The Only Predators To Dominate The Dinosaurs

When you think of the biggest and baddest group of animals to ever live, you likely imagine the dinosaurs. And why wouldn’t you? They were the largest land carnivores and herbivores to ever live. So, it may then surprise you that dinosaurs were actually at one point in their existence ruled by a much less famous group of animals…

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0:00 The Rulers Before Dinosaurs
1:04 Interesting Relation To Dinosaurs
1:45 Giant Sizes
2:53 Biggest Non-dinosaur Predator Ever
5:22 Teeth So Efficient No Bite Needed
7:02 Better Armor Than Crocs
8:51 Sailed & Swimming Ones
10:48 The Dinosaur Copycats
11:49 Largest 2 Legged Animal Beside Giant Theropods
13:15 Locomotion/Speed
14:28 Interactions With Dinosaurs
16:12 Pangaea and Habitat
17:13 The Comeback By Dinosaurs

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[ionnicov]

I applaud this type of content done without cheap AI inserts.

[aathanush]

As a fellow Rauisuchian myself, I thank ExtintZoo for representing and informing about Rauisuchians to the public.

[dodujubidu]

The Triassic is such an underrated time period.I want a 3 part documentary series about it. It would be so cool to see someone going back in time, Nigel Marven style.

[ilikeutubeful]

So it looks like Walking with Dinosaurs got it right after all. I previously heard many paleontologists say the 6 meter length of Postosuchus in the show was an exaggeration, and that the actual animal was only 4.5 meters, but after doing some digging while watching this, I found that some newer fossils had been found suggesting a size of 6 to 7 meters. I'm in awe. Thanks for bringing this to light.

[LiminalMindsQuizzes]

It's amazing that crocodylomorphs not only dominated the dinosaurs during their early days in the Triassic but their relatives also dominated the mammals during their early days as well (The biggest land carnivore during the Cenozoic era was the Barinasuchus)

[dragodracon]

I just love how Archosaurs have been the top predator in both the Mesozoic Era and the Cenozoic Era. You got Barinasuchus in the Cenozoic, and you got T.Rex in the Mesozoic. Archosaurs are really just the OG’s when it comes to dominating environments. On land? Sauropods. In the air? Azdharchids. In the sea? Deinosuchus.

[marcelmathes]

The man, the myth, the channel with 5 different thumbnails per upload

[p.bckman]

The crocodilian side of the Archosaur tree is in my view even more exciting than the dinosaurs. The various groups look a bit like how dinosaurs were envisioned back in Victorian times, very cool creatures!

[karamedley]

I love all prehistoric life pretty much but my favorites are the ones that are still here today, even if their appearance is much different, like with birds.
Anything that survived way back then and has survived through a mass extinction or two deserves major respect. The crocs, birds, etc are badasses!

[comentedonakeyboard]

As a ocasional time traveler i apreciate the warning.

[Blackflame-yd]

The best paleontology related channel on YouTube

[TheHellyeahmen]

So the only animals to dominate dinosaurs were related to dinosaurs
damn dinosaurs are OP

[Malaysianballproductions]

I've stumbled upon this channel in early December of 2024 and im already binge watching this channel

[thatawkwardfeeling]

4:08 mfin dr. Doofenshmirtz ahh dinosaur

[googlesingh]

The therpod running at 10:57 was way funnier than it needs to be.

[eyepain]

I never knew this. Another fascinating story. Archosaurs that were not dinosaurs but more crocodile like dominating the triassic. But then an extinction event. This is as fascinating as when I found out about Synapsids dominating the permian until an extiction event.

[jamesredmond]

Another thing to consider about the CAMP extinction was that, assuming that current theories about dinosaur-rauisuchian distributions are correct, the primary areas where rauisuchians were most dominant (i.e. the tropics of Pangaea) were also the areas most directly impacted by the CAMP, either through being literally covered in lava, or through ash falls, gas eruptions, etc. poisoning their landscape.
Whereas dinosaurs were most heavily concentrated closer to the poles, avoiding much of the direct impacts of the CAMP eruptions. Those additional stresses on key rauisuchian (and presumably other pseudosuchian) habitats might well have been the difference between their extinction and the dinosaurs' survival.

[mirthenary]

13:00 Funny you should mention it, just watched Walking With Dinosaurs a couple days ago, and it's been on my stack to watch for at least 5 years or more

[somesassybrat]

Another great video- Thank you. Was very educational. Dinosaurs are super popular and Rauisuchians often get little to no screentime at all in paleontological works, so I'm happy to have seen this one.

[DrMMA.]

Honestly my favourite channel on YouTube, I watch your videos going to bed every night