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.
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": 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 "Tinysaurus" characters
Sue and her Ultrasauros boyfriend
Belly Draggers
- Deinosuchus: Dil[Citation Needed]
Dil
Thicknoses
- Pachyrhinosaurus: Mr. Thicknose [7]
Mr. Thicknose, a Pachyrhinosaurus character, glares at Littlefoot
Threehorns
- Triceratops: Daddy Topps, Tria, Cera[8], Tricia, Dinah & Dana etc.
Cera, a Triceratops character
Spiketails
- Stegosaurus: Spike[9], Spiketail Leader[10], Tippy[10], Tippy's Mother[10], Stegosaurus (The Time of the Great Giving)[11], etc.
Three Stegosaurus characters: Spike, Tippy and Tippy's mother
- Iguanodon: Iguanodon (The Time of the Great Giving)[11]
Several Iguanodon
Domeheads
- Pachycephalosaurus[Citation Needed]
Three boneheads
Egg Stealers
- Struthiomimus: Ozzy & Strut[12]
- Ornithomimus[Citation Needed]
Ozzy and Strut, two Struthiomimus characters
Fast Runners
- Oviraptor: Ruby's Parents, Ruby's Siblings, Ruby[Citation Needed]
Ruby and her family
Flyers
- Archaeopteryx: Avie[Citation Needed]
- Cearadactylus: Sierra[Citation Needed]
- Dimorphodon[Citation Needed]
- Pteranodon/"Pterodactyl": Mama Flyer, Petrie's Siblings, Petrie[13][14], Pterano, Etta, etc.
- Quetzalcoatlus: Mother Quetzalcoatlus[11]
- 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[Citation Needed]
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)[15]
- Tyrannosaurus: Sharptooth[16], Chomper[17], 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[18], etc
The Allosaurus from the sixth movie
Three Tyrannosaurus characters; Chomper, his mother and his father
Fast Biters
- Deinonychus: Fast Biters (The Stone of Cold Fire), Fast Biters (Invasion of the Tinysauruses), Screech and Thud[19], Fast Biters (The Lonely Journey), Sharptooth Mom
- Velociraptor: Velociraptor Pack (The Time of the Great Giving)[11]
Screech and Thud, a pair of Deinonychus
Two '"Velociraptor
Bigmouths
- Anatosaurus/Parasaurolophus[20]/Saurolophus[21] (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
Yellow Bellies
- Beipiaosaurus: Loofah & Doofah, Foobie, etc.[22]
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Loofah and Doofah, with several other Beipiaosaurus behind them
- Hypsilophodon: Hyp's Father, Hyp[Citation Needed]
- Maiasaura: Mother Maiasaur[23], Mrs. Maia, Swimmer Trio (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)[24]
- Muttaburrasaurus: Mutt's Father, Mutt[Citation Needed]
- Nothronychus: Wild Arms[25]
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[26]
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)
- Small Sharptooth (The Big Freeze)
- Sharptooth (The Great Day of the Flyers)
- Stampeding Fast Biters (The Lonely Journey)
- Sharptooth Family (The Lonely Journey)
- Belly Draggers (The Amazing Threehorn Girl)
- Sharpteeth (The Hermit of Black Rock)
- Featherhead Sharpteeth
- Horned Sharptooth
Other Miscellany
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:
- ↑ 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:
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 From a bonus feature for the DVD release of The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze:
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Credits for The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving:
- ↑ The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, 'Eggs'
- ↑ 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:
- ↑ 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 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:
