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** There is one case of this in the film. A brief shot of the ''Deinonychus'' as a hatchling shows it with feathers, although when it becomes an adult it is scaly. This was presumably done to show how the dinosaurs were spliced with chicken DNA. Nowadays, of course, it's generally agreed that ''Deinonychus'' and other small predatory dinosaurs had feathers naturally.

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** There is one case of this in the film. A brief shot of the ''Deinonychus'' as a hatchling shows it with feathers, although when it becomes an adult it is scaly. This was presumably done to show how that the dinosaurs were spliced with chicken DNA. Nowadays, of course, it's generally agreed that ''Deinonychus'' and other small predatory dinosaurs had feathers naturally.
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** There is one case of this in the film. A brief shot of the ''Deinonychus'' as a hatchling shows it with feathers, although when it becomes an adult it is scaly. This was presumably done to show how the dinosaurs were spliced with chicken DNA. Nowadays, of course, it's generally agreed that ''Deinonychus'' and other small predatory dinosaurs had feathers naturally.
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** Depicting the ''Deinonychus'' are able to climb effectively was widely considered inaccurate in the 1980s by all but a few researchers. More recent evidence in the 2000s onwards indicate all but the absolute heaviest Dromaeosaurids were actually very good climbers and juvenile ''Deinonychus'' might have been heavily arboreal to avoid predators with even the adults still able to climb effectively.

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** Depicting the ''Deinonychus'' are as able to climb effectively was widely considered inaccurate in the 1980s by all but a few researchers. More recent evidence in the 2000s onwards indicate all but the absolute heaviest Dromaeosaurids were actually very good climbers and juvenile ''Deinonychus'' might have been heavily arboreal to avoid predators with even the adults still able to climb effectively.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Almost exclusively the novel, but Brosnan turned out to be on the ball several times.
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Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.all.
** The novel describing the ''Tarbosaurus'' feed in a method very similar to a bird, by pinning the food down with its food and pulling strips of meat off with its front teeth in place of a beak actually lines up very nicely with 2010s hypotheses about how large Theropods ate.
** Depicting the ''Deinonychus'' are able to climb effectively was widely considered inaccurate in the 1980s by all but a few researchers. More recent evidence in the 2000s onwards indicate all but the absolute heaviest Dromaeosaurids were actually very good climbers and juvenile ''Deinonychus'' might have been heavily arboreal to avoid predators with even the adults still able to climb effectively.
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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as featherless and using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs had feathers and used their toe claws as hooks.

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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as featherless scaly and using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs had feathers and used their toe claws as hooks.



** ''Scolosaurus'' is now known to be almost identical to ''Euoplcephalus''; the two spikes once thought to have been protruding from the tail club were actually located halfway down the tail.

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** ''Scolosaurus'' is now known to be almost identical to ''Euoplcephalus''; ''Euoplocephalus''; the two spikes once thought to have been protruding from the tail club were actually located halfway down the tail.
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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as mostly featherless aside from a few tufts that sprout from the back, and using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs were completely feathered and used their toe claws as hooks.

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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as mostly featherless aside from a few tufts that sprout from the back, and using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs were completely feathered had feathers and used their toe claws as hooks.
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** ''Scolosaurus'' is now known to be almost identical to ''Euoplcephalus''; the two spikes once thought to have been protruding from the tail club were actually located far back at the base of the tail.

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** ''Scolosaurus'' is now known to be almost identical to ''Euoplcephalus''; the two spikes once thought to have been protruding from the tail club were actually located far back at the base of halfway down the tail.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Altispinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hind legs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped.

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** ''Scolosaurus'' is now known to be almost identical to ''Euoplcephalus''; the two spikes once thought to have been protruding from the tail club were actually located far back at the base of the tail.
** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Altispinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hind legs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped. biped.
** During much of the 20th Century, it was believed ''Megalosaurus'' lived during the Cretaceous as well as the Jurassic, as it was described in the novel. This was because remains of Early Cretaceous theropods discovered in England had been originally assigned to ''Megalosaurus'', but have since turned out to be from different genera.
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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as featherless, using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs had feathers and used their toe claws as hooks.

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** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as featherless, mostly featherless aside from a few tufts that sprout from the back, and using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs had feathers were completely feathered and used their toe claws as hooks.
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* PropRecycling: The marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''. An in-series example is the Tyrannosaurus rex prop, that was reused movie to movie. By the time it was used for "Eden Formula", you can tell the prop has degraded.

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* PropRecycling: The marines' Marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''. An in-series example is the Tyrannosaurus rex prop, that was reused movie to movie. By the time it was used for "Eden Formula", you can tell the prop has degraded.



** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Altispinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped.
** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurs

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Altispinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, hind legs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped.
** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurscarnosaurs.
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Becklespinax is now a junior synonym of Altispinax.


** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') ''Altispinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as a short-legged biped.
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** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurs

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** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually CarnosaursCarnosaurs
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the third film was not supposed to be a Carnosaur film and was instead going to be a stand-alone film that just recycled the props. In some territories such as Japan, it was still released as such under the title "Dinosaur Crisis".
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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs (they cannot even move on land to lay eggs) and cannot lift their necks above water.

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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from reproduce by laying eggs (they cannot even move on land to lay eggs) do it) and cannot lift their necks above water.
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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs (they cannot even move on land) and cannot lift their necks above water.

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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs (they cannot even move on land) land to lay eggs) and cannot lift their necks above water.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.



** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurs
** Inversion: Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.

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** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurs
** Inversion: Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.
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** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book.

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** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book. Incidentally, this means none of the Dinosaurs in any of the movies are actually Carnosaurs
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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as bipedal albeit still short-legged.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as bipedal albeit still short-legged.a short-legged biped.



** Inversion: At the time the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' was thought to be a synonym for ''Euolocephalus''. Later in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.

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** Inversion: At the time Sometime after the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' was thought to be a synonym for ''Euolocephalus''. Later became synonymous with ''Euoplocephalus''. But then in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.
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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short legs, but even that was disputed and has been reestablished as bipedal albeit still short-legged.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal due to having short legs, hindlegs, but even that was disputed and it has been reestablished as bipedal albeit still short-legged.
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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs and cannot lift their necks above water.
** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal, and even that was disputed.

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** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs (they cannot even move on land) and cannot lift their necks above water.
** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to ''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal, and quadrupedal due to having short legs, but even that was disputed.disputed and has been reestablished as bipedal albeit still short-legged.
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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible, with the exception of Spinosaurus, which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to Becklespinax.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible, with the exception of Spinosaurus, which, impossible. Although ''Spinosaurus'' (which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to Becklespinax.''Becklespinax'') was once considered to have been quadrupedal, and even that was disputed.
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* FanNickname: ''Carnosaurs'' for the second movie, due to its plot being extremely similar to [[{{Film/Aliens}} another sequel with a plural title]].
* PropRecycling: The marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''. An in-series example is the Tyrannosaurus rex prop, that was reused movie to movie.
* ScienceMarchesOn: While reasonably accurate for its day (The book, not the movie, there is nothing remotely accurate about the movie ), ''Carnosaur'' is still over 30 years old, so....

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* FanNickname: ''Carnosaurs'' "''Carnosaurs''" for the second movie, due to its plot being extremely '''extremely''' similar to [[{{Film/Aliens}} another sequel with a plural title]].
* PropRecycling: The marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''. An in-series example is the Tyrannosaurus rex prop, that was reused movie to movie. By the time it was used for "Eden Formula", you can tell the prop has degraded.
* ScienceMarchesOn: While reasonably accurate for its day (The book, not the movie, there is nothing remotely accurate about the movie ), movie), ''Carnosaur'' is still over 30 years old, so....
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* HeyItsThatGuy: So, [[Franchise/DieHard Ricky Walsh]] [[spoiler: survived and]] became a high-ranking general.
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* PropRecycling: The marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''.

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* PropRecycling: The marines' uniforms in ''Carnosaur 3'' are the same urban camouflage [=BDUs=] from ''Film/TheRock''. An in-series example is the Tyrannosaurus rex prop, that was reused movie to movie.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: While reasonably accurate for its day, ''Carnosaur'' is still over 30 years old, so....

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* ScienceMarchesOn: While reasonably accurate for its day, day (The book, not the movie, there is nothing remotely accurate about the movie ), ''Carnosaur'' is still over 30 years old, so....
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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible.

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** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible.impossible, with the exception of Spinosaurus, which, despite also having the word spine in its name, is of no relation to Becklespinax.
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* FanNickname: ''Carnosaurs'' for the second movie, due to its plot being extremely similar to [[{{Film/Aliens}} another sequel with a plural title]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: So, [[Franchise/DieHard Ricky Walsh]] [[spoiler: survived and]] became a high-ranking general.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: So, [[Franchise/DieHard Ricky Walsh]] [[spoiler: survived and]] became a high-ranking general.general.
* ScienceMarchesOn: While reasonably accurate for its day, ''Carnosaur'' is still over 30 years old, so....
** ''Deinonychus'' is portrayed as featherless, using its claws like scythes. We now know that deinonychosaurs had feathers and used their toe claws as hooks.
** It is now known that plesiosaurs do not hatch from eggs and cannot lift their necks above water.
** It used to be thought that some theropods could be at least partially quadrupedal, and the ''Atispinax'' (now named ''Becklespinax'') is portrayed as such in the novel. This is now seen as anatomically impossible.
** Back when the novel was written, several of the featured dinosaurs (namely ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Tarbosaurus'', ''Megalosaurus'', and ''Altispinax'') would have been considered carnosaurs, as it was thought at the time that all large theropods were fairly closely related. Carnosauria has recently been redefined as ''Allosaurus'' and its close relatives, leaving ''Altispinax'' as the only actual carnosaur in the book.
** Inversion: At the time the novel was written, ''Scolosaurus'' was thought to be a synonym for ''Euolocephalus''. Later in 2013, ''Scolosaurus'' turned out to be its own valid genus after all.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: So, [[DieHard Ricky Walsh]] [[spoiler: survived and]] became a high-ranking general.

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