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Welcome to a somewhat overdue (mega)thread devoted to the @AppleTV / @bbcstudios series #PrehistoricPlanet season 2 (#prehistoricplanet2 if you will), streaming NOW, and specifically to the first episode: ISLANDS... 
Islands is one of my favourite episodes of #PrehistoricPlanet2. We knew early on that we’d cover stories relevant to the Late Cretaceous island faunas of Romania and Madagascar (since both places have revealed numerous amazing Late Cretaceous island-dwelling animals), but…
... what else could we show? The producer for this episode – Paul Stewart – worked really hard to find appropriate stories, and succeeded in focusing on amazing animals doing interesting things…
Welcome to the 5th and final of my #PrehistoricPlanet threads in which I talk about the science and background to what we showed in this new @AppleTVPlus @bbcstudios production. This time we look at EP 5: FORESTS… #dinosaurs #Cretaceous
I was lead scientific consultant on #PrehistoricPlanet and was extensively involved in our many decisions, all of which were science-led or scientifically informed. I was, of course, merely one among many in a HUGE team that involved hundreds of very talented people!
Ep 5 focuses on the #dinosaurs and #pterosaurs that lived in forests during the Maastrichtian (the final part of the Late #Cretaceous). The Maastrichtian world was heavily forested, with temperate, subtropical & tropical woodland covering around 78% of the land surface…
Welcome to another thread on the science behind the new @AppleTVPlus @bbcstudios series #PrehistoricPlanet, specifically EP 4: ICE WORLDS. This thread will work best if you read the tweets as you watch the episode in real time – do this if you can…
I was lead scientific consultant on #PrehistoricPlanet, and it was a great privilege to work with so MANY excellent and talented people ... such an amazing team! Here we go...
Ice Worlds focuses on the #dinosaurs of the far north and south of the Maastrichtian (very latest #Cretaceous) world, places where conditions were cool or cold – especially in winter, of course – and where the flora and animals were adapted for seasonal darkness and cold…
Delighted to see two scenes in amazing #PrehistoricPlanet speculating on fire ecology and how dinosaurs may have interacted with fire.
A thread on context with living species, and hopefully @TetZoo will explain the creators’ thought process in other episode threads. 1/🧵
A thread on context with living species, and hopefully @TetZoo will explain the creators’ thought process in other episode threads. 1/🧵
@TetZoo Episode 4 (Ice Worlds) introduces an unspecified troodontid, which I presume is based on Troodon / Stenonychosaurus / Latenivenatrix (contentious classification) because of the remarks on its relatively large brain and intelligence. 2/
@TetZoo Their estimated brain size of around 45 grams is indeed very large for their body of 45 kg, which led Dale Russell to conclude they must have been highly intelligent and might have evolved – if they did not go extinct – into his famous dinosauroid. 3/
Ok, here we go on a thread relating to the science and decisions behind ep 3 (FRESHWATER) of #PrehistoricPlanet , our new @AppleTVPlus @bbcstudios series devoted to Late #Cretaceous life. Here we go... #dinosaurs #pterosaurs #plesiosaurs #frogs
Freshwater kicks off in north-east Asia (a location consistent with the geology, climate and animals we show) with a spectacular waterfall connected to canyons. Juvenile #pterosaurs - they're young #azhdarchids - have gathered here to roost... #PrehistoricPlanet
We know essentially nothing of the roosting or resting habits of #azhdarchids but see it as likely that they would have gathered in numbers (fossil evidence does show that they were social) in places that predators couldn't easily get to. Hat-tip to discussion with @MarkWitton ..
Join me in this thread as I talk about the science and decisions behind what we show in ep 2 - DESERTS - of the new @AppleTVPlus @bbcstudios series #PrehistoricPlanet . Deserts aired on Tuesday, but better late than never. Here we go...
Deserts kicks off in western South America on an arid plain where a mass gathering of the giant #titanosaur #Dreadnoughtus have gathered to display and compete for mates. Dreadnoughtus, from Argentina, was named in 2014 by @kenlacovara [shown in photo!] and colleagues...
The idea that sauropods might have gathered and competed is based on behaviour seen in modern birds, mammals and other animals. Remember that events like this MUST have happened in the past, as they do today...
El mononykus de #PrehistoricPlanet 😍
Es que no me fastidies.
Qué bonico eres.
Qué bonico eres.
¿Te molesta el sol, mi rey?
No sufras yo lo arreglo.
No sufras yo lo arreglo.
Seeing lots of love for Mononykus in #PrehistoricPlanet, including from producers @Jon_Favreau and @MikeGunton. Mononykus was part of a group called the alvarezsaurs, and as someone who has adopted one as my username for years, I was very impressed by its portrayal! Here's why...
Alvarezsaurs were a group of small theropod dinosaurs, mostly pigeon- to turkey-sized. They were pretty closely related to birds (but not as close as, say, Velociraptor) and one species has been preserved with remains of a feathery coat. #PrehistoricPlanet (📷@skeletaldrawing)
One of the strangest features of Late Cretaceous alvarezsaurs were their forelimbs: extremely short and stout, with stiffened joints to avoid dislocation, HUGE attachments for muscles that pull towards the body, and a single enlarged claw. #PrehistoricPlanet (📷Perle et al.)
A ver, que me lo preguntaron ayer y creo que puede ser una duda generalizada.
En #PrehistoricPlanet podemos ver un tiranosaurio nadando, ammonites bioluminescentes, rituales de cortejo en plesiosaurios...
¿Cómo podemos saber si todo esto es posible?
En #PrehistoricPlanet podemos ver un tiranosaurio nadando, ammonites bioluminescentes, rituales de cortejo en plesiosaurios...
¿Cómo podemos saber si todo esto es posible?
Evidentemente, muchas de estas ideas que se ven en la serie vienen de la especulación. Pero esto no es "inventarse" las cosas.
Tenemos animales actuales para comparar, para hacer inferencias de qué comportamientos eran posibles por ejemplo...
Tenemos animales actuales para comparar, para hacer inferencias de qué comportamientos eran posibles por ejemplo...
Y luego estas ideas (sí, especulaciones) a menudo se pueden investigar para ver si hay alguna prueba en esa dirección. Es como funciona la ciencia. El caso es que han hecho un documental que parece de animales vivos actuales POR FIN. Y visualmente es una pasada.
I was today years old when I learned that T-REXES COULD SWIM???? man, Isla Nublar really got in bed with the wrong Attenborough #PrehistoricPlanet
So mad we are living through plague times and I can’t watch this shit on the IMAX screen at the science museum as God intended all dinosaur content to be consumed
ah, to be a pterasaur living atop a rocky sea island cliff
no email or taxes, just vibes
no email or taxes, just vibes
Pues ya he visto el primer episodio de #PrehistoricPlanet
Hilo con mis conclusiones preliminares:
Hilo con mis conclusiones preliminares:
1. AAAAAAH AAAAAAAAAAH
2. QUE SE JODA MARVEL
I saw Prehistoric Planet and My head exploded; anyways here’s my review
OK, hello and let's go as I #livetweet during a watch of ep 1 of #PrehistoricPlanet! I'll try and keep everything in the same thread. This is the COASTS ep - 1 of 5 - that will be streaming one a day on @AppleTVPlus ... Here we go!
Like all eps, Coasts was years in preparation and a huge team are behind its completion. I'll mostly be tweeting about science and not ppl but I will be mentioning some key individuals... #PrehistoricPlanet
The ep starts with a swimming #Trex. T. rex lived north to South east to west, across Laramidia (western N America) and was in near-coast environments in many places. Plus ... like just about ALL animals.. it was surely a great swimmer. We WANTED to show something new, and...
Aproveitando o hype da possível presença do #Austroposeidon 🦕no documentário #PrehistoricPlanet da AppleTv, vou falar um pouco sobre essa incrível espécie de titanossauro que foi descrita por mim e colegas durante o meu mestrado, entre 2013-2015.
(Austroposeidon by G. Gehr)
(Austroposeidon by G. Gehr)
Tudo começou lá em 1953, quando o paleontólogo gaúcho Llewellyn Ivor Price resgatou os fósseis desse animal em Presidente Prudente (SP). Infelizmente, parte do material foi perdido devido as explosões causaudas para a expansão de uma rodovia.
O #Austroposeidon foi então devidamente levado ao Museu de Ciências da Terra (MCTer), por sua vez, ligado ao antigo Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral (DNPM) no Rio de Janeiro (hoje ANM). Porém nunca fora identificado nada além de "ossos de um grande dinossauro".
