Jurassic World Evolution 3: Dinosaur Information for Accurate Parks

Steam Community guide by FatherMC.

Definitions

Jurassic Park-like Depiction
A Dinosaur/Creature that is mostly accurate in design but can potentially have inaccuracies in the form of outdated research or creative liberties related to lore. Believed to be accurate during the Jurassic Park Era (1990-2004) or if not Jurassic Park, is surprisingly good for Jurassic World standards.
Jurassic World-like Depiction
A Dinosaur/Creature with intentional edits or inaccuracies in order to be monstrous, cooler, or cuter in appearance (Exaggerated spikes, oversized, crocodile scutes, etc.). These edits can be consistent across multiple species.
Accurate Depiction
A Dinosaur/Creature that has minor or zero inaccuracies and has remained mostly untouched since its discovery.
Modern Depiction
A Dinosaur/Creature that has been known for a while but has drastically changed in design between the Jurassic Park Era and Jurassic World Era. Its in-game model would be more acceptable in Modern Eras.
Unknown Depiction
A Dinosaur/Creature that is only known from very little fossil material which provides little evidence on what they would’ve been like. We don't know if the models are or aren't accurate.
InGen’s (Dinosaur)
A dinosaur created by InGen within the Lore, typically within the Jurassic Park Era.
Masrani’s (Dinosaur)
A dinosaur/creature created by Masrani Global Corporation within the Lore, typically within the Jurassic World Era.
Biosyn’s (Dinosaur)
A dinosaur/creature created by Biosyn within the Lore.
Mantah Corporation’s (Dinosaur)
A dinosaur/creature created by Mantah Corp within the Lore.
Frontier’s (Dinosaur)
An original dinosaur/creature design created by Frontier and isn’t canon.
Jurassic Park Era Builds
A Park meant to take place within 1990-1994
Lost World Era Builds
A Park meant to take place within 1995-1999
Jurassic Park III Era Builds
A Park meant to take place within 2000-2004
Jurassic World Era Builds
A Park meant to take place within 2005-Present

Acrocanthosaurus - "High-Spined Lizard"

Family: Carcharodontosauridae
Discovery: 1940
Classification: 1950
Formation(s): North America
-Antlers Formation in Oklahoma, USA
-Twin Mountains Formation in Texas, USA
-Cloverly Formation spanning Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, USA
Lived in dense forests, coastal floodplains, and large lakesides
Lived alongside: Aquilops, Deinonychus, and Sauropelta
Lived During: Early Cretaceous, 113-110 million years ago
Accurate Depiction
Non-canon
Note: Even though I listed Acrocanthosaurus as “Accurate”, it has a few flaws, like having underwhelming eyebrow-like ridges running along its snout like most other carcharodontosaurids, same with its iconic raised spine. It’s a good dinosaur design, but it’s a below average Acrocanthosaurus design.
Recommended for All Era Builds

Albertosaurus - “Alberta Lizard”

Family: Albertosaurinae
Discovery: 1884
Classification: 1905
Formation(s): North America
-Horseshoe Canyon Formation and Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada
-Corral de Enmedio Formation and Packard Formation in Mexico
Lived in river deltas, floodplains, shallow lagoons, and swamps
Lived alongside: Atrociraptor, Chasmosaurus, Corythosaurus, Deinosuchus, Edmontosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Maiasaura, Mosasaurus, Ornithomimus, Struthiomimus, Styracosaurus, and Troodon
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 71-66 million years ago
Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Non-canon
Note: Frontier’s Albertosaurus has way more exaggerated crests than they were in real life
Recommended for All Era Builds

Allosaurus - “Different Lizard”

Family: Allosauridae
Discovery: 1869
Classification: 1877
Formation(s): North America, Europe
-Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Utah, USA, NA
-Morrison Formation spanning Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the USA and Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada, NA
-Alcobaça Formation, Bombarral Formation, and Lourinhã Formation in Portugal, EU
Lived in semi-arid floodplains, conifer forests, and riversides
Lived alongside: Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, and Stegosaurus
Lived During: Late Jurassic, 155-143 million years ago
BaBR/Dominion Variant (Default Variant): Jurassic World Depiction
Fallen Kingdom Variant (Variant #2): Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Battle At Big Rock, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory.
Note #1: The Fallen Kingdom Allosaurs were specified to be Juvenile Males with the Battle At Big Rock/Dominion ones retconned into being Adult Females… sure…
Note #2: The FK Allosaurs in-game are modified and upscaled by Frontier to appear as non-canon adults. They’re a decent recognizable design that is less monstrous in appearance than the BaBR/Dominion Variant.
BaBR/Dominion Variant (Default Variant): Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds
Fallen Kingdom Variant (Variant #2): Recommended for All Era Builds

Amargasaurus - "La Amarga Lizard"

Family: Dicraeosauridae
Discovery: 1984
Classification: 1991
Formation(s): South America
-La Amarga Formation in Argentina
Lived in lush forests and floodplains
Lived alongside: N/A
Lived During: Early Cretaceous, 129-122 million years ago
Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Non-canon
Note #1: There has been a debate over whether Amargasaurus' tall spines would have been protruding spikes covered in keratin or two skin sails similar to Dimetrodon. This is still debated with no conclusive answer, but the theory of them being sails is the more favored and likely option.
Note #2: The in-game Palaeoecology Description for Amargasaurus states that it existed alongside Stegosaurus. This is incorrect, Amargasaurus and Stegosaurus itself lived in completely different time periods and regions. What this actually means is that there were stegosaur remains discovered in the area, that being Amargastegos in 2014, but Amargastegos was considered an invalid name and the fossils are still currently listed as an "Indeterminate Stegosaur".
Recommended for All Era Builds

Ankylosaurus - “Fused Lizard”

Family: Ankylosauridae
Discovery: 1906
Classification: 1908
Formation(s): North America
-Hell Creek Formation in Montana, USA
-Scollard Formation in Alberta, Canada
Lived in forests, floodplains, and tropical/temperate hills
Lived alongside: Dracorex, Edmontosaurus, Mosasaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Struthiomimus, Stygimoloch, Torosaurus, Triceratops, Troodon, and Tyrannosaurus
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 68-66 million years ago
Jurassic World-like Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Note #1: Ankylosaurus was initially discovered in 1900 as multiple osteoderms but were incorrectly attributed to Tyrannosaurus. The tail club wasn’t discovered until 1910
Note #2: The armored back of Ankylosaurus is portrayed as a spikey turtle-like shell in the movies which is inaccurate, it would simply have spots of armor laid out on its back like Euoplocephalus does. (please re-add euoplocephalus quickly frontier)
Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Apatosaurus - “Deceptive Lizard”

Family: Apatosaurinae
Discovery: 1877
Classification: 1877
Formation(s): North America
-Morrison Formation spanning Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Lance Formation In Wyoming, USA and Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada
Lived in semi-arid forests, floodplains, and riversides
Lived alongside: Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, and Stegosaurus
Lived During: Late Jurassic, 152-151 million years ago
Jurassic World-like Depiction
Appeared in: Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park & The Lost World, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Note #1: Apatosaurinae is within the Diplodocoidea Superfamily.
Note #2: Frontier’s Apatosaurus model is missing a lot of the features the animal had in Jurassic World, such as the longer tail, more curved neck, and the larger claws on its feet. Which overall makes the in-game model less accurate in both the Canon and in reality.
Note #3: The second in-game digsite for Apatosaurus, the Dinosaur National Monument, is located within the Morrison Formation in the Uinta Mountains along the Colorado and Utah border.
Recommended for All Era Builds

Aquilops - "Eagle Face"

Family: Neoceratopsia
Discovery: 1997
Classification: 2014
Formation(s): North America
-Cloverly Formation spanning Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, USA
Lived in forests and wetplains
Lived alongside: Acrocanthosaurus, Deinonychus, and Sauropelta
Lived During: Early Cretaceous, 109-99 million years ago
Unknown Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic World: Rebirth
Note #1: Aquilops is extremely fragmentary with only minor pieces of the skull discovered, so we don’t know how it would actually look. But comparing Aquilops to other related ceratopsians like Psittacosaurus and Microceratus, it would likely have the tail quills and be primarily bipedal.
Note #2: Since Aquilops was described in 2014, it makes no sense that Aquilops would be on Saint-Hubert during or before the island was abandoned in 2010. This is another Suchomimus Situation (See Suchomimus Note #1).
Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Archaeornithomimus - “Ancient Bird Mimic”

Family: Ornithomimidae
Discovery: 1923
Classification: 1972
Formation(s): Asia
-Iren Dabasu Formation in Inner Mongolia, China
-Bissekty Formation in Uzbekistan
Lived in floodplains and alongside rivers
Live alongside: N/A
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 95-70 million years ago
Jurassic Park Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic World (Gag/Joke Cameo)
Note #1: Archaeornithomimus was originally named under Ornithomimus as a new species, “O. Asiaticus”, before being classified as a new genus in 1972.
Note #2: Ornithomimisaurids were thought to be scaly until the first specimen (Ornithomimus) with evidence of feathers was discovered in 1995. While Archaeornithomimus hasn’t been discovered with feathers as of now, it is highly likely it possessed them.
Note #3: Like most Ornithomimidae, Archaeornithomimus was likely omnivorous.
Recommended for Jurassic Park Era Builds

Atrociraptor - “Savage Thief”

Family: Dromaeosauridae
Discovery: 1995
Classification: 2004
Formation(s): North America
-Horseshoe Canyon Formation in Alberta, Canada
Lived in swamps and riverside forests
Lived alongside: Albertosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Ornithomimus, and Struthiomimus
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 72-71 million years ago
Jurassic World-like / Unknown Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Note: Similarly to the Velociraptors being based on Deinonychus in the 90s, the Atrociraptors are blatantly made to look like Evil Velociraptors because they were originally planned to be Deinonychus. But for some reason they were renamed to Atrociraptors and somehow this nearly identical design was acceptable but then they made the Giganotosaurus into THAT because test audiences for Dominion kept confusing it with T-Rex. Awful.
Not Recommended, but if you have to, Jurassic World Era Builds

Attenboro­saurus - “Attenborough’s Lizard”

Family: Pliosauridae
Discovery: 1880
Classification: 1993
Formation(s): Europe
-Blue Lias Formation and The Jurassic Coast in England
Lived in coasts and shallow seas
Lived alongside: Dimorphodon, Plesiosaurus, and Ichthyosaurus
Lived During: Early Jurassic, 196-189 million years ago
Accurate Depiction
Non-canon
Note #1: Frontier’s Attenborosaurus is very accurate in design, but is slightly oversized compared to the actual animal.
Note #2: Attenborosaurus was originally thought to be another species of Plesiosaurus, that being “Plesiosaurus Conybeari” since 1881, but was classified as a new genus in 1993.
Recommended for The Lost World, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World Era Builds

Austroraptor - "Southern Thief"

Family: Unenlagiinae
Discovery: 2002
Classification: 2008
Formation(s): South America
-Allen Formation, Argentina
Lived in wetlands, semi-arid lakes and rivers, and tidal flats
Lived alongside: Carnotaurus
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 76-68 million years ago
Accurate / Unknown Depiction
Non-canon
Note #1: Like most dromaeosaurids, Austroraptor is likely feathered even if there's no direct fossil evidence for it.
Note #2: Unenlagiinae is a subfamily within the Dromaeosauridae family.
Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Baryonyx - “Heavy Claw”

Family: Baryonychinae
Discovery: 1983
Classification: 1986
Formation(s): Europe
-Smokejack Clay Pit, Isle of Wight, and Weald Clay Formation in England
Lived in marshes, lakesides, and floodplains
Lived alongside: Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon
Lived During: Early Cretaceous, 130-125 million years ago
Jurassic World-like Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic Park (Canon Map), Jurassic World (Website), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Note #1: Baryonyx in real life had a way thinner skull and no crocodile scutes running along its back.
Note #2: Due to the fact that Jurassic Park tried to make their dinosaurs as accurate as possible for the time it took place, I personally don’t consider Masrani’s Baryonyx canon to Jurassic Park design-wise. Dilophosaurus’ design is highly accurate with the exception of the neck frills, spit, and size, but the frills are completely absent from the animatronics until they need to show up and was originally intended to be a Juvenile before being retconned.
Note #3: Baryonychinae is a subfamily within the Spinosauridae family.
Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Brachiosaurus - “Arm Lizard”

Family: Brachiosauridae
Discovery: 1900
Classification: 1903
Formation(s): North America
-Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Utah, USA
-Garden Park in Colorado, USA
-Morrison Formation spanning Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the USA and Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada
Lived in large forests, semi-arid plains, and river valleys
Lived alongside: Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, and Stegosaurus
Lived During: Jurassic Period, 150-140 million years ago
Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Appeared in: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory.
Note #1: The Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus is modeled off of Graffititan, as it was believed to be an African species of Brachiosaurus before becoming its own genus in 2009. Giraffititan was discovered in the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania, Africa.
Note #2: “Lusotitan” was discovered in 1947 and classified in 2003. Prior to proper classification, it was labeled as another species of Brachiosaurus, “Atalaiensis”, and was discovered in the Lourinhã Formation in Portugal if you want an excuse to use Brachiosaurus in the Azores.
Recommended for All Era Build

Caiuajara - “Lord From The Caiuá Group”

Family: Tapejaridae
Discovery: 1971
Classification: 2014
Formation(s): South America
Caiuá Formation in Brazil
Lived in arid deserts and on rocky cliffs
Lived alongside: N/A
Lived During: Early Cretaceous, 121-100 million years ago
Accurate Depiction
Non-canon
Note: A study in 2025 took at look at the abdominal contents of a Tapejarid which included evidence of phytoliths and plant microfossils, proving that Tapejarids in real life would’ve likely fed on fruits and seeds rather than on fish. An earlier study in 2012 suggested that the toothless and downward-curving beaks of Tapejarids resembled modern fruit-eating birds like parrots and hornbills.
Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Camarasaurus - "Chambered Lizard"

Family: Camarasauridae
Discovery: 1877
Classification: 1877
Formation(s): North America
Morrison Formation spanning Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in the USA and Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada, NA
Lived in woodland forests, semi-arid plains, and river valleys
Lived alongside: Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, and Stegosaurus
Lived During: Late Jurassic,155-143 million years ago
Jurassic World-like Depiction
Non-canon
Note #1: Frontier's Camarasaurus is heavily inaccurate. It's movements are anatomically incorrect, it is overly wrinkly like most Jurassic World creatures, the model has its mouth hang open awkwardly, it has shrinkwrapping, and the skull itself is slightly off. It also closely resembles the Allosaurus vs Camarasaurus Statue from Sideshow Collectables.
Not Recommended, but if you must, Jurassic World Era Builds

Carcharodontosaurus - “Shark-toothed Lizard”

Family: Carcharodontosaurinae
Discovery: 1914
Classification: 1931
Formation(s): Africa
-Bahariya Oasis in Egypt
-Continental Intercalaire spanning Algeria, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia
-Echkar Formation and Farak Formation in Niger
-Kem Kem Beds in Morocco
Lived in humid mangrove swamps, mudflats, and large river systems
Lived alongside: Spinosaurus
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 100-94 million years ago
Default Variant: Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Variant #2: Jurassic World-like Depiction
Non-canon
Note #1: Carcharodontosaurus was originally described as a species of Megalosaurus in 1925, based on only two fossilized teeth discovered in Algeria. Although a partial skeleton was discovered in 1914, the find wasn’t reported until 1931, with Carcharodontosaurus getting its proper classification shortly after.
Note #2: The New/Default Variant is significantly more accurate in design compared to the old one. Although it is not completely 100% accurate as it is still somewhat stylized, most notably the Skull is shorter than usual to the point it somewhat resembles that of Acrocanthosaurus rather than Carcharodontosaurus. The eyes are also misplaced, they should be slightly further back on the skull.
Note #3: The Old/2nd Variant is obviously inaccurate as hell, it has too narrow of a snout, is shrinkwrapped, and has odd spines running along its back. It is inferior in every way to the new model.
Default Variant: Recommended for All Era Builds
Variant #2: Recommended for Jurassic World Era Builds

Carnotaurus - “Meat Eating Bull”

Family: Abelisauridae
Discovery: 1984
Classification: 1985
Formation(s): South America
-La Colonia Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina
Lived in temperate forests, coastlines, and tidal flats
Lived alongside: Austroraptor and Dreadnoughtus (sort of, they lived in different parts of Argentina but were alive at the same time)
Lived During: Late Cretaceous, 71-66 million years ago
Jurassic Park-like Depiction
Appeared in: Michael Crichton’s The Lost World, Jurassic World (Hybrid Use), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Dominion, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Note #1: The in-game Carnotaurus model isn’t 100% accurate to the Movies, it is noticeably skinnier compared to the movie.
Note #2: The armored “crocodile scutes” running along the back were indeed present on the real animal, but they were NOT osteoderms, they were actually simply enlarged scales.
Recommended for All Era Builds

Cearadactylus - “Ceará's Wing Finger”

Family: Anhanguerinae
Discovery: 1983
Classification: 1985
Formation(s): South America
-Romualdo Formation spanning Pernambuco, Piauí, and Ceará in Brazil
Lived on tropical coastsides and s