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== Web Original ==
* ''[[The Tyrannosaur Chronicles]]'': Mostly averted. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Layla Oviraptor, who mentions that Desdemona Deinonychus and Larry the Tyrannosaur shaved off their feathers so they could star in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_16117_6-formerly-kickass-creatures-ruined-by-evolution_p1.html This]6 [[Cracked]].comCreatures article.Ruined Itby Evolution] makes tons of mistakes with animal relationships (claiming that ''Gastornis'' is close to kiwis and ostriches when it's really closer to ducks, entelodonts close to pigs when they're really closer to hippos and whales, and ''Hyaenodon'' close to raccoons when it's equally close to all carnivorans), [[Taxonomic Term Confusion|confuses]] the "classic" saber-toothed felids with the saber-toothed sparassodont ("marsupial", in the article's words) ''[[wikipedia:Thylacosmilus|Thylacosmilus]]'', makes [[Evolutionary Levels|unwarranted assumptions]] about ancestor-descendant relationships, and implies that dinosaurs are cold blooded.
* This trope is parodied [http://www.flickr.com/photos/babbletrish/6188862899/ here] (though it's specifically directed towards the TV show ''[[Terra Nova]]'').
* Also hilariously parodied in [http://optimisticpainter.wordpress.com/tag/freaky-prehistoric-cats/ this] blog post series.
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** [http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2011/04/science_meets_mokele-mbembe.php This] April Fools' joke on Tetrapod Zoology sets out to "prove" that old-school dinosaurs are correct after all, and contains a number of jabs at some infamous fringe groups.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3V7KOgG5o this bit] from one of the Asdfmovie
 
 
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