Dakosaurus
“Oh this is the Dakosaurus. We do not know much about it but we are pretty sure that is the grandfather of the modern Crocodiles.” – Mr. DNA Dakosaurus is a genus of marine crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 85 to 70 million years ago. Fossils of Dakosaurus have been […]
Borealopelta
“It took 25200000 seconds or 420000 minutes or 7000 hours or 291 days of hard work for the technitian Mark Mitchelli to scrape all the unneded sediment material from the fosil of Borealopelta. Get your head aroung that next time you go the museum.”—The annoyed museum guide probably Borealopelta is from the family of nodosaurid […]
Pyroraptor
“Mmm there’s certainly something special about this one… a ‘je ne sais quoi’. It’s a Pyroraptor. Had it not been for a forest fire sweeping through Southern France, our little feathered friend may have gone undiscovered… and my life insurance would be just that little bit cheaper!” – Cabot Finch Pyroraptor is the first positively […]
Dilophosaurus – 2
“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 […]
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 […]