Today marks the release of the second film in the rebooted Jurassic Park franchise, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom." A sequel to 2015's "Jurassic World," this film sees the return of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, with their characters trying to save a plethora of dinosaurs from a volcanic explosion on a dinosaur-filled island. Grossing over $1.6 billion dollars, Jurassic World is currently the 5th highest grossing movie of all time. It remains to be seen if its sequel will follow suit, but in honor of the movies release, we thought we'd take a look back at the variety of terrifying dinosaurs brought to life throughout the history of the franchise? Which one is your favorite? Voice your opinion in our poll on the left!
Tyrannosaurus
Perhaps the unofficial mascot of the Jurassic Park franchise because of its presence on the Jurassic Park logo, the T-Rex has appeared in every movie in the franchise in some capacity, first as a villain, and later to do battle with other large dinosaurs like Spinosaurus and the Indominus rex.
Velociraptor
If there is any competition for the most well-known dinosaur in the franchise, it's the Velociraptor. The films continually stress there high levels of intelligence, pack-like mentality, and even there ability to open doors. Like the T-Rex, the Velociraptor was a cause of certain death for anyone on Isla Nublar until Chris Pratt's character develops a way to train them in "Jurassic World."
Triceratops
Perhaps best known for a rather pathetic appearance on the brink of death in "Jurassic Park," this famous horned dinosaur appears sick and injured in the film, where it is tended to by Laura Derns character. A version of this animatronic was later used at Universal Studios theme parks.
Dilophosaurus
This venom-spitting dinosaur appears in a rather violent scene in "Jurassic Park" in which Jurassic Park employee Dennis Nedry has betrayed the company and is attempting to escape the island with a stolen set of dinosaur embryos. After crashing his jeep, a Dilophosaurus hisses menacingly at him, expanding its frills and spitting venom in his face, before violently killing him offscreen.
Pteranodon
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Spinosaurus
Introduced in "Jurassic Park III," the Spinosaurus was meant to replace T-Rex as the mascot of the Jurassic Park franchise. This is especially evident in a fight scene between the two dinosaurs in which Spinosaurus rather triumphantly defeats the T-Rex, going on to harass the main characters for the rest of the movie in a similar way as the T-Rex did in the first film. Ultimately, when the franchise was brought back with Jurassic World, T-Rex returned to once again take his place as the "lead" of the franchise.
Brachiosaurus
The first dinosaur shown on screen in "Jurassic Park," this long-necked dinosaur is a peaceful herbivore, using its long neck to feed on the leaves from high trees.
Mosasaurus
The first aquatic dinosaur of particular note in the Jurassic Park films, this dinosaur is a main attraction of the re-opened theme park in "Jurassic Park," with its own SeaWorld-like stage show. But like many of the other dinosaurs in the franchise, it proves to be rather violent, jumping out of the water in spectacular fashion to snatch its prey out of the air.
Indominus rex
Unique in that it is a wholly original dinosaur, not based on any particular dinosaur of natural record, the Indominus Rex makes its appearance as a villain of sorts in "Jurassic World." Bred to essentially be the ultimate dinosaur, it contains DNA from numerous different dinosaurs and animals, allowing it to do things like camouflage itself, communicate with Velociraptors, and easily sense nearby activity. It's so powerful in fact, that it takes numerous other members of the dinosaur kingdom to team up in order to take it down.
Indoraptor
Like the Indominus rex, the newest addition to the Jurassic Park cast of dinosaurs is also a hybrid, with this one being based on the Velociraptor. Little is known about it, with very little being revealed in trailers other than a brief shot of its face. The only thing known about it is that it appears to be an something of a super-Velociraptor, and attempts to kill near anything and everything in its path.
Dream Raptor (Alanasaurus)
Only hardcore fans will remember this next dinosaur. In "Jurassic Park III," after falling asleep on an airplane, Dr. Alan Grant has a terrifying nightmare of Velociraptors boarding the airplane. But perhaps the only thing more terrifying than the sudden appearance of Velociraptors on an airplane, is their ability to speak English. In his dream, they menacingly yell, "Alan!" before he wakes up in terror.
