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The construction of “InGen’s List” in film canon, a concept that was first officially introduced in 2001’s “Jurassic Park III”, has long been a hobby of hardcore Jurassic fans. Since the first film released in 1993, fans have obsessively combed through every detail searching for any evidence regarding what InGen had accomplished on Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna. (I, myself, have been making Jurassic Park dinosaur lists since 1993.)

In this post, I am going to try to recreate the experience of constructing InGen’s list as the films released and evidence became available to fans.

1993: JURASSIC PARK

On screen, we are shown seven species: Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and Gallimimus.

In embryo cold storage, we are shown embryo labels for nine of the fifteen species that are assumed to be in the park. We see embryo labels for Proceratosaurus, Metriacanthosaurus, and Stegosaurus. We also see embryo labels for Velociraptor, Gallimimus, Tyrannosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, and Triceratops. Segisaurus, Baryonyx, Herrerasaurus, Parasaurolophus, and two other unknown species are not shown. (We do see embryo vials that appear to have abbreviations for Baryonyx, Compsognathus, Herrerasaurus, and Parasaurolophus, although these identities are never confirmed.)

On the park map in the park pamphlet, we are shown icons for twelve of the fifteen species that are assumed to be in the park. We see icons for see Herrerasaurus, Baryonyx, and Segisaurus as well as icons for Proceratosaurus, Metricanthosaurus, and the seven species seen on screen. Stegosaurus and two other unknown species are not shown.

In a better look at the embryo cold storage prop in “The Real Jurassic Park”, we also see an embryo label for Baryonyx. Additionally, in another interview with John Bell, he displays Nedry’s cryocan and removes an embryo vial that appears to be Compsognathus based on its abbreviation.

It is worth noting that the two embryo cold storage units appear to hold a total of sixteen types of embryos and that Nedry’s cryocan has a capacity of ten embryo vials.

At the time, the fourteenth and fifteenth species were widely believed to be Compsognathus and Pteranodon, as evidenced by supplemental material.

By the end of “Jurassic Park”, thirteen species have been confirmed, for a total of thirteen confirmed species and two unconfirmed species. This is the original Ingen’s List, as of 1993.

In 1997, however, the idea of “fifteen species” was undermined by what was discovered on Isla Sorna.

1997: THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK

On screen, we are shown ten species: Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, Pachycephalosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, and Pteranodon.

In the Ingen Field Guide, we are shown fifteen species, including Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Hadrosaurus, Maiasaura, and Corythosaurus (“Carinthosaurus”) as well as the ten species seen on screen.

On the computer displays in the Mobile Command Center, we are shown eleven species, all of which appear in the InGen Field Guide, with the exception that Parasaurolophus is labeled as “Hadrosaur” and Pteranodon is labeled as “Pterosaur”.

Additionally, we are shown skeletal remains of what are believed to be Apatosaurus and Edmontosaurus, although these identities are never confirmed. The appearance of these skeletons, however, undermines the completeness of InGen’s Field Guide.

By the end of “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”, seven additional species have been confirmed, for a total of twenty confirmed species plus two unconfirmed species. This is the original Ingen’s List, as of 1997.

SUMMARY:

The following eight species are confirmed in both films: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Gallimimus, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Velociraptor, Dilophosaurus, and Brachiosaurus.

The following five species are confirmed only in “Jurassic Park”: Herrerasaurus, Baryonyx, Segisaurus, Proceratosaurus, and Metriacanthosaurus.

The following seven species are confirmed only in “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”: Compsognathus, Pteranodon, Pachycephalosaurus, Corythosaurus (“Carinthosaurus”), Maiasaura, Hadrosaurus, and Mamenchisaurus.

The following two species remain unconfirmed: Apatosaurus and Edmontosaurus.

That’s InGen’s list of TWENTY-TWO creatures, as supported by all evidence available to fans as of 1997.

2018: DPG INGEN DOCUMENTS RETCON

In 2018, a set of official confidential InGen documents were released on the DPG website and did quite a good job of putting the pieces together, but, as the documents were fan-made, they did have some mistakes.

Carnotaurus, Microceratops, and Edmontosaurus were confirmed as being cloned during the Jurassic Park Era.

Maiasaura and Hadrosaurus are not acknowledged.

The fifteenth species of Jurassic Park is confirmed to be Corythosaurus instead of Pteranodon, although other DPG sources claim that Corythosaurus was first cloned around 2001.

Suchomimus, Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Dimorphodon, Apatosaurus, and Pachyrhinosaurus are confirmed to have at least partially recovered genomes, but are not confirmed to have been cloned.

Note:
•Suchomimus was not described until after 1997.
•Microceratops was not known as Microceratus until after 1997.
•Apatosaurus had likely been cloned prior to 1997, as evidence by possible skeletal remains.)

My partner and I have been talking about painting our front door blue, but have been having trouble deciding on a shade. The other day she said: “How about Mega Man blue?” (How did I get so lucky?)

I’ve been looking all over for a classic Mega Man style guide to determine Capcom’s official Pantone color codes for Mega Man’s blues, but have so far been unsuccessful.

To be clear: I’m not looking for the Pantone conversion of an in-game RGB value (I can do that much on my own), but for the official Pantone color codes from an official documented source.

Thanks in advance!

In Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park”, biotechnology was only buffed and never nerfed. The technology of the time was represented in decent detail and it was extended in a believable and realistic way that might one day happen.

In fact, the broad details of how to create a dinosaur from recovered paleo-DNA absolutely would absolutely work, with some minor modifications — as long as we are able to find a viable DNA source. The concept is solid and the technology is catching up. (We are currently seeing companies like Colossal make early advances and establishing proof-of-concept in the field of “de-extinction” that are a pretty tight fit to what Crichton wrote about nearly forty years ago.)

Advances in sequencing, CRISPR-Cas9, protein structure prediction, and other techniques and technologies even exceed Crichton’s own predictions of what biotechnology
might one day look like. We are definitely getting there.

Why, then, do the more recent films go against realism by nerfing the technology and changing how the science actually works for the sake of the plot?

The first film establishes pretty clearly that heavily damaged and fragmented DNA is sequenced, fed into a computer, and aligned. Sequence gaps are then patched *in silico* with sequence information from a library of genes from extant organisms. The DNA is then synthesized, placed into a cell, and incubated.

If InGen was able to digitally reconstruct damaged genomes from ancient cells, why is the recovery of tissue samples from living animals a recurring plot point? The genomes exist as files and, even then, DNA can be recovered from any number of non-living sources.

Six days ago, Boyd Tinsley posted a video to Instagram of himself performing “Spotlight” on his box.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYdqI1FAskm/

I hope it gets posted to dmbalmanac.com!

I’m just making a point regarding how this community seems to value rarity above all else. It’s only a matter of time before DMB stops touring. Perhaps it’s best not to miss any moment, if you can help it.

Hi! Hoping someone can help. My Python programing is a bit rusty.

I am having an issue where my computer is replacing file data with empty data after a cut/paste or a save. I’m not sure of the cause — my primary objective at the moment is quantifying the damage and protecting my files.

The files look normal in Windows Explorer, except they will not open like they should. Upon opening in NotePad, it is revealed that all data in the file has been completely replaced with what appears to be whitespace, resulting in an empty file that appears to be the same size as the original. I cannot possibly test and check every file manually.

What I would like help with is writing a Python script that cycles through every file on a drive to pull the first several bytes from each file and compare those bytes to a string of the aforementioned whitespace. If there is a match, add the file path to a running list in a *.txt file.

I don’t think this is an especially complex script, but, as I said earlier, I’m pretty rusty. With a solid start, I can get it the rest of the way to doing what I want.

Any help would be appreciated. 🙂