Board Thread:Manual of Style/@comment-1187034-20151130020127/@comment-5815593-20151203214828

MarkJira wrote: Mjamnnella wrote: I'm starting to think that Ingen just used Velociraptor for marketing purposes. As it probably sounds the "coolest" from Ingen's marketing team, since the first Jurassic Park wasn't supposed to have it's power shut off and was intended to be the successful theme park we saw in Jurassic World.

Luckily we've been provided with two candidate for American Dromeosaurs. Utahraptor and Dakotaraptor. I think Dakotaraptor may be the better one, as both Dakotas border Montana and Dakotaraptor itself has a more slender neck.

I think the head may have modified, as most, if not all Dromeosaurs has slender mouths. Unlike the ones we see in the Jurassic Park universe. Utahraptor is far too big to be a JP raptor of any kind.

As for the recently discovered Dakotaraptor, it is a possibility, considering the size, as well as the disproportionately large toe claw. The only problem is, Dakotaraptor's claw was on the middle toe.

It could be said that InGen didn't realize what they had with Dakotaraptor, and modified the foot because they thought it was Velociraptor Eggsactly. Big raptor cloned...Velociraptor most famous raptor at that point...InGen doesn't care. Maybe another company in the next film will say "Um..., this is actually a modified Dakotaraptor or a Deinonychus..." Who knows? Why don't we put up a poll of all of the big raptors and have JP fans vote what it shall be renamed...