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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the third computer-animated film in the Ice Age series, preceded by Ice Age (2002) and Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006). The first movie was based on a story/screenplay by Michael J Wilson and Michael Berg. The screenplay for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was a collaborative effort by Michael Berg and screenwriters Peter Ackerman, Mike Reiss, and Yoni Brenner.

Main mammals: woolly mammoth (Manny, Ellie and Peaches), smilodon (Diego), ground sloth (Sid), "saber-tooth squirrel" (Scrat), "flying saber-tooth squirrel" (Scratte), opossum (Crash and Eddie) and weasel (Buck). Background mammals and other animals (also present in the original Ice Age): Doedicurus, Macrauchenia, Amebelodon, Diatryma and various others. Dinosaurs (most species mentioned in Buck's Survival Guide on the DVD): Tyrannosaurus rex (Eggbert, Shelly, Yoko and their mother), baryonyx (Rudy) (exceptionally large specimen), Ankylosaurus, Troodon, Pachycephalosaurus, Iguanodon, Triceratops, Guanlong, Kentrosaurus and Brachiosaurus. Flying reptiles: generic "Pterodactyl" (cross between Pteranodon and Rhamphorhynchus), unidentified Pterosaur (possibly Ornithocheirus or Dsungaripterus, or otherwise).