Jurassic Park 4 comes out next year, and we all know how much of a flop the second and third were. Can 4 recapture the magic we felt in the original? To do it, we need one dino to be the feature.

The big reason fans watch the JP series is for the dinosaurs, of course. And in every movie there was one star that stole the show.
In the first, the ever-awesome Tyrannosaurus Rex made the movie. In the next installment ‘The Lost World’, the T Rex was again executed, this time with less success. In the third, they mixed things up and had a Spinosaurus stomp on to the scene to battle with the T Rex in the only scene worth seeing in the movie. But in JP 4, ‘Jurassic World’, director Colin Trevorrow stated that a new Dino would be featured. No specifics were given, but let’s go over some possibilities. Feel free to look up images of them as you read.

Acrocanthosaurus
This carnivore was related to the T Rex, but just as large and with a ridge along its back. The Dino is very intimidating and would be a great star for the movie.

Giganotosaurus
I want to say that this one is the most likely, but I probably won’t know for sure for a long time. Giganotosaurus was an apex predator similar to appearance to the T Rex, but much scarier. Why? The T Rex
was thirteen feet tall and forty feet long. Huge, but not as huge as this beastie, measuring at ten feet longer than Tyrannosaurus. Height is unknown, but it was likely much taller. I would love to see this one make the scene.

Carcharodontosaurus
Yes, I’m spelling it right. He was the same size as the T Rex, and had a head much larger. Not a lot different in this one, but he sure looks cool.

Carnotaurus
No, not Carnosaurus. The name means Meat Bull, and if I named it, it would be named a Devil Lizard. Maybe the scariest candidate on the list, though not quite as large as the T Rex, it was still a behemoth. But most impressive are its spikes. All along it’s back, spikes lined the skin, and at the head enormous horns were planted. Look up a picture, because this thing was worth looking at (just not before bed).

Phorusrachos
If you didn’t think birds could be scary, think again. The bird lived a little after the dinosaurs. As we all know, birds evolved from dinosaurs, and the Phorusrachos hadn’t quite shrunk to a pigeon yet. A giant flightless bird with a beak able to tear you in half, this thing was not something you wanted to mess with. Unlikely to be featured, but it could star as a side creature.

Water animals
The animals in the ocean and lakes were considerably more scary and dangerous than on land in prehistoric times. Let’s review a couple.

Sarchosuchus/Deinosuchus
Sarcosuchus was a prehistoric crocodile while Deinosuchus was a prehistoric alligator. They were nearly the size of a T Rex and gave even the biggest dinosaurs nightmares. One is likely to make the movie if an underwater area is featured.

Megalodon
As sick as I am of seeing this shark in movies like this, it is nevertheless likely if an underwater part is featured. The Megalodon thrived after the Cretaceous extinction that wiped out the Dinos, despite being depicted battling the giant lizards. Why did it not live before it did, with the dinosaurs? Simple, anything in the waters with the dinosaurs would have eradicated the shark before it could live well. You’ll see in a bit why.

Tylosaurus
This Mosasaur was related to dinosaurs, but it was not one itself, along with the rest of the marine reptiles. Measuring in at 40 feet long, this thing looked like a monitor lizard mated with a pliosaur.
It was the top predator in the Creataceous seas, and it would have continued like that for years had the extinction not occurred. Likely to appear, but maybe not as much as our final candidates.

Liopleurodon/Kronosaurus
The fight between scientists over which was larger has gone on for years. They were similar reptiles, and both were incredibly large. The Kronosaurus was about fifty feet long and had dagger-like teeth. Some will say the Liopleurodon was around fifty feet long like the Kronosaurus, while others will say around up to 75 feet long. Though it is clearly 75 feet long, many don’t think it deserves to be long (don’t ask, scientists get touchy over their favorites). The Liopleurodon was the largest carnivore on the planet in history, making it a likely candidate for the main creature.

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