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.
Your grandma
Dinosaur? None really. But I really like the explosion of life in the Cambrian (give or take a little) period was like nature trying out all kinds of absolutely crazy shit just to see what worked. I really like just checking out the era, truly alien and bizarre. So no favorite dinosaur, but definitely an era.
Any dead one. They are f-ing dangerous.
The peregrine falcon. Because it’s the fastest animal (that we know of)!
enanthiornes, the “opposite birds” that are not related to the birds as we know it.
Euoplocephalus, because I’m a hipster.
Honourable mention to anurognathus. Pterosaur rather than dinosaur, but so cute!
Any of the Hadrosauridae. Probably Lambeosaurus, specifically for the cover to one of the Dinotopia paperbacks:
More recently it has been determined that hadrosaur likely walked most frequently on all fours, with a larger tail. Still amazing looking creatures (credit to Gabriel Ugueto for the art):
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.
Yer mum
Ankylosaurus is a strong contender. Really strong contender. But stegosaurus is still MVP.
Apparently Pterodactyls aren’t Dinosaurs :(
Also, I think this belongs here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/23/dinosaurs-asteroid-struck-research
The little tiny raptor things. I don’t remember what they’re called.
Compys! Or Compsognathus if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
Chicken. It tastes good.
Came here to say this. Glad you saved me the time to type it out.
Hmm but now I typed a longer response. Damnit.
Therazinosaurus. What even is this thing? Look at this big pokey boi:
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?
Looks like a herbivore who discovered a love for really fresh ham.
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.
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.
