The Land Before Time franchise features a number of real-world prehistoric species in its installments. The list below catalogues specific taxa known to be represented in the series per official sources.
Belly Draggers
- Deinosuchus: Dil[Citation Needed]
Dil
Clubtails
- Ankylosaurus: Kosh, Mr. Clubtail, Ankylosaurus (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)[1]
An unnamed Ankylosaurus character from "The Amazing Threehorn Girl"
Longnecks
- Apatosaurus: Ali's Mother, Ali, Bron[2], Grandma and Grandpa Longneck, Littlefoot's Mother, Littlefoot[3], Pat, Rhett, etc.
- Brachiosaurus: Shorty[4]
- Diplodocus: Dara, Doc[5], Diplodocus Mom
- Supersaurus: Sue[6]
- "Tinysaurus"/Mussaurus[7]: Tinysauruses (characters)
- Ultrasauros: Sue's Boyfriend[6]
Littlefoot and Bron, two of the series' many named Apatosaurus characters
Shorty, a Brachiosaurus character
Doc and Dara, two Diplodocus characters
Sue, a Supersaurus character
Lizzy and her father, Big Daddy, are two of several named "Tinysauruses"
Sue and her Ultrasauros boyfriend
Thicknoses
- Pachyrhinosaurus: Mr. Thicknose [8]
Mr. Thicknose, a Pachyrhinosaurus character, glares at Littlefoot
Threehorns
- Triceratops: Daddy Topps, Tria, Cera[9], Tricia, Dinah & Dana etc.
Cera, a Triceratops character
Spiketails
- Stegosaurus: Spike[10], Spiketail Leader[11], Tippy[11], Tippy's Mother[11], Stegosaurus (The Time of the Great Giving)[12], etc.
Three Stegosaurus characters: Spike, Tippy and Tippy's mother
- Iguanodon: Iguanodon (The Time of the Great Giving)[12]
Several Iguanodon
Bigmouths
- Anatosaurus/Parasaurolophus[13]/Saurolophus[14] (disputed): Ducky and Spike's Siblings, Ducky, Mama Swimmer, Papa Swimmer, etc.
Ducky and her mother have been referred to a myriad of different species in promotional material
Domeheads
- Pachycephalosaurus(see notes)
Three boneheads
Egg Stealers
- Struthiomimus: Ozzy & Strut[15]
- Ornithomimus(see notes)
Ozzy and Strut, two Struthiomimus characters
Fast Runners
- Oviraptor: Ruby's Parents, Ruby's Siblings, Ruby[16]
Ruby and her family
Flyers
- Archaeopteryx: Avie[Citation Needed]
- Cearadactylus: Sierra[Citation Needed]
- Dimorphodon[Citation Needed]
- Pteranodon/"Pterodactyl": Mama Flyer, Petrie's Siblings, Petrie[17][18], Pterano, Etta, etc.
- Quetzalcoatlus: Mother Quetzalcoatlus[12]
- Rhamphorhynchus: Rinkus[Citation Needed]
Avie
Sierra
Petrie and his mother, both either Pteranodon or general "pterodactyls"
An anonymous mother Quetzalcoatlus protecting her clutch
Rinkus
Gliders
- Microraptor: Guido(see notes)
Guido
Hollowhorns
- Corythosaurus: Swimmer Trio (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)[1], etc.
- Lambeosaurus: Swimmer Trio (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)[1], etc.
- Parasaurolophus[Citation Needed]
A Corythosaurus (left) and Lambeosaurus (right) having a conversation
Two confused hollowhorns
Sharp Beaks
- Ichthyornis: Ichy[Citation Needed]
Ichy
Sharpteeth
- Allosaurus: Allosaurus (The Secret of Saurus Rock)[19]
- Tyrannosaurus: Sharptooth[20], Chomper[21], Papa Sharptooth, Chomper's Mother, Meanest Sharptooth, Sharptooth (The Secret of Saurus Rock climax), Sharptooth (The Big Freeze), Sharptooth Pack (The Great Longneck Migration), Red Claw[22], Fantasy Sharpteeth (The Brave Longneck Scheme)(see notes), etc
The Allosaurus from the sixth movie
Three Tyrannosaurus characters; Chomper, his mother and his father
Fast Biters
- Deinonychus: Screech and Thud[23]
- Velociraptor: Velociraptor Pack (The Time of the Great Giving)[12], Fast Biters (Invasion of the Tinysauruses)[7]
Screech and Thud, a pair of Deinonychus
Two Velociraptor
Yellow Bellies
- Beipiaosaurus: Loofah & Doofah, Foobie, etc.[24]
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Loofah and Doofah, with several other Beipiaosaurus behind them
- Hypsilophodon: Hyp's Father, Hyp(see notes)
- Maiasaura: Mother Maiasaur[25], Mrs. Maia, Swimmer Trio (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)[26]
- Muttaburrasaurus: Mutt's Father, Mutt(see notes)
- Nothronychus: Wild Arms[27]
Hyp
Mrs. Maia, a Maiasaura character
Mutt alongside Chomper
Wild Arms, a Nothronychus character
Swimmers
Swimming Sharpteeth
- Miscellaneous: Sharptooth Swimmer (Journey to Big Water)
Other Swimmers
- Archelon: Archie[Citation Needed]
- Elasmosaurus: Elsie[Citation Needed]
- Ophthalmosaurus: Mo[28]
Other Creatures
Swimmers
- Starfish
- Jellyfish
- Sea Horse
- Coelacanth
- Shark: Swimming Sharptooth (The Mysterious Island)
- Pike: Swimming Sharptooth (The Land Before Time)
Others
- Crab: Scuttle, Crunch, etc.
- Locust
- Crayfish
- Spider
- Butterfly
- Clam
- Bee ("Buzzing stingers" in dino talk)
Miscellaneous
Leaf-Eaters
Tickly Fuzzies
Sharpteeth
- Quilled Fast Biters
- Swimming Sharptooth (Journey Through the Mists)
- Plated Sharptooth
- Sharptooth Flyer Family (The Mysterious Island)
- Fast Biters (The Stone of Cold Fire)
- Small Sharptooth (The Big Freeze)
- Sharptooth (The Great Day of the Flyers)
- Stampeding Fast Biters (The Lonely Journey)
- Sharptooth Family (The Lonely Journey)
- Fast Biters (The Lonely Journey)
- Belly Draggers (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)
- Sharpteeth (The Hermit of Black Rock)
- Sharptooth Mom
- Featherhead Sharpteeth(see notes)
- Horned Sharptooth
Other Miscellany
Notes
Caution should be taken in accepting identifications given in scripts and production materials as concrete.
- The script for the original The Land Before Time refers to the dome-headed dinosaurs that threaten Cera in the Mountains that Burn as Pachycephalosaurus.[29]
- Likewise, the script for the original The Land Before Time refers to Littlefoot's would-be egg thief as an Ornithomimus, even though it is identical to the dinosaurs identified in the second movie as Struthiomimus.[30]
- Though there is no known surviving official material referring to him as such, there is anecdotal evidence of the old The Land Before Time website referring to Guido as a Microraptor gui.[31]
- Storyboards for "The Brave Longneck Scheme" refer to the Sharpteeth that appear in Rhett's tall tales as T. rex.[32]
- Some production materials for the original The Land Before Time, including the script and certain pieces of concept art, refer to Ducky and her family as Anatosaurus.[33][34]
- The Land Before Time III's script refers to Hyp and Mutt as "Hypsilophondon" and Muttaburrasaurus respectively.[35]
- Though Nod's name can be construed as a pun on Nodosaurus,[36] the final draft of The Land Before Time III's script refers to Nod as a Panoplosaurus, another genus of nodosaur.[35]
- Comments made by a storyboard artist for The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave indicate that the Featherhead Sharpteeth were meant to represent Allosaurus at some point in production.[37] Their final designs, however, much more closely resemble the feathered theropod Yutyrannus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode credits for "The Amazing Threehorn Girl":
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration:
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time:
- ↑
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock:
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration:
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wal-Mart product listing for Invasion of the Tinysauruses, archival date is 2005 but posts on the Gang of Five attest that the provided description dates back to at least November of 2004
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the DVD release of The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze:
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time:
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time:
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 From a bonus feature for the DVD release of The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze:
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Credits for The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving:
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time:
- ↑ From The Land Before Time Sing-Along Songs
- ↑ The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, 'Eggs'
- ↑ Printable activity sheets on the archived Land Before Time website:
- ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time:
- ↑ From the Universal Kids website
- ↑ Credits for The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock:
- ↑ The Animated Films of Don Bluth Retrieved on November 26th 2011.
- ↑ From the Universal Kids website:
- ↑ Page from an officially licensed coloring book:
and the archived Land Before Time website: https://web.archive.org/web/20080701142547/http://www.landbeforetime.com/popups/events.html - ↑ Pamphlet provided alongside The Land Before Time DVD game:
- ↑ The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends DVD case:
- ↑ Credits for The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure:
- ↑ Episode credits for "The Amazing Threehorn Girl":
- ↑ Social media promotional material for The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave:
https://www.facebook.com/LandBeforeTimeMovies/photos/a.453312018128681.1073741828.452388161554400/798321810294365/?type=3&theater - ↑ From a bonus feature for the 2003 DVD release of The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze:
- ↑
- ↑ The Land Before Time May 11, 1987 script excerpt:
"A bug-eyed, long-fingered Ornithomimus appears from out of the bush and leers hungrily at the vulnerable egg. Suddenly, he leaps towards it." - ↑ Trailer for 12th movie - Gang of Five forum
- ↑
- ↑ The Land Before Time May 11, 1987 script excerpt:
"A single egg, rocks and bounces; a tail breaks through the shell, then a head. It is a tiny, female Anatosaurus (DUCKY)." - ↑
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving April 5, 1994 script excerpt:
"Smaller than his larger cohorts, Hyp (Hypsilophondon) is a bully to the max. Lording over others, especially those smaller than him, is his favorite pastime. His one real asset is his nimble movement and sprinting ability--a specialty of his kind. NOD, a Panoplosaurus nodosaur, is nervous and fast-talking (think Cowardly Lion) while MUTT is a slow moving and thinking Muttaburrasaurus." - ↑ The Land Before Time Glossary - The Gang of Five forum
- ↑ Asking LBT production crew members for information - Gang of Five forum
