Centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.

The show would also have gone in a darker direction, with Taylor starting to go crazy and Jim Shannon having to step up into a leadership position. "The main source of conflict would be between Taylor and Jim Shannon, and a battle for control of the colony and how to deal with these new dangers."

Italian (southern): habitational name from any of numerous places called with Terranova or Terranuova from terra 'land' + nuova 'new'.

Dinotopia is a television miniseries co-produced by Walt Disney Television and Hallmark Entertainment. It is based on the Dinotopia book series by James Gurney, that depicts a fictional utopia in which sapient dinosaurs and humans coexist.

2.0 Significance of Terra Nova National Park. Established in 1957, Terra Nova National Park of Canada is part of the Canadian system of national parks, protecting a 402 km2 representative example of the Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic Region characterized by extensive boreal forest and irregular rocky coastline.

At the end of the series, Jim Shannon returns to 2149 to destroy the gateway permitting travel to the Cretaceous, whereupon the Phoenix Group retreats to the nearby "Badlands," leaving behind a wooden ship's figurehead apparently located there by another temporal rift.

At the end of the series, Jim Shannon returns to 2149 to destroy the gateway permitting travel to the Cretaceous, whereupon the Phoenix Group retreats to the nearby "Badlands," leaving behind a wooden ship's figurehead apparently located there by another temporal rift.

earth terra in American English (ˈtɛrə ) Latin. (the) earth. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

From the Latin terra – with origins in the Proto-Indo-European ters-, meaning “dry” – the Romance languages derived their word for Earth, including the French La Terre, Italian La Terra and Spanish La Tierra.

Research on evolution is ongoing, and some of the information in older documentaries listed here may be outdated. As of March 2022, the most recent documentaries here are Dawn of Humanity, First Peoples, Origins: The Journey of Mankind, Year Million, and Nova.

Dino Hunters Dino Hunters (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb.

Terra Nova's the Oldest That makes it the oldest National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador. Terra Nova officially opened in 1961 but a national park was under consideration much longer. A park in Newfoundland was mentioned at least as early as 1948 during Newfoundland National Convention debates.