Zeppelin: Waterfalls

The Pteranodon kids are riding the Dinosaur Train with friend and fellow pterosaur, Quincy Queztalcoatlus. When they pass by a waterfall, Buddy comments on how big it is! Quincy’s dad mentions a giant waterfall at the edge of the Western Interior Sea. Mr. Conductor gives a lesson about waterfalls and then suggests a unique and amazing way to view the giant falls – from above! They can fly in the experimental Dinosaur Train Zeppelin…if Thurston Troodon will agree to take them all there on the zeppelin’s maiden voyage. Thurston does and our Pteranodon family gets to experience a spectacular zeppelin ride! The Queztalcoatluses fly alongside, impressing everyone with their flying abilities. After learning more about waterfalls, the Pteranodons catch lots of fish and dine before heading back to the Train via the one-of-a-kind Dinosaur Train Zeppelin!

Fun Fact: A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop in the course of the stream or river. Waterfalls create their own microhabitat that tend to be very moist, humid and misty. Fish hide in the water beneath the waterfalls. Moss grows on the amp walls, and amphibians hide in the misty shadows. Many land animals come to the pools at the base of waterfalls to drink.

Zeppelin: Atoll

When the Pteranodon family spots Annie and her T. rex herd migrating to follow the food, the Pteranodon kids wonder if other creatures, even marine mammals, also migrate. The Conductor flies the Pteranodon family over the ocean in the Dinosaur Train Zeppelin to look for Polycotylus, a type of marine reptile that does migrate in the ocean. After spotting a pod of migrating Polycotylus from the sky, the Zeppelin lands in an atoll and our family meets Paulette and Polly Polycotylus, a mother and daughter (from what is modern-day Australia.) Our Pteranodon kids, and Mom, Dad and the Conductor learn all about Polycotylus migration and the reptile features. Then the whole group of new friends enjoys a fish-picnic on the reef of the atoll before the Pteranodon clan heads back home in the zeppelin.

Fun Fact: Polycotylus is a genus of Plesiosaur from the Cretaceous Time Period that lived in the seas of what is today, North America, Russia and Australia. It is believed to have migrated to find food and give birth. Like all plesiosaurs, Polycotylus was a large marine reptile with a short tail, large flippers, and a broad body. It had a short neck and a long head, and was about 5 metres (16 ft) long. It had more neck vertebrae than other polycotylids.