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 […]
Genyodectes Serus
“An Scorpiovenator has just been successfully incubated. And for now, let’s hope it isn’t too hungry. Because we are out of scorpions.” – Claire Dearing Genyodectes Serus lived in the early Cretaceous on the territory of nowadays Argentina. It is one of the first dinosaurs that were discovered in South America. It seems to be […]
Elaphrosaurus
“An Scorpiovenator has just been successfully incubated. And for now, let’s hope it isn’t too hungry. Because we are out of scorpions.” – Claire Dearing Elapharosaurus, a dinosaur from Africa, ate meat as a baby because its teeth shed as an adult. Therefore, the adults ate plants. It measured over 5 meters long and 2 […]
Skorpiovenator
“An Scorpiovenator has just been successfully incubated. And for now, let’s hope it isn’t too hungry. Because we are out of scorpions.” – Claire Dearing Skorpiovenator is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Argentina. It is one of the most complete and informative abelisaur fossils […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]