Carson Burton Tyrannosaurus Rex. Brachiosaurus. Triceratops. Velociraptor.All of these wacky dinosaur names are known in large part due to Steven Spielberg’s 1993 sensation “Jurassic Park,” which has now spawned its fifth sequel in “Jurassic World Dominion.” Supposedly ending the Jurassic Park saga, the sixth film in the series features more characters, more danger and more dinos.
Yet, of all those names listed above, one has been absolutely mischaracterized throughout the entire series: the velociraptor.“Jurassic Park” author Michael Crichton was many things — a doctor of medicine, a trained anthropologist and even a film director.
But what he wasn’t was a dinosaur expert.“There had been a book that lumped Deinonychus into Velociraptor, which is stupid,” Utah state paleontologist Jim Kirkland told Variety.
The book in question is Greg Paul’s 1988 book “Predatory Dinosaurs of the World,” which “Jurassic Park” author Michael Crichton used as research for his own novel. “No one believed that!” Kirkland continued. “And Michael Crichton used that book in his research.
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