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:
Mine as well, it is me as a dino… a tall hervibore with long claws :P my spirit dinosaur if you will.
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.
Tickle chicken!! This guy is my favorite second only to true dilophosaur which was much larger than the Jurassic park depiction and probably didn’t have the frill or acid spit because it was the largest predator in it’s area.
Looks like a herbivore who discovered a love for really fresh ham.
What if those giant claws were webbed and it was actually some kind of weird prehistoric duck waddling around everywhere.
I mean is this really necessary.
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.
Still beats the stupid long horse…
Just wait until you hear about
StyrofoamosaurusStyracosaurus!
Steg
There any love here for Icthyosaurus?
Just looks like a big derpy lemony shaped dolphin, with a snoot that 76% more boopable.
Very awesome animals, but I don’t think these are technically dinos.
Diplodocus
Your grandma
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.
Wonder if there were fainting Pachycephalosaurs. :)
I always thought they’d sound like coconuts when they rammed together.
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
I bet these things probably had some really cool brain protection similar to how today’s woodpeckers do.
Woodpeckers use their tongue for padding. I’m always in wonder when I hear one go off, sounds like a Warthog laying down fire.
enanthiornes, the “opposite birds” that are not related to the birds as we know it.
The peregrine falcon. Because it’s the fastest animal (that we know of)!
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.
Spinosaurus.
Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.
Jurassic Park III was where I first noticed them and started learning. One of the scarier dinosaurs from any of those movies.
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.
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!
Parasaurolophus gang unite!
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!
The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.
Stegosaurs! For those who don’t know how the name came about, look it up if you’d like a chuckle.
