The film focuses entirely on prehistoric marine biology and scientific inquiry. There are no depictions of non-cisnormative identities or same-sex intimacy within the zoological subject matter.

By centering the prehistoric narrative on Dolly, a female Dolichorhynchops, the film provides a female-led perspective. This avoids traditional male-centric dominance tropes in survival stories.

Diversity is limited to the modern-day scientific cast. The film lacks a diverse, non-Anglo-Saxon majority in its human sequences, focusing instead on biological species.

The narrative adheres to a traditional scientific framework prioritizing empirical observation. It reinforces the authority of scientific institutions rather than exploring diverse cultural or postmodern critiques.

Dolly sustains a physical injury from a shark tooth, but this is a biological reality of predation. It is not a portrayal of disability with agency.