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** In one of the most egregious examples in the book, ''Gastonia'' is depicted as having an ankylosaur-style club tail. Even at the time the book was written it was known that ''Gastonia'' was part of the Nodosaurid family and did not have a club at the end of its tail.
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* ScavengersAreScum: Completely averted. All the predators view scavenging as being better than hunting (so long as the carcass isn't too putrid) because it requires less energy and there's less risk of being injured.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: One of Raptor Red’s chicks dies from a sickness.
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** One of the animals shown coexisting with ''Utahraptor'' is a diplodocid. At the time, diplodocids were only known from the Jurassic Period, which was 25 million years ago by the time of the novel's setting, although the story {{handwave}}s it as being an endangered species by this point. This has since partly been vindicated, since an Early Cretaceous diplodocid was described in 2014, known as ''Leinkupal'', however it lived in South America about 136 million years instead of North America 120 million years ago.
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** One of the animals shown coexisting with ''Utahraptor'' is a diplodocid. At the time, diplodocids were only known from the Jurassic Period, which was 25 million years ago by the time of the novel's setting, although the story {{handwave}}s it as being an endangered species by this point. This has since partly been vindicated, since an Early Cretaceous diplodocid was described in 2014, known as ''Leinkupal'', however it lived in South America about 136 million years instead of North America 120 million years ago.
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** There was one flaw, but its only one that someone who really pays attention to paleontology would notice. ''Utahraptor'' was from the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. ''Acrocanthosaurus'' was from the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. While most people (with the exception of some incredibly pedant paleontologists) will allow some overlap of dinosaur taxa from neighboring stages due to the patchiness of the fossil record, ''Acrocanthosaurus'' rose to prominence ''after'' ''Utahraptor''. Thereby making the ending where the Acros were nearly wiped out by plague allowing ''Utahraptor'' to dominate the continent temporally inconsistent. If anything, ''Utahraptor'' would have been the one to go first.
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** There was one flaw, but its only one that someone who really pays attention to paleontology would notice. ''Utahraptor'' was from the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous. ''Acrocanthosaurus'' was from the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. While most people (with the exception of some incredibly pedant paleontologists) will allow some overlap of dinosaur taxa from neighboring stages due to the patchiness of the fossil record, ''Acrocanthosaurus'' rose to prominence ''after'' ''Utahraptor''. Thereby making the ending where the Acros were nearly wiped out by plague allowing ''Utahraptor'' to dominate the continent temporally inconsistent. If anything, ''Utahraptor'' would have been the one to go first. [[ScienceMarchesOn Later studies]] have made this discrepancy even greater because ''Utahraptor'''s chronological range has been pushed back ten million years.
** One of the animals shown coexisting with ''Utahraptor'' is a diplodocid. At the time, diplodocids were only known from the Jurassic Period, which was 25 million years ago by the time of the novel's setting, although the story {{handwave}}s it as being an endangered species by this point. This has since partly been vindicated, since an Early Cretaceous diplodocid was described in 2014, known as ''Leinkupal'', however it lived in South America about 136 million years instead of North America 120 million years ago.
** One of the animals shown coexisting with ''Utahraptor'' is a diplodocid. At the time, diplodocids were only known from the Jurassic Period, which was 25 million years ago by the time of the novel's setting, although the story {{handwave}}s it as being an endangered species by this point. This has since partly been vindicated, since an Early Cretaceous diplodocid was described in 2014, known as ''Leinkupal'', however it lived in South America about 136 million years instead of North America 120 million years ago.
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* RedOniBlueOni:
** Calm, methodical Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's manic red.
** Calm, methodical Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's manic red.
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* RedOniBlueOni:
**RedOniBlueOni: Calm, methodical Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's manic red.
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* GiantFlyer: Some of the pterosaurs, but in particular the old dactyl, a giant among giants. This is of course TruthInTelivision - pterosaurs are some of the biggest flighted animals to ''ever exist''.
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* GiantFlyer: Some of the pterosaurs, but in particular the old dactyl, a giant among giants. This is of course TruthInTelivision TruthInTelevision - pterosaurs are some of the biggest flighted animals to ''ever exist''.
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Picky, picky. Added context to the commented-out examples that needed it. Left Author Avatar commented out because I can't find anything that supports this assertion.
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%%* BabiesEverAfter: For [[spoiler:Raptor Red herself, her niece, ''and'' the white pterosaur]].
%%* BadassFamily: Well, they ''are'' a pack of Utahraptors.
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* BadassFamily: Well, they ''are'' a pack of
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%%* TheGreatFlood: Visualized [[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/html/1kflood.htm here]].
%%* GiantFlyer: Some of the pterosaurs.
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%%* RedOniBlueOni:
%%** Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's red.
%%** The [[spoiler:sister's oldest chick]] becomes the red oni [[spoiler:upon the death of the sister.]]
%%** Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's red.
%%** The [[spoiler:sister's oldest chick]] becomes the red oni [[spoiler:upon the death of the sister.]]
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%%** The whip-tail sauropod's devastating main weapon.
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** The giant female ''Utahraptor''
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%%* ZergRush: Both the ''Utahraptor'' and ''Deinonychus'' use this hunting method.
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* ZergRush: Both the ''Utahraptor'' and ''Deinonychus''
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Aversions are simply a trope not being used. They are not examples and should not be listed as such.
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* AuthorAvatar: Interestingly enough, the Old Dactyl.
* BabiesEverAfter: For [[spoiler:Raptor Red herself, her niece, ''and'' the white pterosaur.]]
* BadassFamily: Well, they ''are'' a pack of Utahraptors.
* BabiesEverAfter: For [[spoiler:Raptor Red herself, her niece, ''and'' the white pterosaur.]]
* BadassFamily: Well, they ''are'' a pack of Utahraptors.
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* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Dinosaur]]: This is strongly implied to be one of the reasons (besides the one [[EatsBabies directly stated in the text]]) that Raptor Red's sister hates and tries to chase off Raptor Red's consort.
* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Raptor Red is this to her sister's chicks, being more easy-going, playful, and clever compared to their surly and impulsive mother.
* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Raptor Red is this to her sister's chicks, being more easy-going, playful, and clever compared to their surly and impulsive mother.
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* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Dinosaur]]: ClingyJealousGirl: This is strongly implied to be one of the reasons (besides the one [[EatsBabies directly stated in the text]]) that Raptor Red's sister hates and tries to chase off Raptor Red's consort.
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* ADogNamedDog: Every single character is 'named' like this.
* DumbDinos: Averted - the dinosaurs' intelligence is portrayed more realistically, and all of them are fully functional in their environment.
* DumbDinos: Averted - the dinosaurs' intelligence is portrayed more realistically, and all of them are fully functional in their environment.
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* DumbDinos: Averted - the dinosaurs' intelligence is portrayed more realistically, and all of them are fully functional in their environment.
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* TheGreatFlood: Visualized [[http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/html/1kflood.htm here]].
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** The ''Bernissartia'' also qualifies.
---> "She's a fiercely protective croc-mom--she's never hesitated to rush from the water, openmouthed, at any dinosaur or male croc that got too close to her progeny. This threat, accompanied by extravagant splashing, always worked."
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** The ''Bernissartia'' also qualifies.
is a highly protective mother, protecting her brood from danger using flashy, dramatic displays of aggression.
---> "She's a fiercely protectivecroc-mom--she's croc-mom -- she's never hesitated to rush from the water, openmouthed, at any dinosaur or male croc that got too close to her progeny. This threat, accompanied by extravagant splashing, always worked."
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* PteroSoarer: Averted by the several pterosaur taxa featured.
* RaptorAttack: Averted except for the fact the [[ScienceMarchesOn Utahraptors are scaly]].
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's red.
** The [[spoiler:sister's oldest chick]] becomes the red oni [[spoiler:upon the death of the sister.]]
* RaptorAttack: Averted except for the fact the [[ScienceMarchesOn Utahraptors are scaly]].
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Raptor Red is the blue oni to her sister's red.
** The [[spoiler:sister's oldest chick]] becomes the red oni [[spoiler:upon the death of the sister.]]
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* TailSlap:
** The whip-tail sauropod's devastating main weapon.
** Oddly, a female ''Utahraptor'' also does this to a rival.
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** Oddly, a female ''Utahraptor'' also does this to a rival.
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* {{Xenofiction}}
* ZergRush: Both the ''Utahraptor'' and ''Deinonychus'' use this hunting method.
* ZergRush: Both the ''Utahraptor'' and ''Deinonychus'' use this hunting method.
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