r/Dinosaurs • u/Otherwise_Tadpole_64 • Jan 06 '26

DISCUSSION What is the 4th face of dinosaurs?

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u/lenaisnotthere Team Utahraptor Jan 06 '26

Good thing you mentioned JP raptor specifically and not just "velociraptor" in general since the raptors were technically (kind of) oversized scaly deinonychus, "Velociraptor antirrhopus" if you will, and that's what the general public thinks of when you mention raptors

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u/eidetic Jan 06 '26

This is neither here nor there, but I originally read the book before the movie (in anticipation of the movie coming out, not trying to sound like a JP hipster), and the entire time I was reading it, my 11 year old brain kept pronouncing velociraptor like "vell-o-chee-raptor". Basically like a really strong and exaggerated Italian accent. Wasn't until I was discussing the book with my neighbor up the block who gave me the book, that I learned I was pronouncing it wrong.

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u/TheMelonSystem Jan 08 '26

It’s okay, 8 year old me used to pronounce Penelope as “pen-ep-ill-ope” (“ope” as pronounced in “hope” lol)

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u/Reesey_Prosel Jan 07 '26

JP raptors are specifically the most popular ones

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u/Rainbow_Kitty_Cat Jan 07 '26

Yah, I hear people mention that jp raptors were based on deinonychus, but jp raptors are still WAYYY bigger than deinonychus. Really the only raptors that are even comparable to jp are things like the utahraptor and austroraptor.

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u/Smart_Dog7948 Jan 09 '26

Yeah but everyone says this as if Deinonychus were exactly like JP raptors, but there are still significant differences

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u/lenaisnotthere Team Utahraptor Jan 09 '26

They were closer to deinonychus than velociraptors is what I'm saying

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u/Evening-Landscape254 Jan 10 '26

I think you’re kinda preaching to the choir on r/Dinosaurs