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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I just want to say that anyone who picks pterodactyl, ichthyosaurus, or mosasaurus as their favourite dinosaurs is wrong because none of those are dinosaurs.

Having said that, I like triceratops, which isn't on the list for some reason. I guess I'll pick styracosaurus since it's similar.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I haven’t checked in a while but I THOUGHT it was believed triceratops is now just a juvenile other dinosaur

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That was news to me. The wiki for Torosaurus is a deep rabbit hole, and since fossilization is rare and we have to go with what little we can find, this will probably be a long debate either way.

With that being said, whatever the name, three horn dino is best dino! And weird that the meme wouldn't have one on there, since it has always been a well known dinosaur in movies and toys.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know it's been debated back and forth with a lot of the ceratopsian dinosaurs. Torosaurus was the one they think/thought is the adult version of a triceratops. I'm not sure where the consensus stands now though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Consensus is probably not.

  • We don't have transition forms
  • We probably have young Torosaurs (which are not Triceratops)
  • Holes in the skull would have to form atypically late for ceratopsidae
  • some other stuff I forgot
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

My favorite dinosaur is Plesiosaurus.

What are you gonna do about it? >:)

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"raptor"

There's more than one kind of raptor, buddy. Also why doesn't the raptor have feathers? If you're gonna mush all the raptors together into a single species, at least draw the feathers. This is offensive to theropods around the world as it turns us into a homogeneous, featherless caricature.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also why are pterodactyls even here? They're pterosaurs, not dinosaurs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh here we go - bring in the pterosaur shills!1!

;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I see you have a bit of spitfire left over. Please sit in this cubicle over here and adult for just a little while longer.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I think “ankylosaurus” is misspelled. The only reason I know that is because it has always been my favorite dinosaur.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Iguanadon" (my favourite) and "Coelophysis" are also mispelled

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

👍👍 Two thumbs up for iguanodon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same, and I was getting concerned when I got halfway down the list and I didn't see it yet. I've always liked the pterodactyl as well, because it's basically the closest we'll get to a wyvern.

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[–] Tja 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No Triceratops? Yeah, I gonna need to speak to a manager on this one...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

We only have tricera-bottoms here.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

I’ll pick the Stegosaurus… but only because the Triceratops is conspicuously absent from this chart.

(Secret fighter menu?)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

3 of those aren’t dinosaurs, but I would go with the mosasaur. Giant sea snake that ruled the oceans.

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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

My people are here!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 7 points 4 months ago

They're my second favorite thing that pokes out from a stegosaurus!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Spinosaurus and Baryonyx.

Because so many people recognize the former, but we know so very little about that entire family of dinosaurs, and currently it might be one of the easier ways to get paleontologists to argue amongst each other.

For example: the graphic in the post shows Spinosaurus standing on two legs. It was probably mostly quadrapedal, standing on all fours.

It has a huge, paddle like tail, but apparently didnt have the muscles to use it like a croc or gator does.

The entire family has denser bones suggesting an aquatic life, but most of the spinosaurids have those huge back spines which dont seem to serve a known purpose and the spinal bones have room for air sacs which runs counter to the whole aquatic thing.

So to sum up, we have a heavily built, seemingly aquactic crocodile like dinosaur with teeth and jaws built for active hunting. But wouldnt be that fast on land (heavy bones and giant spines) and cant swim like a croc or gator(no muscles for that.) And it doesn't have a long neck like a heron or pleisiosaur.

Best of all, the most complete skeleton of spinosaurus was destroyed in WW2, so we don't even have that to work from.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ankilosaurus.

Because nothing says antisocial quite like bony back armor and a big ass hammer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

One of us! One of us!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Stegosaurus has spikes on its back

to keep away predators trying to attack.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Stegosaurus does have the Thagomizer, so named by The Far Side comics, and officially given that name because scientists didnt give it a name before that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

He protecc

He attacc

He got spikes on his bacc

(Plus I bet he talks like Eeyore)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again: parasaurolophus is the choice dino

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Where arw my raptor feathers. They are objectively the coolest dinosaur!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Where the HELL is my triceratops?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Brontosaurus because Land Before Time was the shit

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Carnotaurus, because it's like a T-Rex's edgier cousin.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Gonna need this reworked to include pachycephalosaurus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Diplodocus just for the name. Either pronunciation is amazing (DIPLO-dockus, di-PLOD-ocus) and I love it

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Allosaurus!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've always loved chickens.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Brachiosaurus is my guy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Has been and always will be stegosaurus. How can you not love those bone plates and spiked tail? Dude's a beast.

That said, ankylosaurus comes in at a close second. It's armor is pretty boss.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think you mean 'pick your favourite dinosaur... for today'.

It's Stegosaurus. How could it not be Stegosaurus?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Parasaurolopus because of Land Before Time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yes! But for me it's because of the awesome name.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Ayo, where's my boy triceratops at‽

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I’ma go with Allosaurus on account of the epic Mohawk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

iguanadone since childhood

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