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1. It all began with 'New Blood'. This was the first episode that showcased the humble beginnings of the dinosaurs. They began as somewhat rare, with one character on the show being this swift and lithe carnivore that used speed to its advantage. Which one is that dinosaur?
2. In the Triassic, it wasn't a dinosaur that was top predator, but something else was top reptile on the land. A cousin to crocodiles and alligators, only fiercer, meaner, and almost bipedal. What was this ambush killer?
3. The Triassic ends, and the Jurassic rolls in, it is the 'Time of the Titans'. Here, we follow a creche of young sauropodlets, having to face the perils of prehistoric America. Which is the 'double beamed' creature we have the focus on?
4. The Diplodocus herd had to move out of the forest and onto open fields, exposing them to the Jurassic's top predator, a 'Lion of the Jurassic' as narrator Kenneth Branagh described them. Who are these ferocious monsters?
5. The forces of nature had its way over the land, creating the 'Cruel Sea'. Sea levels rose to cover the land to create shallow seas, but deep within lies one of the series' most infamous predators. A marine reptile with a massive jaw of terrifying teeth, what was this gnashing underwater stalker?
6. From the oceans, to the air, we now see the 'Giants of the Skies'. We focus on the flying pterosaurs, reptiles that specialize in flight. Depicted with a 12 meter wingspan, this pterosaur not only got off the ground, but flew halfway across the world. Who is this high flyer?
7. We now move to one of the more extreme locations on the planet, this is 'Spirits of the Ice Forest', and you will be amazed at where this takes us. Which continent is this amazing episode located?
8. One of the more intriguing animals in the Antarctic was the water dwelling Koolasuchus, this half ton beast was a hidden threat to the Leaellynasaura clan, but it wasn't a dinosaur. What species was it?
9. The end is near, and in the late Cretaceous. It is the 'Death of a Dynasty' for the dinosaurs. But as the world was dying, a king had evolved. The 'King of the Dinosaurs' had come. Who was it?
10. Things wouldn't be easy for the mother Tyrannosaurus, as her brood would be threatened by an armoured foe. The heaviest armoured herbivore in the Cretaceous, so well defended that its eyelids are even hardened. What is this walking suit of armour?
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