Crichtonsaurus
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Crichtonsaurus was a dinosaur named for the author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton. It was a thyreophoran, specifically an ankylosaur, and it lived during the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossils were discovered in China, and it was formally described by Dong in 2002. The type species is Crichtonsaurus bohlini.
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Scientists at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences named the new ankylosaurus species Crichtonsaurus bohlini in honor of Mr. Crichton and Birger Bohlin, a Swedish paleontologist. Mr.Crichton is a Bestselling author who's titles include Jurrasic Park, Andromeda Strain, and many others. Dr. Birger Bohlin was a Swedish palaeontologist. As well as his work on dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals, Bohlin was part of the group that established the existence of Peking Man.
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