
By the time Arthur Denison arrived in Dinotopia roughly years after the Age of Heroes, national identities such as "Pelledrine", "Armakian" and "Poseidian" had all but disappeared, replaced by the unifying identity of "Dinotopian". The first humans arrived on the island nearly years ago.

During the Ice Ages, a land bridge formed that allowed a vast menagerie of large mammals to cross over and colonize the island, mainly the uplands and the Forbidden Mountains which were inhospitable to the dinosaurs. The dinosaur population of the island survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction that ended the Mesozoic by seeking refuge in the World Beneath some 65 million years ago. Dinotopia originally broke away from Asia and was carried into isolation by continental drift millions of years ago during the Mesozoic era. The World Beneath also was where Sunstones are mined. The dinosaur citizens of Dinotopia used these to survive the world-wide extinction of the dinosaurs on the rest of the world. A vast collection of caverns lie beneath Dinotopia.

A truly spectacular place was Waterfall City It was built in the middle of the Polongo Rivera large river that held all the water from the Rainy Basin. These two land-marks were separated by the Forbidden Mountainsa huge range that intersected a smaller mountain range called the Backbone Mountains. In the center of the "main island" was the Rainy Basinwhich with the Great Desert made up most of the island. Sealed off from the rest of the world by storm-lashed reefs surrounding the island, Dinotopia hosted a wide array of dinosaurs whose ancient wisdom inspired the humans that were shipwrecked on the island over millennia.ĭinotopia's capital city was Sauropolis. Dinotopia was a large island containing several diverse environments including great jungles in the west, sparse plains in the north and dry canyons in the east. Edit Dinotopia II Cyrus Crabb 3 episodes, Katie Carr Marion Waldo 3 episodes, Jim Carter Mayor Waldo 3 episodes, Alice Krige Rosemary Waldo 3 episodes, Tyron Leitso Karl Scott 3 episodes, Wentworth Miller David Scott 3 episodes, Colin Salmon Oonu 3 episodes, Christian Simpson Sunstone Restorer 3 episodes, Hannah Yelland Romana Denison 3 episodes, Anna Maguire Oriana 3 episodes, Lee Evans Messenger Bird 3 episodes, Greg Bennett Dinotopia Citizen 2 episodes, Tasha de Vasconcelos Tina 2 episodes, Moses Rockman Dinotopian Citizen 3 episodes, Stuart Wilson Cadet Year 1 1 episode, Junix Inocian Senator 1 1 episode, Patrick Monckton Senator 2 1 episode, Andy Beckwith Copra Carter unknown episodes Keith Newby Messenger unknown episodes Marcus White Oliver unknown episodes Zienia Merton Teacher unknown episodes Zizi Strallen Little Girl unknown episodes Angelo Andreou Little Boy unknown episodes Carl McCrystal Dinotopia Citizen 1 unknown episodes Giles Oldershaw Dinotopia Citizen 2 unknown episodes Adam Blaug Dinotopia Citizen 4 unknown episodes George Antoni Ticket Collector uncredited unknown episodes Anne Karam Earth Farm Resident uncredited unknown episodes Emily Keston Little Girl uncredited unknown episodes Laura-Jane Keston Schoolgirl uncredited unknown episodes Anthony LennonThis page is about the island and its culture.įor other uses, see Dinotopia disambiguation. There is a model of the Dinotopia float from the 2001 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, models used by Gurney to draw many of his images and video clips from the upcoming miniseries, which will air May 12-14 on the ABC network.įor more information, call 20 or access and In. The exhibit includes 30 original oil paintings from the books and several that have never been published. "Art and science converge in this exhibit in very special ways," said Bob Sullivan, associate director of the museum's public programs.

It's the fact within the art that the Smithsonian Institution officials hope will draw visitors.

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