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Fans of the Jurassic Park movies are counting down the days until the June 12 release of the latest dinosaur flick, Jurassic World. UT Professor Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, a vertebrate paleontologist based in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is writing a seven-part series for online publication Red Orbit highlighting the dinosaurs featured in the new movie.

Part one: Ankylosaurus & Apatosaurus

Part two: Baryonyx, Suchomimus, Edmontosaurus

Part three: Gallimimus, Microceratus, Metriacanthosaurus

Part four: Pachycephalosaurus and Parasaurolophus

Part five: Stegosaurus and Triceratops

Part six: Mosasaurs and Pterosaurs

Part seven: Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor