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In the book they're specifically Velociraptor antirrhopus (rather than mongoliensis), which, as I understand it, actually was a name for Deinonychus antirrhopus
by karatestomp 6y ago
In the book they're specifically Velociraptor antirrhopus (rather than mongoliensis), which, as I understand it, actually was a name for Deinonychus antirrhopus for a while before they settled on the current hame. So they (kinda) really are supposed to be Deinonychus.
[EDIT] ah, I see the article covers that.
- mattbk1 6y agoThe larger _Utahraptor_ was discovered while the movie was being written/made, but only the consulting paleontologists knew they were making the raptors so large for the movie.