Scientific name | Dakosaurus Andiniensis |
Home time period | Late Jurassic to early Cretaceous |
Creature type | Marine Crocodile |
Deaths caused | 0 |
Appearances | Episode 7.2 Episode 8.13 (Part 2) (Cameo) |
Dakosaurus is a species of Prehistoric crocodile like creature that lived millions of years ago.
In Primeval
Episode 7.2
An anomaly opened up to a British sea and a Dakosaurus came through and attacked a submarine but it did not sustained damage. Later the Dakosaurus attacked the again and then Sam Leonard discovered it was heading straight for a underwater bomb site.
Later the sub gets caught but in a bomb and the Dako attacks however it attacks is unsuccessful and it heads straight for a the sub's underwater pod but Abby Maitland and her brother Jack cut power and the Dako leaves as it thinks the pod's dead. Then a bomb explodes injuring the the creature.
Later the Dakosaurus heads straight for the anomaly but it closes before it can Go back through. And Sam accidentally fires a torpedo and when aborting it it explodes and kills the creature. It's then presumed that it body decomposed later on.
Episode 8.13 (Part 2)
Due to several anomalies opening a Dakosaurus came through an anomaly into the present day and was electrocuted but did not die and returned back through the anomaly which closed imminently after.