the cartoon was gripping and a little bit suspenseful. It ended with the two races meeting in the ocean and one side pulling out. as far as I remember, it might have been a Japanese cartoon. if I find it, I will write about it here. It was childish, not funny, there were no fun characters like Dino. It was like Jurassic Park.
I researched IMDB filters and I am sure that Japanese anime contains baby dinosaur in a bucket. "Doraemon: Nobita no kyôryû" (1980). Perhaps it is something similar or exact your cartoon :-)