This may come as a surprise, but “T-Rex,” as most call the animal, most likely had more “prominent lips” that would have covered up its giant teeth. When people think of that movie, two types of dinosaurs may come to mind: the towering Tyrannosaurus rex - and its colossal teeth - and the lightning-quick velociraptor. “When the original film came out, not much was wrong with it, but today, with what we know, you can say a few things,” Miami-based Ugueto says. Take “Jurassic Park” for instance, the classic 1993 film based on Michael Crichton’s novel. Based on new fossil findings, these illustrations have begun to make significant changes within the last 20 years. That’s because he has become a renowned paleoartist - a graphic artist and illustrator who takes scientific, paleontological evidence and transforms it into an image. Now as an adult, Ugueto can look at the classic dinosaur movies and point out the inaccuracies of the massive creatures that called the Earth home until 66 million years ago. "I think I'm a little bit partial to theropods, which is this group of dinosaurs that are carnivorous like Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, but honestly it's very difficult. They were so well adapted to the environment,” he says. They dominated life on Earth for so long. "There's nothing that looks like them today and they are so impressive. Gabriel Ugueto largely cultivated his lifelong fascination with dinosaurs by going to the movies as a kid.
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