shitposting

Where's my ankylosaurus gang at?

When my wife drives and we come to a complete stop, if the car next to me has their window down I usually try to ask them their favorite dinosaur. So far only one person has gotten really mad at me, most people just get confused.

Triceratops was always my fav.

Feathered T-Rex. The theory is that those useless little arms are actually supposed to be wings makes more sense. Do they fly? No, and neither do ostriches. Probably glide tho.

Brontosaurus. Just a gigantic chill dude.

I always like pterodactyls, specifically the classic big lizard ones. I do have a tiny Dimetrodon in my pc case though that I got out of a crane machine.

Diplodocus, because I love the name

I like Allosaurs.

Growing up is learning your favorite dinosaur isn't actually a dinosaur. (mine was pterodactyl)

chickens are definitely my favourite dinosaur, tastiest one plus they lay big eggs.

Brachiosaurus because they look as some kind of fictional creature.

Falco peregrinus, a small carnivorous dinosaur that preys mainly on other dinosaurs—which it strikes and kills in midair with its claws.

Pterodactyl. And now I have the dinosaur train theme stuck in my head. 🦖

Spinosaurus until the end.

Crocodiles are mine. The Crocodilia order they're from survived 94 million years; they even survived the K-T event. They're some of the few creatures and probably the only legit dinos left that survived from back then. They're the closest living relatives to birds.

(I don't know if people want to debate whether crocodiles can be classified as dinosaurs, but I consider them as such)

argentinosaurus. Largest land animal to have ever existed. That's my favourite dinosaur.

I'm just fascinated by the sauropods. The big ones. I'm gonna go with Supersaurus (because super! Lol)

Sci Am article on how sauropods evolved to be huge over and over again

Of all the animals ever to have roamed the planet, the iconic long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as sauropods stand unrivaled. No other terrestrial creatures have come close to attaining their colossal sizes.

All the avian ones.

Steggy all the way!

As a child, Velociraptor, as an adult I probably wouldn't choose a velociraptor because of how deadly they are. I would probably choose a more friendly docile dinosaur but I honestly don't know what the best one would be.

Therizinosaurus gang, rise up!

Legit crying that no one has said spinosaurus yet

Ankylosaurus peeps, stand the fuck up.

Iguanodon.

Because they are herbivores and are badass with their killer thumbs. Also they have funny looking faces and probably had a funny walk similar to a kangaroo.

Researches first put their thumb horns on their noses which is hilarious as well.

Liopleurodon.

Mine's Aachenosaurus. It's such an interesting (if sad) story about how science works.

From Wikipedia: Independently in 1887, the name Aachenosaurus was created by the scientist (and abbé) Gerard Smets based on fossilized fragments of material that he thought were jaw fragments from a duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaur). However, the fossils turned out to be petrified wood, to the great embarrassment of the discoverer.

So while he advanced science by reporting his discovery and advancing a theory about what it was, he will forever be remembered mostly for how very wrong he was.

If only Sturgeon was a dinosaur..

That would be Mongolian Titanosaur for me. The bastard's massive.

Stegosaurus was my favorite too as a kid. These days I've grown more boring ig and I would probably go with T-Rex, but Stegosaurus will always have a place in my heart too.

Hard to choose.
Nodosaurus: (mummified then fossilized: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mummified-armored-dinosaur-makes-its-debut-1-180963311/)
Microraptor: 4 winged dinosaur
Allosaurus
Apatosaurus

Brontosaurus!