Prehistoric Planet Wiki

This is the unofficial wiki for Prehistoric Planet, the Apple TV+ streaming series made by the BBC Natural History unit in the early 2020s. It is about dinosaurs and other prehistoric life during the Maastrichtian Stage of the Mesozoic Era's Late Cretaceous Period, approximately 72 - 66 million years ago.

Episodes

Season 1 (May 23 - 27, 2022)

Season 2 (May 22 - 26, 2023)

Soundtracks and Podcasts

The Maastrichtian Earth

Prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction event, the continents were roughly in the same positions they are in today, though the Earth is not yet entirely in its current state. The Western Interior Seaway was disappearing, there was heavy volcanism in India's Deccan Traps due to tectonic activity, and rising sea levels were even covering some areas like Madagascar, but dinosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs were still as dominant as ever, thriving and diversifying until the end of their reign.

This is the Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. This map is not entirely accurate (though there are many interpretations about the appearance of the planet in Maastrichtian times). Even so, this map is sufficient for the purpose of showing the locations of the various settings and biomes featured in the stories of this series.

This map is provided by the Visible Paleo-Earth (VPE) Project, and can only be used for non-commercial, educational, and research purposes, provided that proper credits are given to those who made this map's existence possible: The Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo, NASA, Ron Blakey and Colorado Plateau Geosystems, Inc., and The PaleoMap Project.

Supplementary Information

Welcome, user!

Now, a few things to keep in mind before you begin making your way through this wiki.

• Only logged in users can contribute to this wiki.
• No user under the age of 13 is allowed, in compliance with COPPA Law and fandom's terms of use.
• This is not a wiki for fanmade content, illogical, false, and/or outdated information. Neither is it a place for competition. If you're here, it should be either to browse, or to contribute meaningfully at your own pace. Quality, accuracy, and efficiency (without sacrificing relevant and extensive knowledge) is the priority here. The wonders of nature (as was portrayed within the series itself) include combat, aggression, and other problems, but that does not mean the same should be started, much less proliferated, within what is supposed to be a place of proper, civil, and trustworthy discussion of facts and knowledge.
• Keep in mind the rules and regulations of this wiki. Though this place is small, it has very high standards to uphold on behalf of the show and paleontological information (which needs and deserves respect most of all) as a whole.

Other than that, feel free to explore and contribute. Have a nice day!