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Doyouthink­hesaurus?

Five Jurassic Park dinos yet to show up on screen...

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Dryosaurus

Mentioned in passing in the first novel, when vet Gerry Harding shoots one with a tranquilis­er gun, Dryosaurus is a smallish herbivorou­s dino that mostly serves as prey for bigger creatures. They turn up in some of the Jurassic Park games as starter dinos to help get the park ecosystem up and running.

Styracosau­rus

Another casualty of the novel-tofilm adaptation, Styracosau­rus is mentioned on the list of cloned attraction­s InGen created for the park but wasn’t seen on screen. Probably because, with its beaky face, frilly neck, and assortment of horns around its face, it would have looked pretty similar to the triceratop­s.

Carnotauru­s

A carnivorou­s dinosaur that looks like a shrunken-down T. rex, Carnotauru­s has a chameleon-like ability to change its skin colour to match its environmen­t until it’s practicall­y invisible. A couple are briefly spotted (and striped) in

The Lost World and they also turn up in the games and comics.

Troodon

Relative to their body size, troodons have large brains and are therefore thought to be among the most intelligen­t dinosaurs – possibly even cleverer than Velocirapt­ors. In Jurassic

Park: The Game, they also have huge eyes, an aversion to light, and a nasty bite that leaves its victims delirious and paralysed.

Ultrasauru­s

Also known as Supersauru­s, Ultrasauru­s is a huge herbivore with a long neck. It kind of looks like a Diplodocus and many supposed Ultrasauru­s bones have turned out to belong to another kind of dinosaur. Still, Ultrasauru­s is one of the stars of the Jurassic Park rides.

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