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EarthboundFan Since: Jul, 2019
2020-03-19 19:49:22

None of it is beyond the knowledge of anyone familiar with Jurassic Park or such, but I wouldn't call them "Stock", either.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
2020-03-19 21:17:23

I mean, one thing is Allosaurus or even Carnotaurus, which, even while not being Tyrannosaurus, they are names that may ring a bell, and their looks are commonly seen, but a completely different thing is mentioning Scipionyx, or having Velociraptor have 2 entries. All being added in bulk by a single user, for the record, ~laplaneteetlesoleil

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FGHIK Since: Aug, 2013
2020-03-19 23:06:21

Where do you see Velociraptor having two entries? I only found one. Not to say that it doesn't go beyond "stock" dinosaurs though, it definitely does.

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WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015
2020-03-20 03:13:25

The standard dinosaurs that i can think as stocks are T-Rex, Raptor, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Hadrosauridae. Might also include the pterosaurs. Though, i think they aren't dinosaurs.

TantaMonty Since: Aug, 2017
2020-03-20 06:23:48

^ I would say Pachycephalosaurus and Spinosaurus are stocks too, but maybe that's just me.

^^ Here. There is one folder for general information on the Velociraptor (titled "Sickle-feet") and another describing a famous fossil that was found in Mongolia ("Dead in a Battle").

Anyways, taking a look at the pages, the troper has mostly added information regarding great paleontological discoveries. It's interesting, but not what the trope is about.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
2020-03-20 08:21:05

The pages have usually gone with a star-based classification: 3 stars being Tyrannosaurus and co., stuff you know; 2 stars being stuff like Allosaurus or Styracosaurus; they make it into popular culture, but are known more as "the one that has X"; and 1 star being stuff that, while not superstars, will be commonly seen in works, will be speculated to make it into Jurassic Park, etc etc...

Or, in other words, Triceratops would have 3 stars, Styracosaurus would have 2, Pachyrhinosaurus would have 1, and, say, Anchiceratops would have no stars on its own.

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