The dinosaur list for Jurassic World Dominion has some similarities to Fallen Kingdom, but with a few big introductions it’s pretty epic. You’ll find a host of favorites from the Michael Crighton sci-fi adventure packed into the trailer. However, it looks like it’s not going to just be a carbon copy and the synopsis for the film promises never before seen dinosaurs, so here’s everything that you need to know.
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Jurassic World Dominions trailer dinosaur list
Firstly, you can take a lot of the dinosaur list from the recent Jurassic World Dominion trailer. Here’s a rundown of their appearances. It includes timestamps for each of them and a little details about the dinosaurs themselves:
Parasaurolophus
Advertisement0:04 – You can see these herbivores running across snow-covered scrub-land and hills right at the beginning of the trailer. It turns out that they are running with Owen Grady and team and there’s a scene where Own is trying to calm one that he’d managed to lasso. They originate from the late Cretaceous Period, so you’re looking at between 76 and 73 million years ago.
Apatosaurus
0:24 – This is another dinosaur in the snow scene, which works quite well in the trailer. A lone Apatosaurus seems trapped in a logging site looking pretty sad for some reason. These sauropods are another one of Jurassic World Dominion’s herbivores and they date back to the late Jurassic Period (152 – 151 million years ago).
Velociraptors
Advertisement0:34 – Its time for some carnivores with the mainstay of the franchise, the Velociraptor. In archaeological terms, the depiction of the claw slashing beast in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World is off base with the real life specimens being much smaller. They lived during the late Cretaceous Period with dating of 75 to 71 million years ago.
Mosasaurus
1:00 – The marine carnivore is another creative embellishment. The behemoth from the films, which you can see chomping on the cage of bait in the trailer, is more than double the size of the largest known specimen. It’s another late Cretaceous Period dinosaur (100 to 66 million years ago) and they were wiped out by the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Advertisement1:05 – The T-Rex has been a mainstay of the franchise since the very beginning and it’s still tearing up the place in the 6th film in the series. The cinema scene looks epic, but we’re expecting it to be a central dinosaur as ever, so it’ll be interesting to see how it fits into the culmination of the story. It originates from the late Cretaceous Period, so 68 to 66 million years ago.
Giganotosaurus
2:03 – To begin with we thought this was an Allosaurus, but with the recent release of Jurassic World Dominion we now know that its actually the Giganotosaurus. Created by Biosyn, it’s one of the new dinosaurs joining the franchise and hail from Argentina.
Its size is debated among scientists in terms of which is bigger between it, Spinosaurus and the T-rex, but either way it’s still a beast. It dates back to the late Cretaceous period, and while it walked the planet at the same time as the North American T-rex, its different location means they almost surely never crossed paths.
Triceratops
2:23 – Yet another classic, Triceratops is another late Cretaceous animal, with a similar time period to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Dilophosaurus
2:30 – This fanged and frilled carnivore also goes back to Jurassic Park where it wracked up the second kill of the film, taking down Dennis Nedry just after the T-Rex chomps Gennaro. It’s from way back in the early Jurassic, so more than 190 million years ago.
Jurassic World Dominion trailer
Unusual dinosaurs from the Jurassic World Dominion trailer
To begin with, we though that there might be a few hybrid dinosaurs in Jurassic World 3, but with the release of the film we now know that’s not the case. However, there are a few cool new additions to the list.
Feathered Raptor/Therizinosaurus
1:30 – Initially, all bets were off on this one and it looked like Dominion might have some new gene splicing going on. We knew that the Indoraptor and Indominus Rex from the previous films are dead, but there’s this beast at 1:30. It could have been a Utahraptor, but then it’s got weirdly long claws like it’s styling itself after Freddy Krueger. Utahraptors had longer claws than Velociraptors, but these just look too big.
However, looking at the LEGO sets for Jurassic World Dominion, and having seen the film, it turns out its a Therizinosaurus. Its the largest genus of the Therizinosauridae and has similar long claws as in the trailer. It dates back to the late Cretaceous.
Atrociraptor
These are the dinosaurs released in Malta and you can see them chasing Claire at 1:39. Its another late Cretaceous beast and originates from Canada.
Feathered Raptor II/Pyroraptor
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1:49 – Things get weirder when there’s another feathered raptor a little later in the trailer. It resembles a Utahraptor even more than the Therozinosaurs did with less overgrown claws. The release of the film and LEGO set confirm that its actually a Pyroraptor, which is late Cretaceous and was discovered in France. It’s also one of the dinosaurs that feature in the Dominion DLC for Jurassic World Evolutions 2, which you can see pictured above.
Billed dinosaur
1:35 – Continuing on with the unusual dinosaur list, there’s a billed dinosaur roaring above some water in the trailer where Claire Dearing is hiding. However, it turns out to be the same Therizinosaurus from 1:30.
The flying dinosaur that attacks Kayla’s plane/Quatzalcoatlus
2:19 – The last mysterious part of the trailer is the huge flying dinosaur that attacks Kayla’s airplane in the sky. It has a different beak embellishment other species that have featured in the franchise and it seems to be larger. This points to a large pterosuar, and a good fit would have been the Hatzegopterix, which dates back to the late Cretaceous Period.
However, with the release of the film, we can confirm that its actually a Quetzalcoatlus, which is from the same period.
More new dinosaurs in the film
In addition to the new batch of dinosaurs that featured in the trailer, the film also gives us a couple more surprises that haven’t been seen in the franchise before.
Dimetrodon
These are the back sail carnivores that attack Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler in the old mines underneath Biosyn. It’s one of the oldest dinosaurs to ever appear in the series, dating back to the Permian era, which is well over 200-million years ago.
Dreadnoughtus
This titan is considered to be the largest by mass land animal ever to walk the face of the planet and you can see it looking very cool in the Biosyn Sanctuary towards the latter stages of the film. It was discovered in Argentina and dates back to the Cretaceous period.
Escaped Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom dinosaur list
These dinosaurs escaped at the end of Fallen Kingdom and you can find out below where they show up in Jurassic World Dominion:
Pachycephalosaurus (AKA Stygimoloch) – The dome head smasher is from the late Cretaceous Period. One is seen in a cage in Malta in the film.
Sinoceratops – These fancy relatives of the Triceratops originate in the late Cretaceous too, dating back to 73 million years ago. They show up in the wild in North America and also in the Biosyn facility.
Ankylosaurus – If we were to rename dinosaurs, we’d call Ankylosaurus Clobber Tails. They’re also from the late Cretaceous, ranging from 68 – 66 million years ago. They put in similar cameo appearances as Sinoceratops.
Stegosaurus – This well known herbivore with its large back plates and spiky tail is iconic. It’s from the late Jurassic, so 155 to 145 million years ago. It’s seen briefly in the Biosyn Sanctuary.
AdvertisementGallimimus – A bit like a cross between a lizard and an ostrich, these fast running dinosaurs date back to the late Cretaceous. Seen in Malta and Biosyn in the film.
Carnotaurus – It’s a little smaller than the T-Rex, but this horned carnivore is still pretty formidable. Seen in Malta in Dominion.
Pteranodon – These flying menaces show up in Biosyn and can be seen flying in the wilds of North America.
Procompsognathus – The smallest dinosaur in the history of the Jurassic Park franchise, these are seen in cages in Malta and a few of them attack Owen as he’s trying to escape.
That’s is for our Jurassic World Dominion dinosaur list. You can check out our movie news section to keep tabs on the latest upcoming film releases, or visit the Universal Pictures website at https://www.universalpictures.co.uk.
