters of the Mesozoic. However, it will still be like Walking with Dinosaurs, a single story, shot in a documentary format, and half hour. I went to ten because I learned about Ohmdenosaurus and was inspired by this great piece of art. http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/art/Ohmdenosaurus-395631740

I also wanted to put in more Triassic episodes and Jurassic episodes, so that the series isn't (one Triassic episode, two Jurassic episodes, three Cretaceous episodes). Mainly because the Cretaceous is overly represented (as it is in so many documentaries 'Walking with Dinosaurs'     'Planet Dinosaur')

So expect at least one more Triassic episode, an Ohmdenosaurus episode, another Jurassic episode, and possibly four from the Cretaceous. So, hows that instead of restricting myself a bunch! I still am restricting myself becasue there are so many episodes I could have made from so many formations, but I am avoiding all the formations WWD covered and I am trying new formations that have never been seen before (Adamantina Formation, Posidonia Shale). The episode guide will be changed accordingly because of this new decision.

You could have an episode with "Dilophosaurus" sinensis, it is a cool species and no-one have ever done in documentaries. For Triassic, you could do Liliansternus.

[Balaur]

Thanks Yutyrannus! I decided to change the format of the series slightly, and go to ten episodes like Monsters of the Mesozoic. However, it will still be like Walking with Dinosaurs, a single story, shot in a documentary format, and half hour. I went to ten because I learned about Ohmdenosaurus and was inspired by this great piece of art. http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/art/Ohmdenosaurus-395631740

I also wanted to put in more Triassic episodes and Jurassic episodes, so that the series isn't (one Triassic episode, two Jurassic episodes, three Cretaceous episodes). Mainly because the Cretaceous is overly represented (as it is in so many documentaries 'Walking with Dinosaurs'     'Planet Dinosaur')

So expect at least one more Triassic episode, an Ohmdenosaurus episode, another Jurassic episode, and possibly four from the Cretaceous. So, hows that instead of restricting myself a bunch! I still am restricting myself becasue there are so many episodes I could have made from so many formations, but I am avoiding all the formations WWD covered and I am trying new formations that have never been seen before (Adamantina Formation, Posidonia Shale). The episode guide will be changed accordingly because of this new decision.

You could have an episode with "Dilophosaurus" sinensis, it is a cool species and no-one have ever done in documentaries. For Triassic, you could do Liliansternus.

I might actually replace the Ohmdenosaurus with "Dilophosaurus" sinensis. As far I know that is an invalid name, the real name is Sinosaurus. Which is still very cool. I already have a dwarf sauropod episode (though it doesn't focus on Magyarosaurus) and marine reptiles are featured in it. This series may not be very friendly to Sauropterygia or Ichthyosaurs, but be prepared for some non-dinosaurian archosaurs (Brazilian stem-crocs, woo hoo!)

[Yutyrannus]

Thanks Yutyrannus! I decided to change the format of the series slightly, and go to ten episodes like Monsters of the Mesozoic. However, it will still be like Walking with Dinosaurs, a single story, shot in a documentary format, and half hour. I went to ten because I learned about Ohmdenosaurus and was inspired by this great piece of art. http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/art/Ohmdenosaurus-395631740

I also wanted to put in more Triassic episodes and Jurassic episodes, so that the series isn't (one Triassic episode, two Jurassic episodes, three Cretaceous episodes). Mainly because the Cretaceous is overly represented (as it is in so many documentaries 'Walking with Dinosaurs'     'Planet Dinosaur')

So expect at least one more Triassic episode, an Ohmdenosaurus episode, another Jurassic episode, and possibly four from the Cretaceous. So, hows that instead of restricting myself a bunch! I still am restricting myself becasue there are so many episodes I could have made from so many formations, but I am avoiding all the formations WWD covered and I am trying new formations that have never been seen before (Adamantina Formation, Posidonia Shale). The episode guide will be changed accordingly because of this new decision.

You could have an episode with "Dilophosaurus" sinensis, it is a cool species and no-one have ever done in documentaries. For Triassic, you could do Liliansternus.

I might actually replace the Ohmdenosaurus with "Dilophosaurus" sinensis. As far I know that is an invalid name, the real name is Sinosaurus. Which is still very cool. I already have a dwarf sauropod episode (though it doesn't focus on Magyarosaurus) and marine reptiles are featured in it. This series may not be very friendly to Sauropterygia or Ichthyosaurs, but be prepared for some non-dinosaurian archosaurs (Brazilian stem-crocs, woo hoo!)

Thanks for taking my request, Sinosaurus is a really cool dinosaur, that is one it is in my series too ! Also please check out my new drawing for the series, Dilophosaurus wetherilli, I am quite happy with it !

[Balaur]

I appreciate the requests! However, I can't seem to make up my friggin mind, so I'll just go back to the six episode system, which means I may cut Sinosaurus. 

Still, I think that our series should focus on different animals and different formations. I'm pretty sure that Sinosaurus will be wonderful. So yes, I will just stay simple. I thought of ten episodes, but couldn't make any stories, and also it just felt too long and crowded. So, that is it, I'm sticking with it! 

[Yutyrannus]

I appreciate the requests! However, I can't seem to make up my friggin mind, so I'll just go back to the six episode system, which means I may cut Sinosaurus. 

Still, I think that our series should focus on different animals and different formations. I'm pretty sure that Sinosaurus will be wonderful. So yes, I will just stay simple. I thought of ten episodes, but couldn't make any stories, and also it just felt too long and crowded. So, that is it, I'm sticking with it! 

Okay, but please don't cut out any of your original six (Valley of the Moon, Frozen Crest, Lost Paradise, Los Hoyas, Forgotten Archosaurs, and Last of a Dynasty), they are all very cool. Good luck !

[Balaur]

So, I have FINALLY got my episode guide all ready, and settled, names, locations, creatures, all that good stuff. Now it's time to reveal what creatures you should be expecting (I may add a few more creatures in so this is like an almost final version)

The names in bold represent the creature the episode focuses on.

Valley of the Moon -
Pisanosaurus
Eoraptor
Herrerasaurus
Unnamed silesaurid
Probelesodon
Saurosuchus
Ischigualastia

Frozen Crest -
Cryolophosaurus
Glacialisaurus
Siderops
Tirtylodont
Pterosaurs

Paradise Lost -
Megalneusaurus
Pantosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus
Ammonite
Flying Belemnite
Marshosaurus

Old Silence -
Concavenator
Baryonyx
Pelecanimimus
Iberomesornis
Polacanthus
Iguanodon
Europejara

Forgotten Archosaurs -
Baurusuchus
Pissarrachampsa
Montealtosuchus
Mariliasuchus
Brasilotitan
Armadillosuchus

Last of a Dynasty -
Balaur
Hatzegopteryx
Eurazhdarcho
Magyarosaurus
Rhabdodon
Plesiosaur

I will keep this thread when I work on possible spin-offs or Age of Mammals and a prequel.

[Yutyrannus]

So, I have FINALLY got my episode guide all ready, and settled, names, locations, creatures, all that good stuff. Now it's time to reveal what creatures you should be expecting (I may add a few more creatures in so this is like an almost final version)

The names in bold represent the creature the episode focuses on.

Valley of the Moon -
Pisanosaurus
Eoraptor
Herrerasaurus
Unnamed silesaurid
Probelesodon
Saurosuchus
Ischigualastia

Frozen Crest -
Cryolophosaurus
Glacialisaurus
Siderops
Tritylodont
Pterosaurs

Lost Paradise -
Megalneusaurus
Pantosaurus
Ophthalmosaurus
Pteranichus
Some sort of theropod
Maybe a Diplodocus
Hybodus
Ammonite
Belemnite

Lost Cause -
Baryonyx
Concavenator
Iguanodon
Iberomesornis
Goniopholis
Pelecanimimus

Forgotten Archosaurs -
Baurusuchus
Pissarrachampsa
Montealtosuchus
Mariliasuchus
Maxakalisaurus
Armadillosuchus

Last of a Dynasty -
Balaur
Hatzegopteryx
Eurazhdarcho
Struthiosaurus
Magyarosaurus
Rhabdodon
Plesiosaur

I will keep this thread when I work on possible spin-offs or Age of Mammals and a prequel.

Awesome! So, when will you post pictures of the creatures?

Also, here you go: Baurusuchus skeletal

[Balaur]

Thanks for the Baurusuchus!

I am going to draw a few of them tonight, but when I have access to a scanner I'll post them, so it may be a little bit... oh, wait, I actually, have a picture I drew that I wasn't intending to feature in the series, but now it just seems to fit in so well. it is the Pissarrachampsa, and for the first time ever, I actually made a reptile look so mammalianly adorable.


Pissarrachampsa rearing up in a manner similar to meerkats. I wanted to make it mammalian like as possible, and so because my cats occasionally will rear up briefly like this, I had to do it. The scanner messed it up a little, but yeah, thats my first picture. The next one will be probably after this weekend.

[Everything_Dinosaur]

You certainly have achieved a very mammal-like appearance, guess we will have to read up on this critter.