Naturally, it’s Ankylosaurus. Just look at this armoured tactical turtle and tell me you do not love this silly little guy!
Just wanting to eat his plants. Wanna gnaw on him? Tough luck, it hurts and you cannot crack that shell. Also, he will fucking break your kneecaps with his built-in hammer while you’re bothering him.
Spirit animal.
Therazinosaurus. What even is this thing? Look at this big pokey boi:
I grew up with this even weirder reconstruction:
For a second I thought you’re saying that you grew up with this guy lol
Yeah, we had a Spanish class together in 9th grade.
Erasmus?
They’re so doofy. I love them.
I mean is this really necessary.
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What if those giant claws were webbed and it was actually some kind of weird prehistoric duck waddling around everywhere.
Looks like a herbivore who discovered a love for really fresh ham.
Camarasaurus, because I found a tooth of one while volunteering on a dig site
how big was it? (the tooth)
Camarasaurus has large teeth for a Sauropod. They are like little shovels. This one was worn down quite a bit, so the Paelo on site said it was likely an older adult:
You can see a skull of one here for reference:
That is truly AWESOME!
Thank you for sharing
It was very exciting. I’m hoping to do more volunteering of that sort again.
That skull looks like a cockpit. Is it missing pieces? Seems like it would not protect well.
Full skulls from Saurpods are fairly rare, since they are so fragile. They are huge animals though. Camarasaurus was much taller than the largest predator at the time (Allosaurus). They were up to like 70 feet long, and 30ish tons. Allosaurus was 30 feet long (still long), but only 2-3 tons. A full grown Camarasaurus would probably just fine. Young ones would be very vulnerable (but they did grow SUPER fast compared to mammals)
I wonder what it tastes like.
Triceratops. The only thing wrong with rhinos are that they have too few horns and not enough armor plating.
There was a monoceratops. Hell, there were ceratopsians who didn’t have horns at all.
I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.
Unicorns are even lower on the list then?
Yes, and lets not get started on regular horses.
Just wait until you hear about
StyrofoamosaurusStyracosaurus!
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Very awesome animals, but I don’t think these are technically dinos.
Diplodocus
Quetzalcoatlus. Technically it isn’t a dinosaur but that makes it - and me accordingly - even more special.
Same. Giraffe-sized flying nightmare with the wingspan of a Cessna that can swallow you whole. Hell yeah.
Pachycephalosaurus the thick headed one
The head knocking matches those things must have had within their species would have been insane! Like goats, only like, a hundred goats per goat.
Edit: Apparently, they were not that big, so maybe only like two handfuls of goats. Which is still a lot of goats.
I always thought they’d sound like coconuts when they rammed together.
I bet these things probably had some really cool brain protection similar to how today’s woodpeckers do.
Could I interest you in a Micropachycephalosaurus? It’s like a Pachycephalosaurus, but fun sized!
I always appreciate a smaller sized version of my favorites
Fantail. It is pretty cute.
If it has to be extinct, then Deinonychus. It is like the Velociraptor, but is actually big enough to mean business.
I have a few.
By far the frontrunner is Parasaurolophus. Hadrosaurs are cool, Lambeosaurid Hadrosaurs are cooler. Not to besmirch my boy Edmontosaurus tho. The biggest Hadrosaur is also on my list.
I am also a big fan of the Borealopelta. This is a Nodosaurid Ankylosaur, meaning it has shoulder spikes instead of a tail club. I like this guy because of the story of its discovery, as well as the fantastic display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Also helps that it’s the most intact armored dino ever found.
Finally there is the Regaliceratops. Like a Triceratops, but with a super fun crown!
Yes! I have always loved the parasaurolophus!
I do enjoy them but I’m a bad gamer (I only play one game consistently). I added it to my wishlist to check out when it’s on sale. Thanks for the info!
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Spinosaurus.
Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.
Stegosaurus. Cant beat the classic. Though Iguanodon is close second.
There is a company called Stego Industries that has a Stegosaurus as their logo. Sounds cool, right? Wrong! They are awful. They make plastic liners that go below concrete slabs, so under the whole building. STEGOSAURUS MEANS ROOF LIZARD!!! The only construction product worthy of the Stego name should be shingles >:[
Faith in everything destroyed.
Stegosaurus is pretty great, I was always a fan of them, especially their thagomizers.
At this moment it is the stegosaurus. The tiny ass head, huge plates down the back, thunder thighs, and thagomizer named by a cartoonist is just awesome sauce.
Plus there are more millions of years between the stegosaurus and the tyrannosaurus than between the tyrannosaurus and humans.
Yes. Finally, some love for Steg 😁
You gave the correct answer. Done.
Chicken ofc 🍗
Protoceratops because I am completely convinced they would be cool hanging out on the couch, playing fetch, and otherwise acting like a dinosaur house pet.
