Moros Intrepidus – 2
“The Ankylosaurus. This is a herbivorous quadruped. Late Cretaceous. This is one of the largest armored dinosaurs. Known by paleontologists as a living tank.” – Gunnar Eversoll Moros is a genus of tyrannosauroid theropod that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Utah, United States. It contains a single species, M. intrepidus. […]
Velociraptor – Epic Attack
“Everyone knows I have a soft spot for this dinosaur, the Velociraptor. And they get a bad rap, as far as I’m concerned. But if you imprint early enough, you can make real connections with them. Other than Claire, raptors are the most intelligent partners I’ve ever had… and like her, they could kill me […]
Pachycephalosaurus
“A Pachy… a pachy… oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!” – Roland Tembo Pachycephalosaurus is the last, largest, and most famous member of the pachycephalosaurs, or thick-headed dinosaurs. In the 1970s, paleontologist Peter Galton proposed that male pachycephalosaurs used their dome heads as battering rams, like bighorn sheep. The idea […]
Young Tyrannosaurus Rex
“There’s no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in ‘Jurassic Park’ took human lives and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad.” — Colin Trevorrow Tyrannosaurus (meaning “tyrant lizard”) is an extinct genus of large theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning “king” in […]
Sensory Damage velociraptor
“Everyone knows I have a soft spot for this dinosaur, the Velociraptor. And they get a bad rap, as far as I’m concerned. But if you imprint early enough, you can make real connections with them. Other than Claire, raptors are the most intelligent partners I’ve ever had… and like her, they could kill me […]
Piatnitzkysaurus
“Hey I know that one. It was my favourite dinosaur in the Dinosaur King arcade when I was a kid.”— Richard Kiley when he met the Piatnitzkysaurus for the first time. Piatnitzkysaurus (sometimes spelled Piatnitzky’saurus) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago. It was […]
Dilophosaurus
“One of the earliest carnivores, we now know that Dilophosaurus is actually poisonous, spitting its venom at its prey, causing blindness and eventually paralysis, allowing the carnivore to eat at its leisure. This makes Dilophosaurus a beautiful, but deadly, addition to Jurassic Park.”— Richard Kiley talking about Dilophosaurus on the tour. Dilophosaurus was one of […]
Carnotaurus
“Your arms are… pretty much vestigial at this point! Ha!” — Darius Bowman Carnotaurus (“meat-eating bull”), was one of the most bizarre yet dangerous meat-eating dinosaurs ever found. Its skull was short, with spiked armor in the form of feature scales across its body (skin impressions show this, although it is unknown around the face […]
Tyrannosaurus Rex
“There’s no such thing as good or bad dinosaurs. There are predators and prey. The T-Rex in ‘Jurassic Park’ took human lives and saved them. No one interpreted her as good or bad.” — Colin Trevorrow Tyrannosaurus (meaning “tyrant lizard”) is an extinct genus of large theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning “king” in […]
Scutosaurus
“Imagine a tortoise without a shell, on steroids. This is the Scutosaurus.”—Maisie Lockwood Scutosaurus was a genus of armor-covered pareiasaur that lived around 252-248 million years ago in Russia, in the late Permian period. Its genus name refers to large plates of armor scattered across its body. It was a large anapsid reptile that, unlike […]