Dryosaurus (DRY - oh - SAW - rus) was an iguanodontid ornithopod dinosaur. They lived during in the Late Jurassic period. Its name meaning "Oak lizard", due to the vague oak shape of its cheek teeth.
This diminutive herbivore is both swift and agile. Lacking any other defensive abilities, its only means of defense is to flee any predators. It lives in herds to guarantee early warning of nearby predators.[2]
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Jurassic Park Franchise
Dryosaurus appeared in the novels and later it appeared in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis.
Novels
Dryosaurs are mentioned in the chapter The Park of the first novel:
In the harsh quartz lights, the hypsilophodont's green head hung down out of the sling, the tongue dangling, the eyes dull. ... The hypsy was a small dryosaur, seven feet long, weighing about five hundred pounds.[3]
The dryosaur coughed, and then moved slowly across the field, away from the lights.[4]
The Dryosaurus is mentioned to be dark green with mottled brown spots.
Jurassic Park inspired games
- Dryosaurus appeared in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis as a 1-star herbivore, the only 1-star dinosaur in the game. They serve as a main prey for many carnivores and has no defenses against any carnivore. They enjoy herding and lack defenses so they run away from danger. They are the favored prey for Dilophosaurus and Ceratosaurus. They were probably an important prey item for the latter in real life as well. Dryosaurus, along with the Ceratosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Albertosaurus, Torosaurus and Parasaurolophus, are one of the dinosaurs the player is able to start with.
- Dryosaurus is one of the available dinosaurs on the IOS application, Jurassic Park: Builder.
Dryosaurus from Jurassic Park: Builder.
Links
Notes
- ↑ Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Dinopedia, Dryosaurus
- ↑ Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Dinopedia, Dryosaurus
- ↑ Jurassic Park (novel), The Park, page 245 (Novel bundle).
- ↑ Jurassic Park (novel), The Park, page 247 (Novel bundle).
Dryosaurus info in "JP:OG."