Uncovering The Dinosaurs Of The Great Plains | Paleo Sleuths | Real Wild

This group of Palaeontologists take on the Great Plains in south-central Nebraska, which is known to behold some of the world's oldest fossils. From a 4-tusked elephant, to the discovery of an entire animal community near what was once a watering hole, these palaeontologists take us on an exciting fossil hunt to show how America's landscape has changed over millions of years and how they preserve what they find.
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[@DragonFae16]

The title of the video is misleading, but it's still a good documentary. Just wish the title reflected the contents of the video.

[@YogiMcCaw]

Sadly, probably 80% of the viewers would not have watched it if it didn't say dinosaurs in the title. They should have called it something like "Celebrity Mud Wrestling", then they would have gotten millions of views LOL

[@DragonFae16]

@@YogiMcCaw It's funny, because I'm part of that 20% that would see a title talking about extinct megafauna and go 'ooo, this should be fun to watch'. I don't need dinosaurs to get me to watch something about extinct animals.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Million of years ago dinosaurs 🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦕🦖🦖🦖🦖🦖

[@jasonhare8540]

Just for the record I prefer the megafauna over the dinosaur . I mean I expect dinosaurs to be big . But giant sloths and deer the size of buses . Now that's awesome

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Ra Stargate swamp mummy

[@stubbsmusic543]

It is absolutely wonderful and warms my heart to see these dedicated people so in love with their work and with the earth. “This is my favorite river,” one of the grizzled old paleontologists said. - So joyously reading earth’s Bible of fossil and stone. It’s really astounding how they can read so much out of little odd chips of rock.

[@howardwilson3821]

scientist's don't like the Bible because it proves they are wrong about how old the earth is! its not millions of years just read the good Book!

[@stubbsmusic543]

If you have any common sense and respect for factual information, the opposite of what you just said here is true.

[@psycotria]

2 replies, yet one is shadowed again. What are [They] trying to hide? Why? Always ask WHY.

[@Thunderkorn]

I still can't believe after all these years were still getting these documementaries for free !

[@cancandoit]

You just jinxed it

[@yashistampedes5849]

that deer crossing the river photo-bombed the docu and was just as interesting and important as finding fossils.

[@dustindoud6622]

This was an excellent documentary. Thank you for the opportunity to watch it. I just wish you could change the title to reflect what it’s actually about. I really enjoyed it, though. 👍

[@daveclaridge8316]

Mind blowingly wonderful. Nice to see construction companies working together with scientists to preserve these remains and not letting them disappear into ablivion. 👍

[@larrytate5605]

this is one of the best prehistoric videos i have ever seen, so well done and easy to understand, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@garymaidman625]

It's not a prehistoric video as there was no video in prehistoric times.

[@psycotria]

@@garymaidman625 Most people can discern the commenter's point, despite his sloppy usage of language in his comment. This video presents data in a manner that even the least-read layman can intellectually grasp.

[@Life_42]

Love this type of documentary

[@kumakena]

Am I the only one who gets emotional when they talk about the animals’ final moments? 🥺

[@paradisepipeco]

No,

[@gmorgan5215]

yes

[@kjhild138]

Thanks for this interesting, informative video. Born and raised in western Nebr. I had no idea of the rich paleo history of my home state.

[@pierresauce8307]

I think it's because it's all buried. We have places in Colorado like Dinosaur Ridge that are from those same ocean floor layers, but they were pushed up as the mountains formed. This exposed areas that are usually much deeper so there is easy access to fossils, but you can probably find the same stuff if not more just by digging a bit deeper in Nebraska!

[@psycotria]

@@pierresauce8307 Hunting for buried history, one scoop at a time!

[@hollyodii5969]

Phenomenal documentary highlighting some of North America’s megafauna and early horses, camelids, etc…

[@psycotria]

What is never adequately explained, if it is even mentioned, is how the "hunter" subset of the small populations of people, the Clovis People, living at the end of the last glacial epoch, were able to hunt at least 27 GENERA of animals to extinction in North America, only to disappear along with them. The cause of the Younger Dryas period from ~12,850 to ~11,500 years ago, during which the megafauna, especially of the Americas, disappeared, is most satisfactorily described by Antonio Zamora in his paper on the origin of the Carolina Bays in Geomorphology (Jan 2017). He also presents the data and his hypothesis on his yt channel. Mammoths, Giant Sloths, Saber-tooth Tigers, Glyptodonts, Dire Wolves, Cave Bears, American Lions, etc... We didn't eat them all.

[@gfear24]

The title of this should be "Uncovering The Fossils of the Great Plains". Not a single one of these are from dinosaurs.

[@marquanreese7895]

Lols that was my thought EXACTLY

[@Chompchompyerded]

Actually there are animals which were around back then which are still around today. At the Ashfall fossil bed, they found the fossilized bones of sandhill cranes... seven in all. They are identical to today's sandhill cranes in every way. When you hear them during the spring migration, you can hear in their call their ancient voices which have been echoing down through time from very long ago.

[@dkngln]

Ds

[@matthewaki6581]

There goes the theory of evolution!

[@paradisepipeco]

@@matthewaki6581 You got that right. I have it on very good authority that the universe is only about fifty years old.

[@paradisepipeco]

@@matthewaki6581 *_"I am not nearly so interested in what monkey man was derived from as I am in what kind of monkey he is to become."_* ~~ Loren Eiseley _*"Too much monkey business for me to be involved in."* _ ~~ Chuck Berry

[@matthewaki6581]

@@paradisepipeco Many Creationists believe God’s creation was done either in six 24 hour days or over the timetable by Evolutionists. Well, the Bible reflects or clearly states that a thousand years is but a day to God. Genesis 2:16-17 And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: “From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17 But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die. Notice; “in the day”! And in Genesis 5:5 So all the days of Adam that he lived amounted to nine hundred and thirty years and he died. So Adam did die in God’s referenced day! The Apostle Peter says in 2Peter 3:8 However, let this one fact not be escaping YOUR notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. Peter states that it is a “fact”...! See, ‘Is Genesis History’, on KZbin, by Christian Scientists. Especially exciting is the documentary of ‘The Great Flood’, of Noah's time proving Dinosaurs lived during the age of man! Mahalo Nui Loa

[@tomc8617]

Terrific documentary, both in content and video quality. Super clear high-resolution video! However, there isn't a single dinosaur mentioned in the program. The doc is about prehistoric mammals that came onto the scene roughly 50 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct (65 million years ago). So then why is it titled "Uncovering The Dinosaurs Of The Great Plains"?

[@mariashelly6392]

This is a wonderful documentary!

[@FlipSideCT]

wonderful piece, so well put together and presented. amazing! thanks.

[@ronniepirtlejr2606]

I live in Herrin Illinois, a few years ago around 2016 -2018. They did a major reconstruction of the road/ State Route Highway. The Construction was by the railroad on the east side of Herrin, IL. On the Herrin Johnson City Road. The goal was to change the railroad crossings location & straighten out the "S" curves that immediately followed it. According to someone I know that lives in the immediate area. They were watching the road construction crew dig. The road construction crew came across several fossils and pottery. This person said it "appeared to be Indian Pottery, like I settlement, there was a lot of it!" According to this person, THE CONSTRUCTION CREW DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE ATHORITIES! ( ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ECT.) This person said " The construction crew was afraid that they would not be able to continue with their Construction." They continued to build the road & destroyed the site! It's a shame what this person had to say. This was a part of History that got kicked aside/covered , all in the name of $$$!

[@susanmccormick6022]

That's typical!You are always on a time schedule when doing archaeology these days.3 days if you're lucky in many cases.And as always,it comes down to El dinero.Maddening!

[@susanmccormick6022]

That's typical!You are always on a time schedule when doing archaeology these days.3 days if you're lucky in many cases.And as always,it comes down to El dinero.Maddening!

[@deidremcintosh6892]

Loved watching this

[@victoriapapesh6892]

The mammoth story is so SAD😭 Wonderful documentary❤

[@diebesgrab]

“Uncovering the Dinosaurs Of the Great Plains” The documentary is about mammals, though.

[@paradisepipeco]

A great cocumentary, but not one dinosaur, no space aliens or handy household DIY tips. Also, there was not one airplane, great or otherwise. And as far as I know, dinosaurs never traveled on planes anyway. Pretty sure they took the bus, but I digress,

[@sabrinafelber]

I'm from Nebraska and we have more Mammoth Fossils than people lol!

[@paradisepipeco]

No wonder we are getting all this voter suppression. If all those mammoths are allowed to vote, they could take over the government. And I think we already have more than enough old fossils in government already, don't you?

[@paulmcckain3420]

Been fossil hunting in NE. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! RHINOS HORSES, CAMELS. OH MY! CHADRON NE.

[@pamelaattrux336]

Fanastic so very interesting thanks for all the hard work you do

[@raeperonneau4941]

Thank you. This was fascinating.

[@SameerPrehistorica]

This is a nice documentary. 47:12 It is said to be the fossil of the largest known Columbian mammoth, it stands at 4.3 m.

[@garymaidman625]

Not a dinosaur though.

[@vickywhitesell7482]

This is the Royal Nebraska Ash Beds, I was born 40 miles east of there. It is awesome, for a donation you receive a small packet of ash with a brief run down on the time frame (50 million yrs).

[@jessesmith5436]

nice doc, the title just kills me a little inside lol these are not dinosaurs...

[@paradisepipeco]

You have absolutely no way to know whether those mammoths dressed up as dinosaurs for halloween. I am pretty sure that the recorsds that could have established that got flushed down the White House toilet, so I guess we'll never know.

[@mrskath8284]

When i lived in Fairbanks Alaska 71 to 99 we use to go out and look for old homesteads and we found a small town back in the woods . We found a mastodon's tusk it was a half of a full tusk we could not find the rest but we took it to the university and gave it to them they put it on display . we use to dig around in the old dump sites and they would not be to far from the house. I found al kinds of old stuff dating back to the gold rush days .

[@grahamdesmond422]

Very interesting great documentary

[@BenSHammonds]

quite enjoyable program

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Nice video. Keep up the good work.

[@holdersteven]

Very well presented a fine documentary

[@terrypbug]

I worked on the railroad up in Nebraska for awhile I loved the country up there and it's one of the few states right now with a surplus on there budget

[@tiddlywinksist]

I'm freezing here right now on vacation from Florida lol

[@slappy8941]

There budget? Where budget? It's "their" budget, genius.

[@terrypbug]

@@slappy8941 what the fuck ever I'm on KZbin like I give a shit about being perfect I have to be perfect all day at work

[@connienowak298]

Great vid!

[@theworld5061]

Great video 👍🏾

[@indricotherium4802]

Fascinating video.

[@kevin-n-darlenef301]

Great show

[@blacksheepbrown1601]

Great stuff!

[@raifet5514]

19:30 I had to switch tabs back over to this video. Though Sam Elliot was talking for a moment there.

[@enricotoesca3941]

Awesome 😍

[@dollarg1]

Good shot 👍

[@Rodneytheproducer1986]

I do agree the title is misleading but hey can't complain this is pretty good I just came by it by chance

[@Friskee62]

EXCELLENT...

[@rajeshkumar-eb5kr]

Exploring with real Alan Grant 🎉

[@talanigreywolf7110]

Uhm, what are you suppose to be talking about? Cause I didn't see one segment on dinos at all!

[@curious5887]

Thumbnail show a Gomphotheres

[@michaelscottalloway8915]

very interesting

[@mwatts-riley2688]

Oh my my How OLD is this guy explaining our Plains? He is over 55 yet climbs and gets around as a man who is 35 ??? Handsome. !! 👨 M. Elgin. Illinois.

[@johnortmann3098]

Beside all that, Voorhies is actually legally blind. He never let that slow him down, either.

[@paulmcckain3420]

Been to toads tool park in the middle of nowhere! 18 miles down a dirt road

[@Life_42]

54:50 amazing

[@numberpirate]

Um why do you say dinosaurs in the title but then first thing I hear is 35 million to 4 million years ago, and mammals? Dinos died off 65 million years ago.

[@thevoicewithin9845]

Non-avian dinos you mean? ;)

[@geckoraptor9397]

Closer to 66 milion years ago then 65

[@thevoicewithin9845]

@@geckoraptor9397 Only the latest research has shown the extinction event occurred around 66 million years ago. Up until a few months ago, everything stated 65. Also, not all dinosaurs went extinct, either. We still have birds today. Birds 66 million years ago were even more so regarded as dinosaurs and even closer related to them than the birds alive today

[@geckoraptor9397]

@@thevoicewithin9845 indeed

[@yankeecornbread8464]

Clickbait title. Many KZbin videos are misnamed to grab attention. Nevertheless this one is a serious presentation.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

I am very glad to see that there is a program bringing Native Americans into the field of paleantology. I hope they draw on younger people of middle and high school age, too. It would be a brilliant way to expand their educational opportunities and perhaps help protect threatened ancestral lands.

[@jeffreyspratlin5894]

The Paleontology of my childhood

[@pale_profile7237]

Interesting

[@rommelorbigo6857]

WOW

[@FlipSideCT]

Surprised what is not mentioned at all, is Carrie Barbour: Nebraska’s First Female Paleontologist before all these guys. Why no mention? She was a trend setter!

[@adamakaru2683]

To remind you C. Barbour is a female. You kn ow the attitude of "AskHoles".

[@ChrundleTGreat]

The super volcano they’re talking about is the same volcano that sits in Yellowstone today. The geological record shows three or four previous eruptions from the same hotspot that the N American continental plate has drifted over. So, these animals might have died in the last eruption from Yellowstone or from the previous caldera that the hotspot had created.

[@v-gc7257]

Animals that have been resurrected? Interesting. Similarities from old and new?

[@lifesajoke6965]

That poor circus elephant, holes in its ear from being beat with a hook.

[@EMG-pi4cb]

I completely agree. I can't believe he said he has always "loved " elephants and then participates in the suffering of this poor elephant. Big thumbs down from me.

[@Xx1tyler21xX]

How long does it take to turn a bone into a fossil? Here In Southern Illinois we have huge old mining sites that have been turned into state parks. The coal was fairly close to the surface so a lot of this ground looks like they just run the length of the deposit and laid the tailings to the side then move over and start another row. It looks like someone has gone over the entire area with a huge disc, like a field for planting as the rows are realitively straight and consistent in size. It's wooded and fairly thick but there are literally tons of rock of various sizes that has been brought to the top and now sit on the surface. There are tons of fossilized muscle shells in the rock. They have the appearance of modern shells. I've found nothing that looks to be prehistoric so I have always wondered how far back they dated. I feel like they are not that old.

[@cambs0181]

Shelled sea creatures have been around for a very long time, pre dating dinosaurs. Evolution only really progresses with species that need to change to survive. With shellfish type creatures it would be slower just due to the fact that they have a body that works for them. Not broke, don't fix it. So to answer your original question, the bones are trapped underground in a ground where oxygen cannot get to it, usually silt or mud. More layers will cover over and start to pressure on them. Bones will be pressed and turned into rocks, water and minerals seep in and it turns to fossil. It can take 100 thousands of years. Your shellfish could be half a million years old or anything up to 300 million years old.

[@psycotria]

Fossilized forest remains can be found by splitting layers of shales that were near the shale/coal horizons. Animal fossils are rare. The Illinois Coals were laid down during the ice age of the Carboniferous period ~300MM years ago. Try looking up "Illinois Basin Coals" and combinations of "Equatorial Tropical Mire Forests of Pennsylvanian Laurentia" for papers. Coals were laid down during periods of high sea levels and glaciation, and shales and carbonates were laid down during interglacial periods of even higher sea levels.

[@maeve4686]

Takes about 10,000 years.

[@godofthisshit]

The amount of fossils lost on the East Coast is a shame.

[@martinm3474]

On the interlocked elephants...slipping in clay. Was the clay made from the weathered ash that was millions of years after the Ash Bed Rhino site?

[@johnortmann3098]

It was clay weathered out of Pierre Shale, which was formed from marine clay deposits in the first place. It is exposed at the surface in extreme northwest Nebraska. I can vouch that it is nasty when wet.

[@martinm3474]

@@johnortmann3098 I am an old enough friend to the Pierre Shale, yet I didn't think of it in northwest Nebraska. The White River formation is what I think of, I wait until I further north to find the Pierre again, for me east of the Black Hills.

[@huglllshahlolalil9180]

Giants nonetheless!

[@luisito6314]

I wish I could go do that

[@sharonlooney6801]

So how do they determine how big a animal is by one piece of bone

[@TheManFromDonair]

Need to see actual footage

[@kijackson92]

First time I've seen Native Americans receive credit for their contributions to paleontology.

[@kentonrogers1704]

Man those were some patient animals waiting to be buried. (3.43- 3.54)

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

3:43 - 3:54 Use a colon : not a period . to make timestamps.

[@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364]

Imagine that, one day some people might be found that's a great archaeological find.... while the rest will just be Dust in the Wind

[@edwardfoehring8827]

So correct me if I'm wrong these large animals servived the ice age and went extinked after the climate warmed up ?

[@Kroggnagch]

30 species of the horse tribe. Wicked smart.

[@BetSeeBoo]

Hold Up!! I'm 58 yrs old and this is the 1st time I'm hearing that we had Rhinos in North America..... and Camels?? Crazy!🤯

[@lifesajoke6965]

Giant sloths, cave lions, short faced bear, 2000lb predatory pigs, all kinds of crazy mammals lived in north America

[@donaldcarey114]

@@lifesajoke6965 All hunted to extinction by the ancestors of the Amerindians, including the horse. ("Native American" is a misleading term, they emigrated from Siberia.)

[@cyborgar15]

@@donaldcarey114 That and the astroids that hit greenland help causing mega fauna extinction

[@cancandoit]

We did have giants.

[@paradisepipeco]

How come I didn't get any, then?

[@Jimmyprice258]

I live near Etowah Indian Mounds, they'll put you UNDER the jail, if they find you looking for arrowheads!!

[@donaldcarey114]

At the mounds, yes. In your own farm field, no. p.s. If it is over an inch long it isn't an arrowhead, it was a point from a throwing spear hurled with an atlatl.

[@Racc00nR1ck]

Wonderful, wonderful documentary. But please change the title. These are not dinosaurs!

[@LuanNguyen-uf6zj]

❤👌👍👏

[@rainsilversplash4376]

Great documentary; very misleading title

[@mikeystrikes7203]

1st time seeing this documentary ,,its really good but not a dino documentary

[@harrytrumanbrighto]

Then why do you show some kind of elephant mammal?

[@user-th7od1bj5w]

👍

[@rebeccagutierrez1960]

How did the dinosaurs get there? Answer: Genesis, Chapters 6, 7, and 8. This documentary truly proves the flood story in the Bible.

[@georgecarberry9222]

The title of this documentary is very confusing. Why does it refer to dinosaurs when it's really about prehistoric mammals & birds, etc...

[@juliekersten6050]

Good video but I gave it negative because this video is about prehistoric mammals NOT dinosaurs.

[@levigerrardhades]

Bruh, those two fighting-to-death male mammoths, reminds me of Naruto and Sasuke. Or maybe Hannibal and Will.

[@jamesleon4062]

Millions Of Years Does Not Cut The Time Line ...

[@retard_activated]

End of the ice age? We're still technically in an ice age, just fyi....

[@paradisepipeco]

I agree. I think it's a nice age too.

[@retard_activated]

@@paradisepipeco 🤣

[@manxkin]

No dinosaurs were injured in the making of this video. So why is this video called Uncovering the Dinosaurs of the Great Plains when they weren't uncovering dinosaurs?

[@paradisepipeco]

Also, where were the great planes, like the DC-3 or the B-52?

[@manxkin]

@@paradisepipeco Good point!

[@patrickbate3050]

This documentary was produced by Nebraska Public Media, and this KZbin upload is unauthorized. Essentially, "Real Wild" stole it and uploaded it here.

[@JudyMenzel7]

The eater was poisoned by the volcano

[@goonerali3547]

12th June 2022.

[@frankgeeraerts6243]

Millions of years ago they had no politicians to blame their SUV's for climate change !

[@jlarryturner]

Is it known where the volcanic ash is from what volcano? , that is laid down in the bad lands .

[@psycotria]

Yes. It is from a eruption from the Yellowstone mantle plume.

[@adrianaslund8605]

The thumbnail creature is obviously not a dino. But whatever.

[@Bear-jr3ei]

If all these fossils are buried in ashfall , does this mean yellowstones eruption from 620 thousand years is responsible for the extinction of these dinosaurs, does that disrupt the timeline?

[@davidkeenan5642]

A lot of people in America might have a hard time coming to grips with the idea of millions of years, but most of the rest of the world has no problem at all, because we're not religious nutters!

[@sarahburke5839]

'its so big its either a Rhino or Elephant '... Ya.. thats what she said! 😁😁

[@paradisepipeco]

That's the kind of talk that deserves a big hand. No, wait........

[@paradisepipeco]

That's what Melania said, but not about her husband. _(We all know how much he hates his subpoenas.)_

[@lifesajoke6965]

Woah, calm down Mom.

[@gaminawulfsdottir3253]

Good documentary about prehistoric mammals, titled by someone who doesn't know that mammals are not dinosaurs, presented by someone who never watched it and doesn't know what it's about. Also, that's not what "behold" means.

[@lewisjacobs1694]

Mammals ate not dinosaurs

[@paradisepipeco]

I think they meant the _"I-gotta-sore-ass"_ from sitting here waiting for the dinosaurs that never showed up.

[@lewisjacobs1694]

@@paradisepipeco Nice one!

[@paradisepipeco]

@@lewisjacobs1694 I appreciate the good word, my friend. I was actually a bit concerned that one might have been just a little _TOO_ dumb, even for me. Cheers.

[@lewisjacobs1694]

@@paradisepipeco My notifications show a reply relating to homosexuality in the animal kingdom...I cant read the whole message, cant find it in the thread and not sure why its there but you are right. One particular book I would recommend is "Evolutions Rainbow" by Joan Roughgarden where she explores gender and sexuality throughout the animal kingdom. The fact we are animals and the fact homosexuality exists across the animal kingdom makes me wonder why the hell humans continue to to persecute

[@jamessanders1973]

But we will have

[@Pellefication]

Why calling it dinosaurs? It's ancient mammals!!

[@tjs114]

You title this about Dinosaurs, but the topic is mammals.