Jurassic Park Dinosaur Names: How to Say Every One
Have you ever watched Jurassic Park and seen a dinosaur name flash across the screen that you had zero chance of saying out loud?
You're in good company. Jurassic Park dinosaur names like Pachycephalosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and Parasaurolophus look absolutely terrifying on paper. But every single one of these animals was real â these are actual creatures with actual fossils, and scientists gave them names that describe exactly what made each one special.
This page covers every major dinosaur featured across the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films. Click any name to hear how it sounds.
Click any name to hear how to say it
Tyrannosaurus
tie-RAN-oh-sore-us
Velociraptor
vel-OSS-ee-rap-tor
Triceratops
try-SERR-ah-tops
Brachiosaurus
BRAK-ee-oh-sore-us
Parasaurolophus
par-ah-saw-ROL-oh-fus
Dilophosaurus
die-LOAF-oh-sore-us
Gallimimus
gal-ih-MY-mus
Pteranodon
teh-RAN-oh-don
Mosasaurus
MOH-za-SORE-us
Spinosaurus
SPINE-oh-SORE-us
Stegosaurus
STEG-oh-SORE-us
Ankylosaurus
an-KYE-low-sore-us
Pachycephalosaurus
pack-ee-KEF-ah-lo-sore-us
Baryonyx
bah-ree-ON-icks
Carnotaurus
kar-noh-TOR-us
Ceratosaurus
ser-AT-oh-sore-us
Compsognathus
komp-sog-NATH-us
Edmontosaurus
ed-MON-toe-SORE-us
Corythosaurus
koh-RITH-oh-sore-us
Apatosaurus
ah-PAT-oh-sore-us
Allosaurus
AL-oh-saw-russ
Diplodocus
DIP-low-DOCK-us
What Made the Jurassic Park Dinosaurs So Wild?
Let's start with the most famous one: T. rex. Tyrannosaurus rex had a skull over 1.5 meters long, teeth the size of bananas, and the strongest bite force of any land animal ever measured. It could bite clean through bone. But those tiny arms? Each one was still strong enough to bench-press 200 kilograms.
Velociraptor is a bit of a movie trick â the raptors in Jurassic Park are actually closer in size to Deinonychus or Utahraptor. Real Velociraptors were only about the size of a turkey. But they were still terrifying: covered in feathers, razor-smart, and hunting in coordinated packs.
Brachiosaurus went the other direction entirely. One of the biggest dinosaurs in the films, it weighed up to 60 tons and could lift its head over 13 meters off the ground. Just grazing the treetops like it was no big deal.
The Most Extreme Jurassic Park Creatures
Mosasaurus is the ocean monster from Jurassic World â and the real animal was just as insane. It was a massive marine reptile, not a dinosaur, that could reach 17 meters long. It ate sharks. Let that sink in.
Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park III had a sail on its back that could stand nearly 2 meters tall. Scientists now think it was a semi-aquatic hunter that waded rivers like a giant crocodile, snatching fish with its narrow, crocodile-like jaws.
Pachycephalosaurus had a skull dome up to 25 centimeters thick. That's like having a bowling ball fused to the top of your head. Scientists argue over whether it actually used that dome for head-butting rivals â but either way, you definitely did not want to get in its way.
Ankylosaurus was basically a walking tank. Its armored back was made of bone plates fused into the skin, and its tail club could shatter the leg bones of a T. rex. It was one of the last dinosaurs alive before the asteroid hit.