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I know some of you have been following me since the very beginning, so I have a question for you guys.

Would you like me to resurrect the JP bios? A lot of people liked them, but I’m not sure if they would be interesting to you guys anymore. Feedback is appreciated. You could reply to this post, send me an ask, or even shoot me a message.

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Jurassic Park: Animal Bios #30 - Pachycephalosaurus

One of the most famous marginocephalians with a mouthful of a name, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis.

Regardless of its long, difficult-to-spell name, Pachycephalosaurus is one of the most popular dinosaurs out there. It was a pachycephalosaur within the clade marginocephalia, which also encompasses all ceratopsians, like Triceratops and Microceratus. Pachycephalosaurus’ distinguishing feature was a large dome of solid bone on the top of its head. For the longest time, it was thought that these domes were used in head-butting matches with other Pachycephalosaurus. However, due to recent findings, many paleontologists now believe that their skulls would not be strong enough to sustain such violent contact. Furthermore, the dome did not have much surface area, making it so that if Pachycephalosaurus skulls collided, something called “head slippage” could occur. This could result in broken necks. Although many people still believe that Pachycephalosaurus could have sparred with their heads, it’s more likely that it was used for display.

NAME MEANING: Thick Headed Lizard DIET: Omnivorous TEMPORAL RANGE: Late Cretaceous Period LOCATION: USA HEIGHT: 6ft (2m) LENGTH: 16ft (5m) WEIGHT: 990lbs (450kg)

Within the Jurassic Park universe

In the novels

InGen Technologies originally recreated Pachycephalosaurus on Isla Sorna for eventual display in their theme park, Jurassic Park. None are known to have actually existed on Isla Nublar at the time of the incident. After the incident, InGen abandoned their facilities on Isla Sorna, leaving the Pachycephalosaurus to live on their own, without human interference.

*Note: The above artwork is not taken from Jurassic Park media, and may not be completely canon

APPEARANCE: Described as being dark green BEHAVIOR: Docile until disturbed. Have the potential to be very aggressive, charging anything that they perceive as a threat. Have been known to reside in large herds upwards of a dozen individuals. Enjoy cooling off in mud holes commonly found on Isla Sorna’s roadways, resulting in roadblocks

The Lost World (1995)

The Pachycephalosaurus herd is first seen when Drs. Richard Levine and Ian Malcolm observed it from the high hide, pointing out about 12 or more individuals. Howard King later encountered a group of the animals and accidentally bumped into one of them in his car, provoking an attack. A couple of them rammed into the front of the car, into the door, and into the taillight. Later, the group came across a group of Pachycephalosaurus sitting in the mud in the middle of the road, blocking their path. One of them headbutted the tree Sarah Harding was in, knocking her off onto the ground. She rolled under the car where the animals couldn’t get to her. The group of Pachycephalosaurus suddenly left, and Harding commented on how bad their breath was.

In the films

InGen

Like in the novels, Pachycephalosaurus was synthesized on Isla Sorna for Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar. None were on Isla Nublar at the time of the incident. When Hurricane Clarissa struck Isla Sorna, InGen was forced to evacuate, and all Pachycephalosaurus on the island were released to live on their own.

*Note: The “juvenile” artwork is speculative and should not be considered canon

APPEARANCE: Brown throughout the body, with a white underbelly and dark blue splotches all across the body and face. BEHAVIOR: Seemingly aggressive. Although smaller than typical Pachycephalosaurus, InGen’s variants are very brave, emitting harsh vocalizations and charging at anything they perceive as threatening.

Masrani

A new breed of Pachycephalosaurus was synthesized by InGen under Masrani Global’s supervision. These variants were visibly different from InGen’s original animals, but Masrani seemed to have kept some of InGen’s old clones as well, as seen during the events of Jurassic World. The animals were a part of the Pachy Arena attraction, where visitors were able to watch Pachycephalosaurus have their famous headbutting duels. It is unknown what became of Jurassic World’s Pachycephalosaurus after the incident.

APPEARANCE: Dark reddish in color on the top half of the body and the face, with white on the lower half, and similar small white speckles across the reddish background. BEHAVIOR: Assumed to be similar to the previous iterations behavior wise; they are known to be at least slightly aggressive due to the nature of the cage matches they take part in. They were known to head butt frequently, and sometimes short out their tracking implants because of the impact.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

When the InGen Hunters arrived on Isla Sorna, one of the first things they did was drive into a herd of herbivores in search of animals to capture for Jurassic Park: San Diego. Pachycephalosaurus was one of these animals, amongst herds of other animals such as Parasaurolophus, Gallimimus, and Mamenchisaurus. One Pachycephalosaurus is cornered by a couple Hunters, but escapes and slams into the door of one of their vehicles, knocking the man who was inside out the other end of the car. It then bleated threateningly at Robert Burke and another man, who promptly fled. The Hunters are later shown chasing the same specimen, which Roland Tembo had nicknamed “Friar Tuck” since he couldn’t pronounce its name. Friar Tuck is then shown being tranquilized and captured. Later, when Sarah Harding and Nick Van Owen infiltrate the InGen camp to free the animals, they encounter Friar Tuck in a cage and set it free. The animal is later seen causing havoc in the trashed encampment, charging at fleeing Hunters.

Jurassic World (2015)

One Pachycephalosaurus is seen during the events of Jurassic World, though it looks more similar to InGen’s original variant than Masrani’s new one. It is shown tranquilized and being tended to by Jurassic World staff, due to the fact that it had shorted out its tracking implant and escaped its enclosure.

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Jurassic Park: Animal Bios #22 - Mamenchisaurus

One of the longest necks ever known, it’s Mamenchisaurus constructus.

Mamenchisaurus was a very large dinosaur known as a sauropod; the same clade also occupied by Brachiosaurus, the iconic long-necked herbivore that became famous for its appearance in Jurassic Park. Mamenchisaurus was described in 1954 by Yong Zhongjian, and from then on was recognized in the world of paleontology as having the longest neck of any known animal. The title was taken from it in 1985, however, upon the description of Supersaurus. This doesn’t mean that Mamenchisaurus wasn’t still huge, though; its neck alone reached estimated lengths of up to 49 feet. That’s longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus. Mamenchisaurus also had something fairly unique - a “club” of bone at the end of its tail similar to that of ankylosaurids. This was probably used for self defense.

NAME MEANING: Mamenchi Lizard DIET: Herbivorous TEMPORAL RANGE: Late Jurassic Period LOCATION: China HEIGHT: 45ft (14m) LENGTH: 115ft (35m) WEIGHT: 30t (60,000lbs)

Within the Jurassic Park universe

In the films

InGen

Mamenchisaurus was originally created on Isla Sorna and planned as an attraction in Jurassic Park. They were likely planned for a later phase in the park, as none were on Isla Nublar at the time of the Jurassic Park incident. When Hurricane Clarissa struck Isla Sorna, the staff evacuated and all Mamenchisaurus specimens were left to live in the wild.

APPEARANCE: Mostly brownish in colour, with darker grey stripes all along the neck, back, and tail. BEHAVIOR: Docile. Herd-dwelling animals. Coexists well with other herbivores, such as Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, and Pachycephalosaurus.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

In 1997, when Peter Ludlow and the InGen Hunters arrived on Isla Sorna, they made a trek to the Isla Sorna Game Trail, where they hunted for dinosaurs for Jurassic Park: San Diego. On the game trail, two adult Mamenchisaurus individuals emerged from the forest and onto the trail. Ludlow stared in amazement as they appeared, and then watched as a hunter drove their motorcycle between one of the beast’s legs, which he laughed hysterically at. Although Mamenchisaurus is known to have been on the list of animals to capture by the InGen Hunters, none were seen in the hunters’ camp later that night. It is possible that they had saved such a massive animal to capture later.

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I see a lot of you going “wow” about the sheer length of the Indominus rex bio

Lmao

You better prepare yourselves for the T. rex and raptor bios

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Do you think they mixed any other dino's other than T Rex and 'Raptor into Indominus's recipe? The head gives me the vibe of Allosaurus with the jawline and horns, while the long, useable arms remind me of the new findings on Spinosaurus posture. Granted, spino walks on its knuckles now but the quad posture Indominus takes occasionally looks a lot like how Spinosaurus stands.

Yes! Other known dinosaurs mixed into the Indominus’ DNA include the abelisaurids Carnotaurus, Rugops, and Majungasaurus, as well as the carcharodontosaurid Giganotosaurus. The Giga DNA is likely where you recognize the head structure from, as well as her sheer size; and the abelisaurids give her the bony osteoderms on her back. I thought that maybe her long arms were from the Velociraptor DNA, but anything is possible I guess.

Non-dinosaur DNA includes cuttlefish and tree frog, the former was used to help her withstand an accelerated growth rate - but had an unwanted side effect of giving her the ability to camouflage. The latter was used to adapt her to a tropical climate, but unknowingly gave her the ability to modulate her infrared output, so she could avoid thermal-sensing technology.

As of now, no other DNA is known to have been used, but I would not be surprised if something more was kept from the public eye.

For more information on the Indominus and her traits, check out my bio on her here!

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That Indominus bio took me fricking forever you guys better reblog the shit out of it

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Jurassic Park: Animal Bios #19 - Indominus

Meet InGen’s first genetic hybrid; an abominable mashup of different animals that turned out too dangerous for their own good: the Indominus rex.

In 2012, seven years after Jurassic World had opened to the public, visitor attendance had begun to drop. Jurassic World’s investors, worried by this development, had asked for something “bigger and better” to get guest attendance and satisfaction up. Dr. Henry Wu, Jurassic World’s lead geneticist, was approached by the park owner, Simon Masrani, to build something bigger and scarier... with more teeth. By 2015, the newest “dinosaur” attraction of Jurassic World was announced, and coined the Indominus rex. As soon as the Indominus was announced, ticket sales to the park skyrocketed. However, in December of the same year, InGen realized too late that they had gone in way over their heads...

NAME MEANING: Untamable DIET: Carnivorous TEMPORAL RANGE: Quaternary; present day LOCATION: Isla Nublar, Jurassic World HEIGHT: 18ft (5.5m) LENGTH: 50ft (15m) WEIGHT: 12t (24,000lbs)

 Masrani

The Indominus is made up of genetic material from Giganotosaurus, Rugops, Majungasaurus, Carnotaurus, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus, Cuttlefish, Green Tree Frog, and possibly some unnamed species of snake. Two were cloned initially, to ensure that one would be viable and survive. Shortly after the infant Indominus hatched, one was cannibalized by the other. The remaining animal was transported to its paddock on Isla Nublar, where it spent its life until the events of Jurassic World. It ended up growing even larger than expected; which is very large, seeing as it was made to be bigger than a Tyrannosaurus.

APPEARANCE: Whitish-grey in colour throughout the body, but her camouflage abilities allow her to change colour at will. The neck, back, and tail are all covered in bony osteoderms, as a result of abelisaurid DNA. Very long arms with dexterous, long-fingered hands. A facultative quadruped, the Indominus was mainly bipedal, but would stand on all four of her legs if she so desired. Her sheer size likely comes from a mixture of Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus DNA. BEHAVIOR: Extremely aggressive, violent, and unpredictable; true to her name. As Velociraptor DNA had been included in her genetic structure, she grew to be much more intelligent than anticipated. She posessed behavioral traits that could even be considered cruel by human standards, even killing for the sake of killing. She was also able to modulate her infrared output as a result of her tree frog DNA, allowing her to avoid thermal sensing technology.

Jurassic World (2015)

Some time in 2015, the Indominus was officially announced as an upcoming attraction - a never-before-seen thrill of a dinosaur. By December, Simon Masrani arrived in Jurassic World to see the new hybrid, and visited its paddock with the senior asset manager, Claire Dearing. Immediately after entering the paddock viewing area, Masrani noticed a cracked window, after which Dearing reluctantly admitted that the animal had tried to break the glass at some point. While obscured mostly by foliage, Masrani noted that the Indominus was white - unusual for one of their animals. When Masrani noticed her staring at him from the bushes, Dearing noted that she could sense thermal radiation, a trait found commonly in snakes. Unsure of how safe the paddock was, Masrani told Dearing to send Owen Grady to inspect it, as his Velociraptors commonly tried to escape their enclosure, and he had to be constantly smarter than them. When Dearing returned with Grady, he commented that the animal may not be fully functional, as it had been raised in captivity with no kind of positive reinforcement other than food. When Dearing told a paddock supervisor, Nick, to lower a steer into the paddock, however, the Indominus did not appear. When prompted, the computers showed that no thermal signatures were detected in the paddock, and Grady noticed several claw marks on the paddock walls, implying the animal had escaped. Immediately Dearing got a hold of control room employee Lowery Cruthers, and asked him to get the coordinates on the Indominus, as a tracking implant had been placed in her back as a precaution. Confused, Cruthers relayed that the hybrid was still in her cage. Dearing was equally confused by this information, until Cruthers pointed out with some alarm that there were people in the paddock; Grady, Nick, and an asset handler, Ellis, had entered the enclosure to inspect the claw marks. Suddenly in a panic, Dearing ordered them to inform the people to leave the enclosure immediately. Frantically, Vivian Krill, another control room employee, notified Grady and co. that the Indominus was still in the paddock. The three immediately started running back toward the viewing area, but once Nick caught a glimpse of the Indominus coming their way, he ran in the opposite direction and overrode the large rear entrance door to the enclosure. Just then, the hybrid suddenly stomped into view, blocking Grady and Ellis’ path. She gave chase to the humans, and reached out and grabbed Ellis, whose pained screams could be heard by the control room as he was ripped apart and devoured by the ravenous creature. Nick had already exited the paddock in a panic, and Grady narrowly escaped the now closing door, activated by Masrani. The Indominus barely got to the opening in time, and forced her way out. By the time she had fully exited the paddock, Owen had taken refuge underneath a construction crane, and Nick in front of a truck. Eventually picking up Nick’s scent, the Indominus violently flipped the truck over, and promptly devoured him. Terrified, Grady thought quickly and used his knife to cut the fuel line to the crane and rubbed the gasoline into his clothes. The Indominus approached the crane and leaned down on all fours, sniffing for Owen. Adequately masked by the gasoline, she did not pick up his scent, and let out a final indignant roar before retreating into the jungle, in the direction of Main Street, where the most thermal signatures were. Soon after, Krill attempted to alert the park of the escaped asset, but Masrani stopped her, expressing his desire for the Indominus to be captured quietly by the Asset Containment Unit. Soon afterwards, ACU, led by Katashi Hamada, arrived at the location of the hybrid’s tracking implant beacon. Hamada found a piece of the Indominus’ flesh on the ground – with her tracking implant still attached. Upon Masrani’s confusion at this development, Grady explained that she had clawed out the implant – that she had remembered where they had put it in. While Hamada observed the tracker and deactivated it, the Indominus emerged from the foliage, her body slowly turning from green to white, and the humans all realized at once that she could camouflage. She immediately picked up Hamada while the rest of ACU shot her with tranquilizers and electric nonlethal weapons, to no avail. Surprised by the sudden projectiles, the Indominus dropped Hamada and stepped on him, killing him. In the subsequent struggle, she killed at least four other ACU officers, and injured several others. In the utter shock of all the deaths that had just occurred, Grady told Masrani that he needed to evacuate the island, but Dearing refused, only willing to close the north end of the resort. Angered, Grady stormed from the control room, but not before suggesting to Masrani that he should have a word with Jurassic World’s geneticists. Shortly after, the Indominus wandered towards the Gyrosphere attraction, where Zach and Gray Mitchell had ventured into a gap in a fence against the prompting of the Gyrosphere’s interface, which had told them to immediately return to the park. The Indominus snuck up behind the boys while they viewed four Ankylosaurus, and when they noticed her reflection in the glass, she roared, slamming into the Gyrosphere. This sent the boys spinning, ricocheting off the armor of the startled Ankylosaurus. In the chaos, one of the Ankylosaurus stood its ground, flinging its tail menacingly at the hybrid, and in the process accidentally hit the Gyrosphere, which cracked and flipped upside down. The Ankylosaurus got one good hit in – a club to the Indominus’ face, which it was unfazed by. Zach and Gray watched helplessly as the Indominus quickly learned that the Ankylosaurus could not be harmed from above. She flipped the helpless herbivore upside down, grabbed its head in her jaws, and broke its neck. Just then, Zach’s phone, which had dropped to the top end of the Gyrosphere, began to vibrate. Reaching desperately to turn it off, Zach had his attention drawn by Gray to a giant red eye peering in at them; the noise had caught the attention of the Indominus as well. Slowly, she rolled the Gyrosphere halfway upright, smashed one of her claws into the glass, and rolled the boys upright, facing her. She looked in for a moment, and then opened her huge jaws, sinking her teeth into the glass of the Gyrosphere. She picked up the screaming boys and began to slam the vehicle into the ground, trying to break it open. Zach, thinking quickly, unfastened him and Gray’s seatbelts, sending them falling to the ground. When the Indominus picked up the Gyrosphere to slam it into the ground again, the two boys ran for their lives out of the jungle, the Indominus let out a menacing roar and started pursuing them. She burst through the trees and chased them to the edge of a waterfall, which the boys jumped off of, narrowly avoiding her jaws. She stayed at the edge for a few more seconds, waiting for Zach and Gray to resurface. When they didn’t, she let out a roar of disappointment and retreated in the opposite direction, towards the Gyrosphere Valley. There, the Indominus attacked and killed five Apatosaurus, and fatally wounded another, but did not eat the carcasses. Soon afterwards she was attracted to the old Jurassic Park visitor center by the sound of one of the old Jeeps being started by the Mitchell boys. By the time she arrived at the parking garage, the boys were gone, but Owen and Claire had just arrived. Just as Grady was about to attempt to start one of the cars, he heard her footsteps approaching. Both of them immediately hid in front of the car, while the Indominus stepped forward slowly, her snout dangerously close to the two humans. After pushing a bit on the side of the Jeep, she walked away slowly, appearing to leave. Thinking she was gone, Grady and Dearing both let out a sigh of relief, and the Indominus suddenly broke through the roof of the garage. Grady and Dearing immediately fled from the visitor center, pursued closely by the hybrid. She broke through the crumbling wall of the old building and into the main atrium, and roared after them. Noticing the sound of a helicopter, she began to run in the direction of Main Street again. The helicopter, with Masrani piloting it, pursued the animal, one of the onboard soldiers shooting at her. She led her pursuers to the Jurassic World Aviary, where she smashed through the glass with her head. Once inside, she began roaring at the pterosaurs inside, scaring a few of them out of the enclosure. The escaped pterosaurs immediately attacked the helicopter, killing the two soldiers. A Pteranodon then got caught in the helicopter’s main rotors, and it spun out of control, smashing through the roof of the Aviary. The demolished helicopter fell to the ground, exploding on contact, killing Masrani in the process. The Indominus ran from the explosion, exiting the aviary and disappearing into the jungle. Later, Vic Hoskins of InGen took over the control room and begun execution of his plan to use Grady’s four Velociraptors to hunt down and kill the Indominus. Forced into going along with the plan, Owen, Barry, Claire, and the Mitchell boys followed the lead of the four raptors – Blue, Delta, Charlie, and Echo – Who led them to the location of the Indominus by following the scent of her tracker. Once the Velociraptors located her, the hybrid emerged from the trees, Owen, Barry, and the mercenaries watching from a distance. However, instead of attacking the Indominus, they started to communicate. After Barry pointed this out, Grady realized that the geneticists had used Velociraptor DNA in the Indominus’ genetic makeup. Under the command of the Indominus, the raptors turned on the humans and began to attack. One mercenary fired a rocket at the hybrid’s feet, knocking her over. She then fled once again into the jungle. During the Velociraptor attack, she made her way to Main Street in the park. Later, she emerged from behind the buildings to the sight of Blue, Delta, and Echo surrounding Grady, Dearing, and the Mitchell boys. Seeing that Blue was hesitant to attack Owen, she communicated with the raptor, who glanced at Owen, then snarled menacingly back at her. Enraged, the Indominus roared back and slapped Blue into the side of a building, knocking her unconscious. Grady then whistled for Echo and Delta to attack the hybrid. During the following struggle, Grady shot continuously at the Indominus with his rifle while the two raptors clawed and bit at her. She eventually got a hold of Echo, throwing her into a grill and incinerating her. Soon afterwards, she caught Delta in her jaws and threw her out of sight. While she was distracted, Owen ran back to where the Mitchell boys were hiding and hid with them. The Indominus quickly sniffed them out and attacked, cornering them into one of the shops. Reaching her massive claws into the building, she managed to get a hold of Gray’s satchel strap, pulling him towards her. Zach managed to unclip the strap just in time, but she kept groping at them. Just then, a flare hit her in the neck, and she turned her head to see Claire running from the entrance to the T. rex Kingdom. Rexy, Jurassic World’s massive resident Tyrannosaurus, released by Lowery under Claire’s orders during the struggle, burst into view, smashing through a Spinosaurus skeleton. Catching sight of the territorial invader, Rexy roared menacingly at the Indominus. Intimidated by the sudden appearance of the similar-in-size carnivore, the Indominus roared back, her full attention on the T. rex. The two predators sized each other up for a couple seconds, and then Rexy lunged at the hybrid, immediately getting a hold of her neck. Struggling to free herself, the Indominus eventually shook herself out of Rexy’s grasp, and grasped her head with her claws, slamming the giant animal to the ground. Having gained the upper ground, the Indominus took hold of Rexy’s neck in her jaws, and pulled her to the building Grady and the Mitchell boys were hiding in, slamming Rexy’s head into it. The Indominus crawled up to the T. rex, pinned her neck down with her claws, and was about to deal the killing blow before she was distracted by a sudden raptor call. She looked up to see Blue, conscious again, and running at her, claws and teeth bared. Blue jumped on to the Indominus’ body, scratching and biting her. While the Indominus tried to shake Blue off of her, Rexy had gotten back on her feet and got a hold of the hybrid’s neck again. Rexy slammed the Indominus into one of Main Street’s buildings, and resumed biting and pushing her, all while Blue was doing the same. Overwhelmed, the Indominus was unable to get any blows in, and was slammed into yet another building. Rexy grabbed her by her head and spun her around, while Blue jumped on her face. Just as the Indominus flung Blue off of her, Rexy gave one final push, throwing her to the edge of the Jurassic World Lagoon, breaking part of the electric fence in the process. Rexy and Blue stood together, cornering the Indominus as she slowly got to her feet. She let out one final roar of rage to the two opposing carnivores, and the giant aquatic Mosasaurus jumped out of the lagoon and beached itself on land, capturing the Indominus by the neck in its huge jaws. Letting out a few pained shrieks, the Indominus was dragged into the water to be devoured by the Mosasaurus.

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JPBIOS Update

I have edited the following bios to include information from Jurassic Park: The Game, as the game is considered canon to the film series:

Compsognathus

Dilophosaurus