Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve been privileged with no less than
four fossil finds that came out just in time!
To see the significance, we’ll have to go back 20 years. You see, in 1993, the film Jurassic Park came
out. Michael Crichton’s book featured Velociraptor, and he based his depiction
on Deinonychus. Spielberg, wanting something even more intimidating, increased
the size of his raptors. The scientific community scoffed at this obvious
error, but found themselves dumbfounded when, as the film came out, Utah
Paleontologist James Kirkland found a dromaeosaur of that impressive size!
Utahraptor brought Hollywood’s Raptor come to life!
So, it is with great joy that I reveal that similar things
have happened this year, coinciding with this summer’s release of Jurassic
World! Yes, once again, life has
imitated art! Turns out that the writers of this film were prescient, thanks to
their rigorous dedication to scientific accuracy. The papers are not published
yet, so I can’t say the discoverers, but I can describe the names and bones
found!
