In the Jurassic Park novel, there is the discussion about dinosaur iterations, and there are several dinosaurs with version numbers. The discussion between, I believe, Wu and Hammond about how they should adjust the DNA to have their dinosaurs be what the eventual visitors would expect rather than what they'd had...in the book, the discussion is pointing towards the older tail dragging portrayals from paleo-art, but the ides intrigued me as a potential way to expand on the existing dinosaurs.
This would add a new slot to the genetic modifications rather than an entirely new dinosaur. These would be for the more heavily varied dinosaur species along with various other takes on the same species, the major example being the JP3 type velociraptor. The design is different enough to need changes in the model rather than just a new skin.
The JP:The Game Troodons could work with it (Perhaps adding a cosmetic gene for making the eyes glow at night)...
However, it also opens up other opportunities, a what if scenario, if you will, of what if Wu's alternate concept had been accepted?
Things like having the Crystal Palace version of the Iguanodon and Megalosaurus, the "classic" Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Triceratops as well.
Or you could go in other ways, Tyrannosaurus' with a feathered mane or even feathered raptors. The newer reconstructions of the Spinosaurus (and possibly related species) would also be interesting here.
This would add a new slot to the genetic modifications rather than an entirely new dinosaur. These would be for the more heavily varied dinosaur species along with various other takes on the same species, the major example being the JP3 type velociraptor. The design is different enough to need changes in the model rather than just a new skin.
The JP:The Game Troodons could work with it (Perhaps adding a cosmetic gene for making the eyes glow at night)...
However, it also opens up other opportunities, a what if scenario, if you will, of what if Wu's alternate concept had been accepted?
Things like having the Crystal Palace version of the Iguanodon and Megalosaurus, the "classic" Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Triceratops as well.
Or you could go in other ways, Tyrannosaurus' with a feathered mane or even feathered raptors. The newer reconstructions of the Spinosaurus (and possibly related species) would also be interesting here.
