Dinosaurs

Trope · Genre
Synonyms:	prehistoric creatures
Related:	Historical AUs, Animals in Fanworks, dragons, paleontology RPF
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Stories and art containing dinosaurs may be created in fandoms in which the existence of dinosaurs are canonically shown to still be alive (such as Jurassic Park). Alternatively, dinosaurs can be added to canon sources lacking dinosaurs/prehistoric creatures in general (such as Supernatural). This is usually done by fusions, crossovers, time travel or AUs, and can be taken seriously or as crackfic. Some fans have even seen it as a challenge to introduce dinosaurs into as many fandoms as possible.

Fandoms with Living Dinosaurs

The below is a list of canon fandoms that have dinosaurs still alive.

Note: What constitutes inclusion on this list may vary among fans. In some instances, people and dinosaurs co-exist because of a time travel mechanism.

• Dinosaur (Disney film)
• Dinosaurs
• Dinotopia
• Dragon Ball
• Dr. Slump
• The Flintstones
• A Girl and Her Plesiosaur (comic)
• Jurassic Park
• King Kong
• The Land Before Time
• The Lost World
• Night at the Museum
• Prehistoric Park
• Primeval
• Primeval: New World
• Terra Nova

Fandoms with Other Dinosaur Content

• Firefly. Wash's dinosaurs pop up occasionally
• Vorkosigan. Gregor's Steggie sometimes makes it into fanfiction

Paleontology

There is also a little fannish interest in 19th century paleontologists, both real and fictional, including:

• the intense rivalry between Americans Edward Cope & O.C. Marsh, based on the documentary Dinosaur Wars
• English paleontologist Mary Anning and her cross-class friendship with Elizabeth Philpot

Notable Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

• jedibuttercup wrote Earth, Fire, Air & Water (crossover BTVS/Jurassic Park, Buffy Summers/Alan Grant)
• Dino Castiel (Supernatural's Castiel as a dino)
• Adventures of the Space Stegosaurus by Avanti_90. Vorkosigan comic starring Steggie

Archives and Communities

• Dinosaurs tag and Dinosaurs search at AO3
• Dinosaurs livejournal community