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Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Nobody! We list our favorite prehistoric creature features

By Frank Paiva
Special to MSN Movies

The "Ice Age" gang has already reunited a human baby with its parents and survived melting glaciers. Unfortunately for them, they aren't the only prehistoric... more animals miraculously outpacing extinction. July's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" finds Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber tooth tiger, and all the rest of your favorite characters face to face with a secret community of the ancient reptiles, who don't take too kindly to strangers.

Dinosaurs are typically box office gold. Despite dying out over 65 million years ago, dinosaurs have fascinated audiences since the creation of film. As special effects technology has evolved, they've become increasingly realistic. While Ray Harryhausen's stop motion T. rex may be no match for the CGI T. rex that tears up Jurassic Park by our modern standards, both were equally fearsome at their time of release. The forthcoming "Ice Age" T. rex will hit screens in 3-D, representing 2009's biggest film technology trend.

To celebrate "Dawn of the Dinosaurs," here are a dozen memorable cinematic appearances by prehistoric reptiles:

(20th Century Fox/Emerging Pictures)