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Re:Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever li... by samatman on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:12PM (#17995360)
The velociraptors in the book, and to a lesser degree the movie, were modelled after Deinonychus.

Michael Crichton thought, correctly, that Velociraptor was a better name.

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Re:Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever li... by PakG1 on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:16PM (#17995653)
No doubt. I still preferred the name Raptor to Gecko, too bad it couldn't stay that way.
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