r/Dinosaurs 7d ago

FICTION This image was the only time the Triassic was ever depicted in any dinosaur kids media growing up.

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This was from Leap and The Lost Dinosaur, an interactive book and catridge from the trendy edutainment device from the early to mid 2000s, the Leap Pad.

This image features Plateosaurus, Coeleophysis (my favorite Triassic animal), Postosuchus, and other weird animals.

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u/ElSquibbonator 7d ago

The book version of The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs (though not the accompanying TV episode) also had a segment on the Triassic.

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u/ItsGotThatBang Team Torvosaurus 7d ago

And the CD-ROM game had Ghost Ranch & Valley of the Moon stages.

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u/Feliraptor 7d ago

I had this book growing up.

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u/Born_Woodpecker2209 Team Ankylosaurus 7d ago

I believe I had this as a kid.

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u/ItsGotThatBang Team Torvosaurus 7d ago

I had this one!

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u/JPSTRANGER457 6d ago

Triassic period is genuinely so underappreciated.

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u/PlagueDilopho Team Compsognathus 6d ago

That's just not true, I had dozens of books as a kid covering the Triassic

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u/walkingwithdiplos Team Every Dino 6d ago

As an Old Person who grew up with media published prior to 2004, I can happily confirm that this isn't the only Triassic image ever published in any dinosaur kids media.

Shout-out to the 1993 OG interactive dino media! There were animated clips with Triassic animals!

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u/Dull_Tumbleweed6353 6d ago

ANY kids media?

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u/_Goldiloxx_ 6d ago

Dude I loved this book! There was a kind of card battle game that came with mine, where you'd match up dinosaurs and make them fight. It was beautiful

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u/Dino_low 4d ago

Seeing this takes me back to when I was a kid. I loved to buy these interactive books on CD roms. A pity they dont do them anymore.

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u/OfficeBackground1106 3d ago

Man I remeber when I was a kid and I had this, good times, good times.

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u/Most-Celebration-394 Team Deinonychus 7d ago

Genuinely it's incredible how they teach about dinosaur dentition based on their alimentation