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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.

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 30 points 5 days ago

Therazinosaurus. What even is this thing? Look at this big pokey boi:

[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I grew up with this even weirder reconstruction:

[-] four@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

For a second I thought you're saying that you grew up with this guy lol

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Yeah, we had a Spanish class together in 9th grade.

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[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

They're so doofy. I love them.

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[-] negativenull@piefed.world 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Camarasaurus, because I found a tooth of one while volunteering on a dig site

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago

how big was it? (the tooth)

[-] negativenull@piefed.world 11 points 5 days ago

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:

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago

That is truly AWESOME!

Thank you for sharing

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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Triceratops. The only thing wrong with rhinos are that they have too few horns and not enough armor plating.

[-] Geodad@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

There was a monoceratops. Hell, there were ceratopsians who didn't have horns at all.

[-] zxqwas@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.

[-] four@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

Unicorns are even lower on the list then?

[-] zxqwas@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Yes, and lets not get started on regular horses.

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[-] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 days ago

There any love here for Icthyosaurus?

Just looks like a big derpy lemony shaped dolphin, with a snoot that 76% more boopable.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Very awesome animals, but I don't think these are technically dinos.

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[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 11 points 5 days ago

Pachycephalosaurus the thick headed one

[-] tomiant@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.

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[-] FreeBeard@slrpnk.net 11 points 5 days ago

Quetzalcoatlus. Technically it isn't a dinosaur but that makes it - and me accordingly - even more special.

[-] diykeyboards@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Same. Giraffe-sized flying nightmare with the wingspan of a Cessna that can swallow you whole. Hell yeah.

[-] Endmaker@ani.social 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Fantail. It is pretty cute.

birb (Fantail)

If it has to be extinct, then Deinonychus. It is like the Velociraptor, but is actually big enough to mean business.

[-] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago

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!

[-] dkppunk@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Yes! I have always loved the parasaurolophus!

[-] El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Parasaurolophus gang unite!

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Spinosaurus.

Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.

[-] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Stegosaurus. Cant beat the classic. Though Iguanodon is close second.

[-] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

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 >:[

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[-] snooggums@piefed.world 8 points 5 days ago

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.

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Chicken ofc 🍗

[-] gilgameth@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

You gave the correct answer. Done.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 5 days ago

The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.

[-] Hazor@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Stegosaurs! For those who don't know how the name came about, look it up if you'd like a chuckle.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

enanthiornes, the "opposite birds" that are not related to the birds as we know it.

[-] sylveon 3 points 5 days ago

The peregrine falcon. Because it’s the fastest animal (that we know of)!

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Troodon. Little dudes that were thought to be smart, formed communities, had weird teeth, and have been the cause of multiple controversies over classification or existing at all. So, tiny trouble makers.

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[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Ankylosaurus is a strong contender. Really strong contender. But stegosaurus is still MVP.

[-] kurcatovium@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago

When I was a kid I really liked allosaurus. Everyone knew and liked tyrannosaurus, which made him too mainstream. I also had a book with really cool visualisation of allosaurus which helped me to prefer this bad mf.

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[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Your grandma

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Hell yeah, Ankylosaurus! That little doom wagon has been my favorite since I was a little kid!

Really surprised to see that he inspired the post to begin with, as most people don't know what it is!

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[-] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Sauropods because BIG

But really, I mean look at those things!! They traveled together in herds and the size of them meant that as they walked, the strata of the earth was fucking shuffled. How cool is that?????

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Any dead one. They are f-ing dangerous.

[-] Horta@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

Technically not a dinosaur but a Pterosaur, but still, Quetzalcoatlus https://dino.fandom.com/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus.

Would make my morning commute way more fun.

[-] Hazor@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Titanosaurs! 100+ feet long, 100+ tonnes. Imagine if a blue whale had legs and a long neck. And it walked around. We would be like mice to them, or insects to the largest ones.

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