Creatures on Skull Island
This is a list of creatures that were present throughout the film.
Featured species
- Brontosaurus: A huge dinosaur that appears during the earthquake and storm. The real Brontosaurus is today considered to be synonomous with the more famous Apatosaurus.
- Elasmosaurus: A large aquatic creature that kills Helstrom when he attempts to escape on the lifeboat.
- Nothosaurus: A reptile that attacks Hilda, Little Kong and Denham.
- Styracosaurus: A bulky ceratopsian that attacks Charlie, Helstrom and Englehorn.
- Rhamphorhynchus: A flying reptile in the movie.
- Archaeopteryx: Another flying reptile that is not a dinosaur.
- Triceratops: A dinosaur in a deleted scene only.
- Cave bear - A female individual is shown attacking Hilda and Denham.
Extinct species
- Stegotetrabelodon - An ancient elephant.
- Gomphotherium - Another extinct elephant.
- Chalicotherium - A bizarre hoofed mammal related to horses.
- Synthetoceras - A pronghorned species of animal.
- Hipparion - An extinct genus of equuid that is preyed upon by the island's most predatory mammal, Hyaenodon.
- Arctodus - A giant short-faced bear related to the cave bear.
- Glyptodon - An armoured glyptodont.
- Megalosaurus - The first dinosaur to be named.
- Concavenator - A medium-sized theropod.
- Mosasaurus - A large marine reptile named after the group known as mosasaurs.
- Bistahieversor - A large bipedal carnivore.
- Suskityrannus - An early tyrannosaurid that is already extinct during the end of the movie.
