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Among Paleontologists, there are 'lumpers and splitters'
That is, Paleontologists that tend to group like-types together, and those who tend to separate them into distinct species.
As we uncover and study more specimens, we are able to find instances where species were incorrectly split, or lumped together.
Such an instance occurred with Velociraptor mongoliensis and Deinonychus antirrhopus from the book Predatory Dinosaurs of the World by Gregory S. Paul. This happened to be a book that Crichton used during his research for Jurassic Park and thus the Velociraptor antirrhopus came to be.
We now recognize velociraptor m. and deinonychus a. as separate species, but even then neither of them meet the size of the movie velociraptor a.
In the forward of Raptor Red by Robert Bakker, he recounts how Utahraptor was discovered as Jurassic Park was in production and how exciting it was to have a dinosaur that fit this hypothetical creature.
Now, of course, we understand that manaraptorans like velociraptor, deinonychus, and utahraptor would have been feathered. Jack Horner, the paleontologist hired to consult on Jurassic Park specifically because he could argue that dinosaurs evolved into birds, had pressed for feathers back during the production of the original movie.
For the purpose of this RP journal, I will be portraying Blue as she appears in the film, but with commentary that speaks to the actual dinosaurs as we know them today.
That is, Paleontologists that tend to group like-types together, and those who tend to separate them into distinct species.
As we uncover and study more specimens, we are able to find instances where species were incorrectly split, or lumped together.
Such an instance occurred with Velociraptor mongoliensis and Deinonychus antirrhopus from the book Predatory Dinosaurs of the World by Gregory S. Paul. This happened to be a book that Crichton used during his research for Jurassic Park and thus the Velociraptor antirrhopus came to be.
We now recognize velociraptor m. and deinonychus a. as separate species, but even then neither of them meet the size of the movie velociraptor a.
In the forward of Raptor Red by Robert Bakker, he recounts how Utahraptor was discovered as Jurassic Park was in production and how exciting it was to have a dinosaur that fit this hypothetical creature.
Now, of course, we understand that manaraptorans like velociraptor, deinonychus, and utahraptor would have been feathered. Jack Horner, the paleontologist hired to consult on Jurassic Park specifically because he could argue that dinosaurs evolved into birds, had pressed for feathers back during the production of the original movie.
For the purpose of this RP journal, I will be portraying Blue as she appears in the film, but with commentary that speaks to the actual dinosaurs as we know them today.
