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6 unusual facts about Walking with Dinosaurs


Dinilysia

According to supplementary material posted online at the BBC website, Dinilysia was the snake that appeared in the final episode of the 1999 documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs.

El Paso County Coliseum

It still is host to a variety of events, including Disney on Ice, Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, George Carden Circus, Walking with Dinosaurs, Trade Shows, Monster Trucks, WWE.

Euchambersia

The model used for the Euchambersia was the same model that was used for the Thrinaxodon that appeared in the first episode of Walking with Dinosaurs.

Ghost Ranch

Ghost Ranch was once part of the Chinle Formation, and the New Blood episode of Walking with Dinosaurs was set there, although the filming location was New Caledonia.

Physogaleus

It was featured in the book adaptation of the 2003 BBC series Sea Monsters, a spin-off to Walking with Dinosaurs (1999).

Stethacanthus

In the 2003 TV documentary Sea Monsters, a spin-off from the 1999 series Walking with Dinosaurs, a Stethacanthus was briefly shown circling a large shark cage before being scared away by a much larger Dunkleosteus.


Alexornis

An Alexornis named "Alex" was included in the 2013 animated film Walking with Dinosaurs as a primary character and narrator, voiced by actor John Leguizamo.

Ben Bartlett

He is mainly celebrated for having been the creator of the background music in BBC nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs (1999), Walking with Beasts (2001), Chased by Dinosaurs (2002) or Walking with Monsters (2005), among others.

Cameroceras

It was featured in the Ordovician section of the BBC series Sea Monsters (a spin-off to the successful Walking with Dinosaurs) as a nearly blind, feeble-eyed apex predator, and also had a brief cameo in Walking with Monsters, bobbing in the water.

Therocephalia

A pack of unspecified therocephalians appeared in the third episode of the BBC series, Walking with Monsters (which look similar to the Thrinaxodons from Walking with Dinosaurs).


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