> Why were these ones so “famous”? Were they the earliest ones discovered? most common? Just fine examples of their type?
I think it can be mostly explained by the first Jurassic Park movie.
I think it can be mostly explained by the first Jurassic Park movie.
Land Before Time included most of those in the “main cast” but I think it was following the trend, not setting it.
Velociraptor (well, the fake Deinonychus-like “velociraptor antirrhopus” or whatever from the book/movie) and definitely Dilophosaurus got a huge popularity boost from Jurassic Park.