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Mark Lowen reviews dinosaur movie scenes for Vanity Fair

How realistic are Hollywood’s dinosaurs? Associate professor of geology and geophysics Mark Loewen sat down with Vanity Fair to discuss the accuracy (and inaccuracy) of dinosaur depictions in movies ranging from Fantasia (1940) to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). For example, the Spinosaurus that battles with T. Rex in Jurassic Park 3 actually lived in aquatic environments and never would have encountered the dinosaur! Watch the video here:

Last Updated: 7/1/22