The Atlas Giants: A 180-Million-Year-Old Discovery | Full Science Documentary
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This film tells the story of the discovery, in the Moroccan High Atlas, of skeletons and fossils of two dinosaurs dating back 180 million years, made by paleontologists Philippe Taquet and Dale Russell.
Through a fascinating investigation, these animals reappear through computer generated imagery, emerging within their ancient environment and interacting with the scientists conducting the research.
Directed by Pierre Stine
Coproduction : GEDEON Programmes, ARTE, in association with France 5, RAI 1, TFO Ontario, Ministry of Research
52 minutes - 2003
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedGeologists and paleontologists explore Morocco's Atlas Mountains to bridge a 35-million-year gap in dinosaur history. By analyzing the Atlasaurus and other primitive fossils, they trace the evolution of sauropods from the early Jurassic, reconstructing their anatomy, locomotion, and the humid, conifer-dominated environments they inhabited before the separation of Africa and North America.