Jurassic Park III, The Story Behind the Movie

<body bgcolor=ffffff> <font face="arial, helvetica" size=2 color=000000> <h1><b><font size=4><a href="http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/jurassic_park/jurassic_park_ch1.htm">Jurassic Park III, The Story Behind the Movie</font></a></b></h1> <p><b>Jurassic Park III</b>. The very thought of another movie based on Michael Crichton's fictional characters (Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler) and Steven Spielberg's cinematic genius is enough to get everyone excited. But what do we really know about the true stars of Jurassic Park - the dinosaurs?</p> <p>Turns out <i>T-Rex</i>, <i>Triceratops</i>, <i>Velociraptor</i> and <i>Spinosaurus</i> weren't even alive during the Jurassic Period. They roamed the earth much later. <i>Pteranodon</i> swooped through the skies, searching for prey, during the Cretaceous age. The Jurassic Park stars were not Jurassic-age dinosaurs.</p> <p>Follow a direct path to meet "Sue," a real T-Rex whose enormous skull is too heavy to be displayed with the rest of "her" skeleton. Take a trip back in time to view the first "discovered" dinosaur tracks. Read what the earliest paleontologists said about these huge, unknown creatures. Look at the first-ever reconstruction of Triceratops. Examine the partial remains and early drawings of Spinosaurus and Pteranodon. Meet a newly discovered Raptor that is even bigger than the movie's fictionalized version. Links to everything you need to understand the movie's dinosaurs are waiting for your discovery...Brought to you by Awesome Stories.com</p> </body>