Indoraptor
“A creature of the future, made from pieces of the past! Ladies and gentlemen, please be warned! This is the perfect blend of the two most dangerous creatures, that ever walked the Earth! We call it… The Indoraptor!” — Gunnar Eversol introducing the Indoraptor to bidders The Indoraptor bears a strikingly similar appearance to the Indominus […]
Eocarcharia
“Look at that sharp claws. They were not painting their nails back then. Those nails were used for tearing other dinosaurs apart.”— Richard Kiley talking about Eocarcharia on the tour. Eocarcharia lived in the Sahara about 112 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. The Eocarcharia was discovered just recently in […]
Sinotyrannus
“So what did you call those things that were chasing you? Hairy-saurauses?”“Herrerasaurus, from the Triassic era. Now that we’ve bred them we can easily classify them as early theropod.”— Richard Kiley talking about Dilophosaurus on the tour. Sinotyrannus (“Chinese Tyrant”) is a relative of tyrannosaurids that flourished in North America and Asia during the Jurassic […]
Ichthyovenator
“An Ichthyovenator has just been successfully incubated. And for now, let’s hope it isn’t too hungry. Because we are out of fish right now.” – Claire Dearing Ichthyovenator is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now Laos, sometime between 125 and 113 million years ago, during the Aptian stage of the […]
Kronosaurus
“OK, here we have the Kronosaurus. A predator that once ruled the seas of Colombia and Australia. Now get this: the marine reptile was named after the titan Kronos, a legendary ruler of Greek mythology’s golden age. Pretty cool, right?” – Isaaac Clement This apex predator lived in the Early Cretaceous seas of Australia and […]
Stegosaurus
“This is magnificent.”—Eddie Carr admiring the Stegosaurus. Stegosaurus is easily one of the best known dinosaurs and is recognized all over the world. It is the largest and most famous member of the stegosaur family. It roamed the open plains of the Late Jurassic Period in what is now North America. The plates along its […]
Pteranodon
“I still have trouble believing airplanes can fly, so don’t get me started on this Pteranodon. But fly it does. Oh, and it is also known as a ‘toothless wing’. Toothless, huh? Yeah, I’m not buying that either.”— Cabot Finch Pteranodon is a large flying reptile with a wingspan measuring as long as a school […]
Herrerasaurus
“So what did you call those things that were chasing you? Hairy-saurauses?”“Herrerasaurus, from the Triassic era. Now that we’ve bred them we can easily classify them as early theropod.”— Richard Kiley talking about Dilophosaurus on the tour. Herrerasaurus (“[Victorino] Herrera’s lizard”) was one of the oldest and most primitive Theropods, or meat-eating dinosaurs, though in […]
Dryptosaurus
“I love the Pyroraptors. I love the Atrociraptors. There’s a little one called the Moros intrepidus, who doesn’t do a ton in the movie, but whenever it shows up, I always love it.” – Random reporter Dryptosaurus is a primitive tyrannosaur type of dinosaur that roamed the Earth during the middle Maastrichtian stage of the […]
Diabloceratops
“That is one strange looking creature even for a dinosaur!”– Isaac Clement Unlike most other centrosaurine ceratopsians, the Diabloceratops had very long horns above its eyes and a short nose horn, similar to the Triceratops, Kosmoceratops, and Utahceratops.This animal also had a deep snout compared to other members of this group of horned dinosaurs.Like all […]