"the views expressed (in this book) are my own, as are whatever factual errors exist in the text"

—Michael Crichton^(src)

Jurassic Park the Novel was written by Michael Crichton, best-selling author of various other books, in 1989. Despite the fact that Michael Crichton had a good medical training and science background, Jurassic Park contains some factual errors and minor mistakes.

Factual ErrorsEdit

• Martin "Marty" Guitierrez first identifies Procompsognathus as an ordinary Basiliscus amoratus. However, there exists no amoratus species of the Basiliscus genus.
• In the saliva of Procompsognathus traces are found of Gamma-amino methionine hydrolase, a genetic marker. But there exists no genetic marker with that name.
• Henry Wu made the dinosaurs Lysine contingent, to make sure the animals wouldn't survive outside the park. But most vertebrates, including humans, are Lysine contingent.
• Only dinosaurs that carry frog DNA in their genome are able to reproduce. But later in the novel Alan Grant sees a couple of Dilophosaurus (for which no frog DNA was used in their production) (both male and female sex) at the river, which are performing a mating ritual. Moreover, in the sequel novel The Lost World all dinosaur species have regained the ability to reproduce.
• The Maiasaura are able to reproduce in the novel, but only one young is born. This is unlikely because a Maiasaura nest contained 30 to 40 eggs.^[1] (But, then again, they address this in the book, saying the Raptors were eating the eggs.)
• At the end of the novel, Isla Nublar is napalmed by the Costa Rican Military Air Force; Costa Rica does not have an air force, or any type of military at all.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ "Maiasaura." In: Dodson, Peter & Britt, Brooks & Carpenter, Kenneth & Forster, Catherine A. & Gillette, David D. & Norell, Mark A. & Olshevsky, George & Parrish, J. Michael & Weishampel, David B. The Age of Dinosaurs. Publications International, LTD. p. 116-117. ISBN 0-7853-0443-6.