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TIL there's seven species of dinosaur that have a 'live' appearance in the film Jurassic Park, but only two, the Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus were actually from the Jurassic period. The other five: Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, T-Rex, and Velociraptor were all from the Cretaceous.

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