Hell Creek: The Most Important Dinosaur Fossil Site in the World | Dinosaur Documentary
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Today, Hell Creek is a dramatic enough landscape as it is without the prehistoric context - aerial photos of the formation will show a jagged landscape of huge rocks and cliffs jutting out into the sky, amidst sparse forests and fields underneath a wide open sky. It looks very different to the Hell Creek of sixty six million years earlier. There's a reason we're focusing on this location in prehistory specifically, though. The Hell Creek Formation is famous for containing the fossils of North America's very last dinosaurs, the ones that would have been alive to experience the cataclysmic mass extinction event that put an end to their entire kind. Some of the rocks are even young enough to topple over the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary into the beginning of the Cenozoic era, the time when the world was dominated by the small mammals, reptiles and birds that survived the asteroid impact and the subsequent disasters.
0:00 Introduction
2:58 Welcome To Hell Creek
5:10 The Ornithischians
18:46 The Theropods
28:38 Other Creatures Of Hell Creek
36:09 Outro
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@gshaindrich
Жыл бұрын
0:21 "go ahead and" look up what "prehistory" actually means!
@lionelprecourt3821
Жыл бұрын
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@wubbzgaming1168
Жыл бұрын
is that you Nightmind?? the voice is uncanny
@gamegenius7930
Жыл бұрын
You have a very pleasant voice to listen to.
This is the best thing I've ever found to fall asleep to, it's like a peaceful radio show, but with T-Rex!
I always think about how early Native Americans must have turned a corner, and observed a giant skull, with huge, sharp teeth, and wonder if such a monster is lurking around the bend. I believe these fossil discoveries by early man, are where the "dragon" myths originated.
@mack1803
Жыл бұрын
Without a doubt.
@tomg3290
Жыл бұрын
Dreams of ill advised philistines...
@geslinam9703
Жыл бұрын
Are their dragons in Native American myths?
@harrybond1485
Жыл бұрын
@@geslinam9703 None that I am aware of.Only legends of Sasquach and giant thunderbirds.
@footrot17
Жыл бұрын
Myths? Humans existed along side megafauna.
This is the only channel I hit like before I hit play. There’s no thinking or hesitation to it, almost like that’s what you have to do to watch it lol I love this channel. These videos are so flawless and perfect. I’m a sub from your true crime channel ..I thought it was quite a jump when you were like “been thinkin bout Dino’s” but man you’ve NAILED it Cable stations would be happy to air your episodes, swear
@gic8849
Жыл бұрын
@@calebsmith2362 yikes.. you’re ..a lot. To be this aggressive and condescending towards someone you don’t know, about a topic that doesn’t matter much to anyone who isn’t making a profit, is bizarre (at best.) You are off-putting, like warm mayonnaise in a cold sandwich, and all together uncomfortable to be around. Even if only in text. If this is honestly your vibe, I feel bad for anyone who lives without the choice to avoid you in person. Please, refrain from responding. I never would’ve wanted you to engage me with your ick to begin with. Don’t force it on me, again.
Bruh what the hell creek is a hybrid doing there
Seeing this at 3am my time & honestly the voice makes it soothing to hear & learn at the same time, thank you! 👍
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
Meh, 'Mothlight Media' and 'History of the Earth' are more soothing.
It would have been amazing to see Hell Crreek in its prime in some protective bubble so you would not get eaten and observe all that was going on. It would have been spectacular.
@samuelshin593
10 ай бұрын
True, though we'd all be dead within few hours.
@horsemeat1776
27 күн бұрын
That would be baller
Decades ago, I used to work around west central Alabama. I often found heavy walnut sized chunks sitting on top of those latest Cretaceous chalk layers, but never buried in them. I would bet money they were remnants of the debris that rained down from that asteroid impact.
@edwardjennings6021
Жыл бұрын
Either that or pieces of bone
Informative and relaxing. Love it!!
Magnificent! Fascinating! And extremely well crafted! Thank you very much. And PLEASE keep giving us content like this!
This gentleman can start a business of sleep protocols as his voice almost put me to sleep in under 10 minutes
@peacockbass1966
5 ай бұрын
Had to brew me a pot of coffee to help me through the video :)
Really loved to watch this - thank you very much!
I'm an aquatics biologist that regularly works on Fort Peck, including the Hell Creek arm. I can't imagine how wild it must have been during the cretaceous. It's a wild place even today.
Perfect for my few mile jog! ❤
What's about that hedgehog at 35:02 ? Why does it have mushrooms sticked to his spikes?
@Chris-ew7pb
9 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing man, I guess they thought it looked prehistoric or something? 😅😂 At least the little fella is ok, just being weirdly used for stock videos.
@kevinkammueller7553
3 ай бұрын
sticked?
I just wanna know why there’s a indominus Rex in the thumbnail
@gshaindrich
Жыл бұрын
because they also think "prehistory" includes everything earlier than recorded history...
@t-rexcellentreviews1663
Жыл бұрын
Because it looks cool.
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
🙄 Why do people still think Dimetrodon was a fucking dinosaur?
@kakashicage8353
Жыл бұрын
@@whatabouttheearth it’s not a reptile in the first place
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
@@kakashicage8353 @Kakashi Cage Yeah, it's (Dimetrodon) a eupelycosaurian synapsid, that's my point, people don't know and don't care, same reason Stegosaurus and T-rex are depicted in some people's so called "paleoart" (not the real stuff) when they didn't exist in the same period. They don't know some J park stuff from other dinos (lol neither do I, I'm more into pre or post synapsid, I could care less about dinos but I should learn) Is this a reputable channel? I just assumed it was one of those who just read some stuff off the internet and make a sad attempt to get the pics right from a random google search?
On my bucket list!
I could fall asleep to this.
The commentator is putting me to slee..ee..eeeep. sooooo much enthusiasm !
superb work. Yes, it is incredible to think T Rex actually attacked triceratops on our very own planet.
Awesome 👍👍
@ 33:25 That bearded lizard was arrested for impersonating a Gila monster.
Love all this stuff...
Why is there an indominus rex on the thumbnail?
@KAOSshortyrip
Жыл бұрын
Unless you're looking at (very) specific fossils we can't see, you're looking at a basic tyrannosaurus
@calebsmith2362
3 ай бұрын
@@KAOSshortyrip That made no sense at all.
I also hope we hear more about Tanis soon. thanks great vid!
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Been fishin at Hell Creek.
I'm still waiting for someone to clear the mystery of Pachycephalosaurus's size is, as before 1994, it was depicted as a massive ornithopod that compared with the largest duckbills, and bigger than Tyrannosaurus. Suddenly the previously "man-sized" closely-related Stegoceras was now tiny, and Pachycehalosaurus was the one barely man-sized. Yet STILL in a glass case on display in London's Natural History Museum is it's massive head, a skull so large that no neck and shoulders of a man-sized creature could POSSIBLY heft it around. A 4 metre long dino with a head the equivalent of an Edmontosaurus size?! WTF?!
@cas2985
6 ай бұрын
That’s because this science is based on speculation, we will never know the actual truth about dinosaurs, it’s mostly speculation.
is that an indominus rex in the thumbnail?
@Jdne199311
Жыл бұрын
I was about to ask this myself, seem a bit weird to have a hybrid dino as the thumbnail...
I started watching this last night before falling asleep...and I slept great! Its the first good sleep I had in about a week or two. Such incredible images! But why is it called Hell's Creek???
Why indominus???
Hello. I'm from Denmark, i have a huge heart for dinosaurs ... and history .. In denmark we dont have that much of those cool dinosaurs.. but i used alot of time looking at sattelites images, in denmark we have viking history :D so i helped finding areas where vikings maybe lived with the use of google earth and other space apps.. and i just had to see if it was posible to spot dinosaurs fossils in the ground too.. and im not kidding you.. i have a ton of evidens now that clearly shows a dinosaur outline in the ground of montana at hell's creek :)
@christinakaur8766
11 ай бұрын
Come to Colorado! I'll take you to some really cool and secret places to see fossils and stuff. You're welcome anytime!
@Justin1337Sane
11 ай бұрын
@@christinakaur8766 Wow ! Thats so nice of you!! I do not have the money saved up for a travel right now, Will it be okay if i contact you when i do? i've subscripted to your youtube so i can leave a comment in one of your videos when i do have the money for such an awesome trip .. !
That thumbnail though... Since when was Hell Creek home to fucking indominus rex?
@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574
Жыл бұрын
XD since now I guess
This guy's voice 😵💫
@DallasG83
Жыл бұрын
He reminded me of the dinosaur guy from Mrs. Doubtfire.
Why does the thumbnail have the Indominus Rex on it?
Jurassic world I-rex on the thumbnail. Yeah. I'm grabbing a large pinch of salt for this.
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Fantastis
The narrators voice was the serious version of epic voice from honest trailer.
@MakingRecovery
3 ай бұрын
You can tell it’s AI or automated voiceover.
Nice and very relaxing narration ❤. So where is it? I think it should be at the beginning... 😂❤
You should do a video on Pachycephalosaurus.
Edmontosaurus! So named because it was first found near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! 😁
"There is no place on Earth more synonymous with the word dinosaur than the Hell Creek formation". PANGEA 😋
@Rottimail
9 ай бұрын
What about Drumheller, AB, Canada and the Tyrrell Museum?
cool
I've dug up fossils in the Hell Creek Formation back it 2002. 21 years alter I'm still talking about it.
I seen this video at work I’m so ready to watch this now I’m off
Why does that small spiny mammal have mushrooms growing on it's back?
@seannewman8542
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, what the heck was that?! I think that's a hedgehog, but what's with the mushrooms? So weird!!
@joannabaparileszczynska
Жыл бұрын
Hedgehog. Don’t think they are growing on it but rather stuck to its spikes. Maybe for later consumption or for its young
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
@@seannewman8542 I don't know what part you are referring to but hedgehogs absolutely did not exist in the Mesozoic era, Mammalia first began in the Jurassic period, crown groups didn't develop until later.
@seannewman8542
Жыл бұрын
@@whatabouttheearth Yeah, obviously. The video has stock footage towards the end showing, what appears to be, a hedgehog with three mushrooms, either stuck on or growing on, it's back. You should really watch the entire video before "correcting" someone. Skip to 35:03.
@bellakatherman1477
7 ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve heard the second pterosaur specimen is a pteranodontid, could it be another species of pteranodon? Or a new separate genus?
The thumbnail is the I- Rex from JPW1
I wonder did the T_Rex stand up on it's tail like a kangaroo and kick the shite out of the enemy or other T_Rex. Did they have feather's. When they ran forward, did they use their little hands for stability on the ground to push them even faster as they ran. Did they carry their eggs with those little hands also. Or even had a pouch to carry eggs.
Indo rex in thumbnail 💀💀💀
When did the extinction event get turned back from 65 million years ago to 66 million years ago?
Why was there indominous rex in the thumbnail ? thats not even a real dinosaur..
Anybody else getting a bit too much bass and resonance over their speakers? I've adjusted mine to highest treble and lower volume, but still get a vibrating desk feeling.
Couldn't the pachysaurus have used its head as an offensive tool against larger predators by attacking their legs or ankles? I imagine a direct hit from a flanking patchysaurus could have broken some bones or severely slowed down a large predator. Especially if they were herd animals The threat of flanking patchysaurus might have been a significant threat to predators which had limited side vision and more forward focused predatory field of vision.
Pictured was a Mexican Beaded Lizard, NOT bearded lizard. Cuz to the Gila Monster. There is a lizard called a bearded lizard that has little sharp bits growing out of its chin. I know it's not the computer narrator who misspelled that.
You didn’t mention Avisaurus or any of the birds that lived in hell creek.
You mentioned about dinosaurs eating small mammals, small reptiles and crustaceans. But what about dinosaurs that ate insects?
He said the forest had a huge variety of extinct animals lmao 😂
I'd say Raptors were pretty much Designed to Kill Ankylosaurus. They're Quick and Agile and difficult to Hit with a Tail.. And Their Legendary Toe Claw would be Perfect for getting up under the Ankylosaurus to it's soft under Belly..
@This_birb_is_annoying...
4 ай бұрын
Ankylosaurus are ARMORED. Face the facts
The thumbnail
This dude's voice is like vocal melatonin 😂
I may be mistaken but if my memory serves me right pterosaurs weren't around at the time of tyrannosaurus and triceratops
@kevinbeazy
10 ай бұрын
No one has a memory spanning 65 million years my friend
@bonniemob65
5 ай бұрын
Many pterosaurs were around at the same time, with genera such as Quetzalcoatlus (USA), Hatzegopteryx (Romania) and Barbaridactylus (Morocco) living across the world at the same time as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, just before the extinction event. Hope this helps.
When you say prehistoric I think ice and palaeoloxodon
Daily laying birds are the daily laying dinosaurs that passed the extinction
Odd to think that an animal that died today, just on the ground or in the mud, would be fossilized and found 65 million from now or much longer. All the hundreds of millions of rains, earthquakes etc in that time span and these fossilized remains remain, in general, where the animal fell for so many millions of years one day at a time.
T rex lover like 👇
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@bearclaus2676
6 ай бұрын
Insectoid race 👽
How does one get what a dinosaur looks like just by some teeth?
The flood you mean.
Was it really that hard to find a decent picture of a Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops for the thumbnail (real dinosaurs that are found in the Hell Creek Formation) instead of some random Indominus Rex (a made up creature that can barely be called a dinosaur since it has DNA of non-dinosaur animals)?
Bruh why did you put the idominus Rex on the thumbnail
Grass wasn't invented yet?
@bonniemob65
5 ай бұрын
It had evolved by the Late Cretaceous, but it wasn't as globally widespread as it is today.
The feather thing is just a theory, most scientists say they didn't have feathers.
@thehowlingjoker
Жыл бұрын
We know many of the dinosaurs did have feathers. We just don't have evidence to indicate it for all species.
@Chris-ew7pb
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, a lot did have feathers and bright colors actually. There's tons of evidence to support both the T-Rex and the Velociraptor had feathers, though the T-Rex had feathers similar to elephant hairs, thick and fluffy when born, and spreading out as they grew up. It's even believed the arms of a T-Rex was covered in feathers, used for mating purposes and to appear more intimidating, similar to the ostriches we have today.
@This_birb_is_annoying...
4 ай бұрын
Quilknobs on raptor forearm bones meaning the have feathers
THIS GUY SOUNDS LIKE HE'S DOING A JUVENILLE BEDTIME STORY !!!!!!!!!!!
That thumbnail hurts me
*do to their size, they wont have not generated enough lift to leave the ground* No...its cause they aren't built to fly, cause Quetzalcoatlus and it's relatives exists and they are much bigger then dakotaraptor. xD
@This_birb_is_annoying...
4 ай бұрын
What
@This_birb_is_annoying...
4 ай бұрын
Birds are dinosaurs
Why would you put the indominus (a not real dino) in the thumbnail
Pretty sure recent papers have shown "Dakota Raptor" to be a mix of assorted dromaeosaur bones and is a chimera and likely isn't a valid taxon. There no doubt was a big ass dromaeosaur out there, but it's likely not Dakota Raptor as described
@cactusgamingyt9960
Жыл бұрын
Utahraptor and Achillobator are the large dromaeosaurs mentioned
Why tf is indom on the thumbnail dawg
Nah man, I mean, I love your work and videos but come on! siding with fossil traffickers? Really?
Now take that understanding one step further to grasp the terrible misfortune that this exceptional formation is located in the one country on earth whose modern day people insist their ancestors rode on the backs of these creatures 66 million years after their extinction. 🤦🏽♂️
Its funny that everything important happens in the usa
@Rottimail
9 ай бұрын
Canada has the badlands of Canada. The Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada is a world renowned museum. Don't forget that.
Not thier entire kind. Just ended non avian dinos
please use feet and pounds, not meters and kilos. I don't want to do math conversions!
Dinosaurs used to eat the giant marijuana and go ape.
If Americans found only a single fossil of an ammonite in their whole country, it would be the best fossil in the world in the most important fossil site in the world. Everything is the best in the world in the US😂😂😂.
(why are you whispering?...ssshhh)
so much for global warming
Greetings from the BIG SKY. Nice try, trying to sell me art. Ain't interested.
Lol need to change this vids thumbnail wtf
Great content, but your voice is like a somniferous 😴
Your choice of video editing gimmicks made me nauseous. Too bad, I would have enjoyed watching this.
Dakota raptor with feathers, who believes that? It would die from heatstroke and migrate to north, where you should find thousands of them.
@whatabouttheearth
Жыл бұрын
North would be California and the Rockies at that time. This was not long after the breakup of Pangea, what is now known as North America, back than wester Laurasia, was sideways so the current west coast was facing north and slightly west. So going east of where Hells Creek is now would lead toward the Tropic of Cancer back than, because the Appalachians would be pretty much south than and the west coast would pretty much be north. Even though the Cretaceous period was warmer we know that there were dinosaurs with feathers since the Jurassic such as Archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx was discovered in Germany but this was not long after the break up of Pangea, "Germany" and the "United States" were closer to eachother than now. The changes in geography as related to climate were not the same as they are currently.
Nice work, thank you. However, your morphs are interesting at first, then quickly boring, and then by 4:44 - rather annoying. Please don't. The future thanks you, kindly.
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EXCELLENT information but CRAPPY VISUALS... 😠👎
Why are these videos narrated by computer voiceovers? There are so many mis-pronounciations! They are terribly monotonous and boring.
Democratize the art market ? ..... 😒
This ai voice is too monotone & boring
I DOZED OFF AND PROBABLY MISSED THE BEST PART,,,,,,,,,,