Ask Lemmy

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

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

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

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

There any love here for Icthyosaurus?

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

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.

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

Spinosaurus.

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

Pachycephalosaurus the thick headed one

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!

Chicken ofc 🍗

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

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.

You gave the correct answer. Done.

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

Would make my morning commute way more fun.

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.

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.

The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.

Just discovered postosuchus, which is a bipedal croc and as an Aussie I'm obliged to love crocodiles. What? It isn't a dinosaur?

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!

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.

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?????

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

The little tiny raptor things. I don't remember what they're called.