Dino Death Trap and Dino Autopsy

[MaastrichtianGuy]

this documentary focuses on an extraordinary dinosaur find as it follows a team of palaeontologists in western China as they unearth a virtual black hole in dinosaur evolution. Led by Dr James Clark of George Washington University and Dr Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the team uncovers hundreds of exceptionally preserved dinosaur fossils, including new species that were astonishingly found stacked on top of one another in pits of death in the dry and desolate Junggar Basin. Preserved for 160 million years, a total of 400 specimens and around 40 different species, including bizarre ancestors of the T-Rex and the triceratops and an ancient crocodilian, were discovered in the pits. The scientists believe they may even have found the elusive 'missing link' in the middle Jurassic, when dinosaur evolution went wild. Watch in awe as the amazing creatures are digitally brought back to life and we probe the mystery of how these dinosaurs lived and died
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-QE0dprcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZR3ZWrKfs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czeZ6_gKXe8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinXdKP9dDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEcLGhZf7a8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOPK8kd8anA

[MaastrichtianGuy]

Alvarezsaur like Theropod

Bientheroides or Tritylodont

Coelophysis

Guanlong

Junggarsuchus

Mamenchisaurus

Primitive Ornithopod

Rhamphorynchid Pterosaur

Toothless Ceratosaur

Tuojiangosaurus

Yinlong

[MaastrichtianGuy]

another Documentary is Dino Autopsy, Dino Autopsy is a discovery that promises to transform what scientists believe about the dinosaur ... a virtually intact dino mummy. Nearly everything we know of dinosaurs comes from bones and teeth, usually the only tissue durable enough to fossilize. The conditions that preserved this extraordinary mummy were one in a million, and early examination offers never-before-seen details of what they really looked like, as well as clues to how they moved and lived. The paleontologists involved already believe that this could prove to be one of the most important dinosaur discoveries of all time.
The recently discovered partially intact dino mummy, named Dakota, is one of the most important dinosaur discoveries in recent times calling into question our conception of dinosaurs' body shape, skin preservation and movement.
Fossilised skin and tendons have allowed us to reconstruct major muscle sizes, with many body parts offering a tantalising glimpse of a 3-D dinosaur.
The scan of the 3,600kg body was of the one of the largest CT scans ever undertaken!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8i9enHWipE
Dakota the Edmontosaurus

Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Edmontosaurus

Mononykus

Thescelosaurus

Troodon or Stenonychosaurus

[Patrx]

Well, those models are unforgivably hideous 

[Jose S.M.]

I find the model of Dakota cute.

[stargatedalek]

Perfect example of why National Geographic is untrustworthy and only cares about profits. Quote mining, terrible CGI, inaccurate and even contradictory designs. Absolutely pathetic for a supposed educational company.

[Patrx]

I find the model of Dakota cute.

She does look a lot better than the other Edmontosaurus model, which is confusing in itself!

[MLMjp]

Perfect example of why National Geographic is untrustworthy and only cares about profits. Quote mining, terrible CGI, inaccurate and even contradictory designs. Absolutely pathetic for a supposed educational company.

Well, this documentaries came out in 2007 so i think a lot of the designs are ok considering that in that time a lot of modern ideas about dinosaurs were just starting to pop up.
Personaly, I think it has a lot of things that are interesting (maybe not today, but for their time). I f you guys have not watched I personally recommend you to.

Besides, in the actual documentary the models do not have those hideous postures that the pictures show.

[Neosodon]

Good dino documentaries are few and far between. Although these aren't top notch and partially out of date there is certainly some interesting material in them.