History Characters / JurassicParkNonDinosaurs

* PteroSoarer: Minus the ''Quetzalcoatlus'', they are all depicted as such, lacking most of their pycnofibers, having leathery wings and grasping feet, and showing bird-like behavior.

* AllPowerfulBystander: It is the biggest and strongest creature in the park, even more so than the ''Indominus''. However, given her CripplingOverspecialization and NonMaliciousMonster statuses (see below), she mostly just keeps to herself [[spoiler:until the ''Indominus'' eventually gets too close to her lagoon during the FinalBattle]].

* HellIsThatNoise: Their roars are high-pitched, human-like screams that completely overwhelm the scene during their chase.

A sail-backed synapsid from the early Permian period cloned by [=BioSyn=].

An unnamed species of large prehistoric locust from the Cretaceous period. [[spoiler:They were bred by [=BioSyn=] to cause a famine, destroying all crops not made by [=BioSyn=].]]

* FieryCoverup: [[spoiler:Once it's clear to Dodgson his scheme with the locusts will be revealed, Dodgson orders the incineration of the ones in the lab to destroy the evidence. The still-burning bugs break out and end up lighting the forest outside on fire, forcing the dinosaurs to be brought inside the [=BioSyn=] facility.]]

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:Unlike with the other prehistoric creatures in ''Dominion'', no one even remotely entertains the idea of coexisting with these locusts, with everyone who encounters them advocating for their destruction. Considering that they are instinct-driven super-locusts that could threaten ''the entire biosphere''[[note]]while the locusts are only bred to eat non-[=BioSyn=] plants, which would cause ecological collapse on its own, locusts will resort to cannibalism to survive and it's not inconceivable they might focus on other sources of protein if avaiable[[/note]], this is a ''completely understandable'' response.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:An extended scene reveals that the locusts were originally designed to spread genetic modifications to non-[=BioSyn=] crops that would allow them to become immune to drought, frosts, and diseases. However, since they are engineered to not feed on [=BioSyn=] seeds, they start to eat every other plant in sight. They are also indicated to be far more resilient and destructive than Wu or Dodgson planned, potentially destroying the entire planet's food supply instead of merely crippling the competition like Dodgson intended. The locusts aren't even Dodgson's master plan, either; they're just a side project he cooked up for some extra revenue while trying to find Maisie so he can corner the healthcare market by extracting the means to cure genetic diseases from her DNA.]]

* LivingWeapon: [[spoiler:They are engineered to eliminate every crop that is not grown from [=BioSyn=] seed.]]
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:They've been genetically altered to be stronger and later on in ''[[Film/JurassicWorldDominion Dominion]]'' a swarm of them were [[FieryCoverup set on fire]] and were able to survive long enough to break out of containment and cause a forest fire in the [=BioSyn=] Sanctuary.]]

* TheSwarm: Genetically modified giant locusts [[spoiler:from [=BioSyn=] that eat every plant except [=BioSyn=]'s patented crops, unleashed across the globe to hold the world at ransom. This swarm causes more destruction than the dinosaurs could ever hope to achieve, simply because they could indirectly kill billions of people through starvation (and that's not considering the biodiversity collapse in the wild).]]

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The ''Lystrosaurus'' is depicted with a ridge along the back of its head, making it resemble a primitive ceratopsian. This probably was not present or was at least much less noticeable in the real animal, as this area would've served as an attachment point for the neck muscles.
* BreakingOldTrends: ''Lystrosaurus'' is the first animal from the Triassic period to appear canonically in the films of the franchise. However, ''Herrerasaurus'' was in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'', and the novels featured ''Procompsognathus'' in place of the films' ''Compsognathus''.

* TheDreaded: It goes with being the apex predator of the ocean.

* StockDinosaurs: Even though it is not a dinosaur, ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is famous for being the largest animal to have ever soared in the air and is arguably the second most famous pterosaur genus after ''Pteranodon''.

* StockDinosaurs: Not a true dinosaur, but the most iconic of the pterosaurs.

* StockDinosaurs: Like the ''Mosasaurus'', they're not true dinosaurs. However, ''Pteranodon'' is the most iconic pterosaur in the public imagination.

* StockDinosaurs: Though not a true dinosaur, ''Mosasaurus'' is a fairly well-known animal. The thing is, they're rarely depicted in non-documentary material, and ''Jurassic World'' has changed that.

* StockDinosaurs: Not a dinosaur, but it is the most iconic species of the Paleozoic era. Its most notable appearances in media before ''Dominion'' are in "The Rite of Spring" sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', the 1974 ''[[Series/LandOfTheLost1974 Land of the Lost]]'' series, the first ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Land Before Time]]'' film, and ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters''.

* StockDinosaurs: Not a dinosaur, but it is the most famous extinct carnivore of the Cenozoic.

** Their wings end in [[https://twitter.com/Dave_Hone/status/1518678185151541248 sharp pointed tips]] rather than having a tiny blunting at the end of the membrane to [[https://twitter.com/thejohnconway/status/1518679569368240128 avoid stress in the phalanx]].
** Possess wings that fold in from the sides when they should fold in from the back due to their hands rotating backward, as well as wing membranes that connect at the end of the hip rather than to the ankle.

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!!''Jurassic Park III Pteranodons''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicParkIII''

-->'''Grant:''' [[OhCrap It's a bird cage.]]\\
'''Amanda:''' For ''what?''

A roost of pterosaurs bred for Jurassic Park that live within a gigantic birdcage on Isla Sorna. The flock would accidentally be released when the Kirby rescue party stumbled into their aviary, allowing them to migrate to Canada where they would be shot down by a team of mercenaries led by Vic Hoskins.

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!! ''Quetzalcoatlus''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''

-->'''Owen:''' That's another plane, right?\\
'''Kayla:''' Not exactly.

Gigantic pterosaurs, far larger than the previously-introduced ''Pteranodon''.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: While the ones in the prologue are to scale, the cloned individual is absolutely humongous, with its head alone being as long if not longer than the entire cockpit of a sizable plane. That said, an official scale chart for the film shows it closer in size to the real animal, so it's possible the plane attack shot is a particularly egregious case of YourSizeMayVary. [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/743081138402361424/970557815645155348/unknown.png Promotional material]] states ''Quetzalcoatlus'' had a wingspan of up to 20 metres, but most modern size estimates consider 11 metres to be the maximum from known fossils.[[note]]There was one early size estimate in the 1970s which suggested a wingspan of up to 21 metres, but this was never considered likely (especially since the estimate was made back when proportions of the animal were more poorly known).[[/note]]
* BeakAttack: The prologue has one of them nipping at a ''Pteranodon'' to claim a carcass for itself. The film shows another one using its beak to wreck the plane that Owen, Claire, and Kayla are in.
* CanonImmigrant: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' games and toylines before debuting in ''Dominion''.
* GiantFlyer: Naturally given their sheer size. In the prologue they make the ''Pteranodon'' (which had been the largest pterosaur in the films until now) look comparatively puny. TruthInTelevision, as they really ''were'' that big. The cloned individual is as large as the plane it's attacking.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: While mostly accurate, it is still unreasonably stronger and far more aggressive than its real-life counterpart, which was essentially a giraffe-sized stork hunting proportionally small prey. It arguably behaves more like its more massively built relative ''Hatzegopteryx'', and even the latter probably wouldn't be able to destroy a fair-sized airplane in mid-flight.
* LightIsNotGood: The cloned one has white fur, a bright yellow beak, and a blue head crest. It is also first seen attacking a plane that Owen, Claire, and Kayla are in.
* LongNeck: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' has one of the longest necks of any known pterosaur, only contested by ''Arambourgiana''.
* PteroSoarer: Averted actually! All the tropes such as grasping feet, bipedal stances, or teeth are absent. The stance, pycnofibre-covered body, long toothless beak with a head crest, and habit of hunting on the ground are all extremely accurate. The cloned ones in the film itself, however, are too big, since in comparison to Kayla's plane its wingspan seems to be over 70 feet. Real ''Quetzalcoatlus'' were about half that size.
** In a behavioural rather than anatomical example, one shot [[AllFlyersAreBirds shows them roosting in a massive bird-like nest atop a skyscraper]]. Real azhdarchid pterosaurs probably would have nested on the ground given their overall terrestrial habits, and the manner in which they did so was likely very different from that of birds.
* RememberTheNewGuy: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' was never seen or mentioned in any of the films prior to ''Dominion'', but it's treated as though they had always been present, with one of the opening scenes and promotional material establishing them as having made their way to cities across North America.
* ShownTheirWork: It is depicted as a terrestrial, quadrupedal hunter with pycnofibres, the correct head design, proportionally small and non-grasping plantigrade feet, and small fingers pointing the right way. It may be the most accurate animal of the franchise so far, aside from the size of the cloned specimens.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The cloned individual has only a few seconds of screentime, but [[spoiler:by damaging Kayla's plane, it traps Owen, Claire, and Kayla in the sanctuary and forces Claire to be separated from the group.]]
* StockDinosaurs: Even though it is not a dinosaur, ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is famous for being the largest animal to have ever soared in the air and is arguably the second most famous pterosaur genus after ''Pteranodon''.
* YourSizeMayVary: One scene depicts a pair of them nesting atop the World Trade Center, and together they seem to be as large as the entire top of the building. Given the 200-foot diameter of the skyscraper, this would put their wingspan at over ''100 feet'', 35 feet longer than the official size estimate.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: In educational material, ''Dimorphodon'' is a borderline [[StockDinosaurs Stock Pterosaur]], but in film media, it's pretty rare.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: According to the ''Literature/JurassicPark'' books, Jurassic Park had no ''Pteranodons''. The park's token pterosaurs were ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Cearadactylus]]'' (erroneously referred to as "Cearadactyls").

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Although ''Nothosaurus'' is a relatively well-known species, its only notable appearances in popular media are ''Film/TheSonOfKong'', "The Rite of Spring" sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Flesh}}'', an episode of ''Series/SeaMonsters'', and ''Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World''.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Dicynodonts are rarely shown in fiction. That said, prior to ''Dominion'', ''Lystrosaurus'' has appeared in ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'', ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters'', and ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved''.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Both ''Dimetrodon'' and ''Lystrosaurus'' make their appearance in the final film of the series while ''Smilodon'' only appeared in the interquel Netflix series Camp Cretaceous.

* KillerRabbit: Small, herbivorous, and a burrower; it literally is a reasonably close Triassic equivalent to a rabbit. [[spoiler:One specimen unwittingly helps Owen by biting Delacourt's arm and thrashing around, keeping him pinned with a similar effort by a juvenile ''Carnotaurus'' before a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' goes for Delacourt's head.]] An extended scene has it decapitating a larger ''Oviraptor'' in a fight with a single bite.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: ''Lystrosaurus'' is about the size of a ferret [[spoiler:and it is able to pin Delacourt down by locking its jaws around his arm with the aid of a juvenile ''Carnotaurus'', allowing a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' to finish the job]]. An extended scene has it decapitating a larger ''Oviraptor'' in a fight with a single bite.

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:Unlike with the other prehistoric creatures in ''Dominion'', no one even remotely entertains the idea of coexisting with these locusts, with everyone who encounters them advocating for their destruction. Considering that they are instinct-driven super-locusts that could threaten ''the entire biosphere''[[note]]while the locusts are only bred to eat non-[=BioSyn=] plants, which would cause ecological collapse on its own, locusts will resort to cannibalism to survive and it's not inconceivable they might focus on other sources of protein if avaiable[[/note]], this is a ''completely understandable'' response]].

* GoodColorsEvilColors: [[spoiler:The locust Wu releases to destroy the swarm at the end is white, whereas the rest are black. {{Justified|Trope}} in that locusts actually start out with light color patterns and only develop their black markings when swarming]].
* HungryMenace: What makes them so dangerous -- [[spoiler:while the other resurrected species are a threat to humans, they're intelligent enough to adapt their behaviors, which means they can eventually learn to coexist with us (and us them). The locusts, however, are driven entirely by instinct and hunger, meaning they're impossible to reason with or adapt to -- they'll just eat everyone and everything until they starve, regardless of how many others go down with them]].

* NonMaliciousMonster: PlayedForDrama -- [[spoiler:the locusts lack the intelligence to comprehend morality, but it also makes coexisting with them impossible, as they are instinctually driven to eat regardless of other factors and incapable of adapting their behavior to coexist with other life forms]].

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Even an aggressive parent ''Dimorphodon'' knows it’s wiser to back off when Bumpy gets in between it and Darius and Ben.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''Camp Cretaceous'' reveals that the ''Indominus rex'' carcass is ''in pieces'', while ''Fallen Kingdom'' reveals that the ''Indominus rex's'' rib cage is upside down, but the head is not (which it would be if it fell while attached to the body). Presumably, this means that the ''Mosasaurus'' ''tore off the head by snapping the Indominus's neck'' while drowning it, possibly by performing a death roll as a crocodile would.

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* TokenMinority: It is currently the only exclusively-Paleozoic animal to appear canonically in the franchise. [[note]]''Lystrosaurus'' is also from the Permian period, but it survived until the Triassic period.[[/note]]

A Pleistocene feline with saber-like teeth bred by Mantah Corp on their island. One would menace a group of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' survivors. They then encountered it a second time (possibly the same individual) [[spoiler: before it was killed by the ''Spinosaurus'']].

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is depicted with a neck that is a bit too long, crocodile-like scutes and scaly skin when it should have possessed smooth, glandular skin, somewhat comparable to hippo skin[[note]]While there aren't skin impressions of the animal, it is possible ''Dimetrodon'' had scales but they would have been limited to the underside and resembled snake belly scales, fossils of its relatives also show no signs of crocodilian skin[[/note]], and is given a boxy, tyrannosaur-like skull. The tips of its spines should also not be covered in the sail, being exposed for a few inches at least.

** Her predatory nature ended up unintentionally saving Darius in the ''Camp Cretaceous'' episode [[Recap/JurassicWorldCampCretaceousS4E01BeneathTheSurface Beneath The Surface]] when she ate a shark that was about to attack him.

** Her predatory nature ended up unintentionally saving Darius in the ''Camp Cretaceous'' episode [[Recap/JurassicWorldCampCretaceousS4E01BeneathTheSurface Beneath The Surface]] when she ate a shark that was about to attack him after he become tangled in kelp.

** In a behavioural rather than anatomical example, one preview shot [[AllFlyersAreBirds shows them roosting in a massive bird-like nest atop a skyscraper]]. Real azhdarchid pterosaurs probably would have nested on the ground given their overall terrestrial habits, and the manner in which they did so was likely very different from that of birds.

An unnamed species of prehistoric locust from the Cretaceous period. [[spoiler:They were bred by [=BioSyn=] to cause a famine, destroying all crops not made by [=BioSyn=].]]

* ApocalypseHow: Caused a Class 0 since they were only able to affect a few regions before they were ultimately stopped, but it's made very clear that if they weren't they could have very easily caused a Class 4.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is depicted with a neck, crocodile-like scutes despite being an early relative of modern mammals[[note]]None of ''Dimetrodon'''s skeletons show signs of crocodilian skin, and while there aren't skin impressions of the animal, its more advanced relative ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estemmenosuchus Estemmenosuchus]]'' was discovered to have smooth glandular skin similar to that of a hairless mammal[[/note]], and is given a boxy, tyrannosaur-like skull. The tips of its spines should also not be covered in the sail, being exposed for a few inches at least.

A Pleistocene feline with saber-like teeth bred by Mantah Corp on their island. The only known individual would menace a group of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' survivors [[spoiler:until it was killed by a ''Spinosaurus'']].

* TokenMinority: It is currently the only Pleistocene animal to appear canonically in the franchise.

* TokenMinority: It is currently the only Permian animal to appear canonically in the franchise. [[note]]''Lystrosaurus'' is also from the Permian period, but it survived until the Triassic period.[[/note]]

A Pleistocene feline with saber-like teeth bred by Mantah Corp on their island. The only known individual would menace a group of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' survivors [[spoiler:until it was killed by a ''Spinosaurus'', presumably leaving the species extinct again]].

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is depicted with a neck, crocodile-like scutes despite being an early relative of modern mammals[[note]]While there aren't any skin impressions of ''Dimetrodon'', its relative ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estemmenosuchus Estemmenosuchus]]'' was discovered to have smooth glandular skin similar to that of a hairless mammal[[/note]], and is given a boxy, tyrannosaur-like skull. The tips of its spines should also not be covered in the sail, being exposed for a few inches at least.

-->'''Grant:''' [[OhCrap It's a bird cage.]]
-->'''Amanda:''' For ''what?''

-->'''Owen:'''That's another plane, right?
-->'''Kayla:'''Not exactly.

* PteroSoarer: Minus the ''Quetzalcoatlus'', they are all depicted as such.

* CanonImmigrant: Made its first appearance in the ''Lost World'' video game.

* CanonForeigner: ''Nothosaurus'' has only appeared in one ''Jurassic Park'' [[VideoGame/JurassicParkSegaMasterSystem game]] before making its official debut in ''Camp Cretaceous''.

* CanonForeigner: Before ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', ''Dimetrodon'' had only appeared in some of the franchise's video games and toy lines.

* CanonForeigner: A new prehistoric species that has never appeared in any of the films. That being said, it's been popping up in newer video games for the series, such as ''VideoGame/JurassicParkBuilder'', ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame'', and ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldAlive''.