The '90s were filled with all kinds of now-forgotten cartoons, but this animated series was a bizarre mashup of Jurassic Park and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — and 28 years later, it's still epic.

Paleontology writer Brian Switek, author of "Written In Stone" and the Laelaps blog, recently stumbled upon a cleverly nuanced bit of animated Soviet propaganda that touches on his field of expertise.