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How to Find a Dinosaur that Hollywood Dreamed Up

5m 50s

Paleontologist Jim Kirkland believed that some raptors could have grown to the size of those seen in cinemas… but all he had to go on was a single claw. After years searching in the Utah desert, a rock the weight of a school bus appeared to contain the bones of a giant creature - Utahraptor. But what conditions would be needed to allow a creature like this to grow so much larger?

Aired: 06/14/25
Extras
A fight breaks out amongst the mega herd of Pachyrhinosaurus gathering to migrate north
A young Albertosaurus, a relative of T. Rex, earns her place in a fierce hunting pack.
Did the asteroid kill the T. rex and Triceratops?
The Walking With Dinosaurs team reveal how they created the Spinosaurus.
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But underwater it was a totally different world.
Did Pachyrhinosaurus bones always gather in such great numbers?
Very few dinosaurs made it as far North as the Arctic Circle...except for two.
In late Cretaceous Alberta, many apex predators roamed free, so how did the prey survive?
Imagine finding a rare fossil that you’ve been desperate to find - only for it to be put at risk.