Kentrosaurus
“The Kentrosaurus is another of those spikey-backed dinosaurs. A dinosaur that relied on intimidation to keep predators at bay. And failing that, a difficult meal to catch and chew. Think of it as a prehistoric porcupine.”– Isaac Clement Kentrosaurus (meaning “pointed lizard”) was a small member of the stegosaur family. It had 9 pairs of […]
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 […]
Gallimimus 2 of 2
“Some of these animals present a real test of our abilities. Take, for instance, this latest dinosaur, the Gallimimus. It’s an opportunistic omnivore that does best in groups – that alone isn’t the problem. But the speed… Gallimimus is incredibly fast, which presents special challenges for the ranger teams tasked with monitoring them.”– Tim Murphy […]
Gallimimus 1 of 2
“Some of these animals present a real test of our abilities. Take, for instance, this latest dinosaur, the Gallimimus. It’s an opportunistic omnivore that does best in groups – that alone isn’t the problem. But the speed… Gallimimus is incredibly fast, which presents special challenges for the ranger teams tasked with monitoring them.”– Tim Murphy […]
Extreme Damage Indominus Rex
“Oh, Indominus wasn’t bred. She was designed. She will be fifty feet long when fully grown. Bigger than the T. rex.” — Dr. Henry Wu Indominus rex is one of the largest existing theropods in the Jurassic World film, as well as the film’s main antagonist, the secondary antagonist of the first season of the Netflix […]
Dracorex
“Now this dinosaur, the Dracorex, is something strange. Its name means the Dragon King of a fictional school for wizards. I think I could have come up with that myself. The name, not the dinosaur. For that we need the scientists.” —Cabot Finch Dracorex is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous […]
Dimorphodon
“Now, you’d think a mouthful of teeth would be scary enough, but this animal – the Dimorphodon – actually has two distinct types of teeth in its jaws. And it flies! Well, more accurately, glides.”— Claire Dearing Dimorphodon (“two-form tooth”) is a pterosaur believed to belong to the family Rhamphorhynchoidea from the Early Jurassic Period […]
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 […]
Chialingosaurus
“Nothing to see here people. Just a Chialingosaurus kuani which is a Stegosaur from late Jurassic China.”– Alan Grant Chialingosaurus fossils were found and collected by geologist Kuan Yaowu or Guan Yao-Wu in 1957, Taipingstai in Quxian County, whilst they were surveying the Chialing River in southern China. The type species Chialingosaurus kuani was named […]
Ceratosaurus 2 of 2
“Now this dinosaur is something special. Well, they’re all special, but this one stands out because of the horns on top of its head. It’s called Ceratosaurus. It kinda looks like a slightly smaller T. rex. But its bite is probably about the same.” — Claire Dearing Ceratosaurus was a medium sized carnivore that lived […]