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Palaeontologically accurate Indominus from the Jurassic World franchise

Added 2025-10-06 09:36:27 +0000 UTC

Created for generous fans A. and E. - the palaeontologically accurate version of Indominus rex from the 2015 film Jurassic World.

The original Indominus was a monstrous genetic hybrid which had, according to the film's official lore:

...DNA from Velociraptor, Carnotaurus, Giganotosaurus, Majungasaurus, Rugops, Pycnonemosaurus, Quilmesaurus, Viavenator, Deinosuchus, and Therizinosaurus. There were also the DNA of modern animals such as cuttlefish, tree frog, and a pit viper snake.

A potent mix indeed! When Jurassic World first came out, I had actually drawn a similar, "hybrid Indominus" with actual amphibian DNA - and accordingly, grasping tree-frog hands and a monstrous, armoured "tadpole stage".

This time I wanted to imagine Indominus as a real dinosaur. What would Indominus be if it actually existed as a real animal? I surveyed the family tree of predatory dinosaurs, and decided that the Indominus could be a basal Megalosauroid .

Two Megalosauroids: A) Marshosaurus B) Megalosaurus

Indominus could be a very large member of this group with long, grasping arms - adaptations independently evolved among the Megaraptoran dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous period.

My initial collage / digital sketch for the realistic Indominus.

Drawings depicting the body, and the portrait of the animal. I composited these images to create the final, production line-art.

Finally, colours. Despite this being a "real" dinosaur, I couldn't resist adding the Jurassic World tattoo as a creative nod to the films. Maybe this Indominus is a 100% accurate clone of a giant raptorial Megalosauroid which left no fossils, but was still lucky enough to get its DNA preserved in amber.