The Mysterious Beyond

The **Mysterious Beyond** is a commonly recurring location in *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure*. As the name implies, it is the land **beyond** the Great Valley that is shrouded in **mystery**. While it is certain there are many herbivores in the Mysterious Beyond, they are very rarely seen and Predators are extremely common.

Most of the Mysterious Beyond is dry with few plants, but more recently less barren areas have been seen, some just as fertile as the valley itself. In most of the movies and many episodes of the TV series, Luke and his friends have to travel through parts of the Mysterious Beyond to reach their goal. The Mysterious Beyond has been seen in every single film, and the only film the main characters did not leave the Great Valley was in *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 11 Invasion of the Tinysauruses*.

## Areas

* **Skeleton Area**: Seen in *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 2 The Great Valley Adventure* and *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 3 The Time of the Great Giving*. A vast area of skeletons and stagnant water, it contains the basins that water flowing towards the Thundering Falls was trapped in. It is located on the other side of the Great Wall.
* **Desert from *IV***: A desert littered with jutting rock formations. Beyond it is a lake with waterfalls pouring into it and a line of mountains filled with caves bordering the Land of Mists.
* **Desert from *V***: A desert area that stretches from the Great Valley to the Big Water. The film states that locusts desolated the landscape, but this would mean there were never any trees as no woody remains were found.
* **The Mysterious Island**: An area far into the Mysterious Beyond. It is accessed by crossing the ocean. It is a very heavily wooded area, with cliffs surrounding the island. It is home to Joseph, his mother and father, and the Plated Predator.
	+ **The Stinky Place**: The Stinky Place is a small grove of smelly Carrion flowers on the Mysterious Island. The 6 children hid here to stop their scent reaching Joseph's parents.
* **Abandoned area of the valley in *VI*** : A slightly dry area, with multiples canyons. There is also a forest with massive redwood trees where Saurus Rock happens to be located.
* **Volcanoes**: A group of volcanoes just outside the valley. The only known named one is Ceratopsian Peak.
* **Desolate area:** A wasteland similar to that of the original that appears in *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 8 The Big Freeze*, *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 11 Invasion of the Tinysauruses*, *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 12 The Great Day of the Pterosaurs*, *The Amazing Dinosaur Adventure 13 The Wisdom of Friends* and some episodes of the TV series. A Mountain Predator, a pair of Raptors, a Sailback Predator, and a pack of 4 Predators inhabit this large area.
* **Area from *IX***: A lush area with a river running through it from the valley to the ocean.
* **Area from *X***: A varied area that is mainly fertile. It stretches from the valley to the Sauropod Crater.
	+ **Spooky Swamp**: A sub-region of the Area from *X.* The area consists of a large spooky swamp with lots of vegetation. It is home to a *Sarcosuchus* (Crocodilian) and the Gray member of the *Albertosaurus* trio we see later on, fighting on the edge of the Sauropod Crater.
* **Area from *XIII***: Mostly comprised of plains, located beyond the desolate area. Leads to the mountains surrounding Berry Valley, where the *Beipiaosaurus* herd lived.
* **Desert from *XIV***: A dry, sandy shrubland peppered with large, stone formations that stretches from the valley to the volcano. The area resembles the deserts in the Southwestern United States, and is occasionally hit with sandstorms. It is inhabited by a Spiked Predator and a flock of *Archaeornithomimus*.
	+ **Land of the Featherhead Predators**: A Bryce Valley-like sub-region of the *XIV* desert, inhabited by Featherhead Predators. This land is between the valley and the sandy shrubland. It is like a canyon, with rock spires everywhere.

* **Area from *XV***: A desert-like place in the Mysterious Beyond and by a huge magma field and inhabited by a Predator.
* **Jungle area**: A lush forest just outside the valley. Appears in some episodes of the TV series.
* **The Meadow of Jumping Waters**: A small area far into the Mysterious Beyond, full of Geysers and Mud Pools, which give off a very bad smell. Shown in one TV series episode.

## Predators in the Mysterious Beyond

### Area in the 2nd film

* *Allosaurus*: Browridge Predator (The Great Valley Adventure)

### Skeleton Area

* *Deinonychus*: Predators (The Time of the Great Giving)

### The Mysterious Island

* *Tyrannosaurus*: Joseph, his mother and father
* *Carcharodontosaurus*: Plated Predator (The Mysterious Island)

### Desolate Area

* *Gorgosaurus*: Mountain Predator (The Big Freeze)
* *Achillobator*: Predators (Invasion of the Tinysauruses)
* *Spinosaurus*: Sailback Predator (The Great Day of the Pterosaurs)
* *Baryonyx*: Hookthumb Predators (The Wisdom of Friends)

### Abandoned area of the valley in *VI*

* *Suchomimus*: Longsnout Predator (The Secret of Saurus Rock)
* *Gorgosaurus*: Predator (The Secret of Saurus Rock)

### Area from *IX*

* *Pliosaurus*: Water Predator (Journey to Big Water)

### Area from *X*

* *Albertosaurus*: Predators (The Great Sauropod Migration)

### Spooky Swamp

* *Sarcosuchus*: Crocodilian (The Great Sauropod Migration)
* *Albertosaurus*: Gray member of the Predators (The Great Sauropod Migration)

### Land of the Featherhead Predators

* *Monolophosaurus*: Featherhead Predators (Journey of the Brave)

### Desert Shrubland Area

* *Majungasaurus*: Spiked Predator (Journey of the Brave)

### Area from *XV*

* *Eustreptospondylus*: Predator (The Great Mountain Adventure)

### TV Series

* *Zhuchengtyrannus*: Michael
* *Achillobator*: Amanda and Jeff, Predators (The Stone of Cold Fire), Predator Mom
* *Pyroraptor*: Predators (The Lonely Journey)
* *Cristatusaurus*: Predator Family (The Lonely Journey)

## Gallery

2nd movie shot, Skeleton Graveyard3rd movie shot, bordering the valley4th movie shot, bordering the valley5th movie shot of the Desert6th movie shot, abandoned part of the Mysterious Beyond8th movie shot, the desolate area covered in snow9th movie shot, underwater in the flooded areas10th movie shot, the Spooky Swamp10th movie shot, the lush area10th movie shot, outside the crater11th movie shot, the desolate area12th movie shot, the desolate area13th movie shot, the desolate area14th movie shot, the Land of the Featherhead Predators15th movie shot of the magma field