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  • As a dinosaur loving kid this annoyed me so much, I knew it was Deinonychus!

    From wikipedia on Deinonychus, and yes I would quote original sources but Im on mobile.

    Crichton ultimately chose to use the name Velociraptor for these dinosaurs, rather than Deinonychus. Crichton had met with John Ostrom several times during the writing process to discuss details of the possible range of behaviors and life appearance of Deinonychus. Crichton at one point apologetically told Ostrom that he had decided to use the name Velociraptor in place of Deinonychus for his book, because he felt the former name was “more dramatic”.