After a certain age people stop asking you what your favorite dinosaur is, and I think that’s sad.
My current one’s the Anchiornis, because it’s in the same clade as birds so it’s in their family tree, and it really looks like a prototype of a bird. It had 4 wings for example, but it already looked very birb-y:
(Figured I’d just turn an earlier comment into an actual post because why not)
Parasaurolophus. I just think they’re kinda neat and kinda cute.
Aside from that, pretty much any raptor. (I am not a paleontologist, I mostly just mean anything with feathers)
Oh yeah somebody else had Parasaurolophus as their fave too earlier, and they (well, the reconstructions anyhow) really do look super cute. Dinocows!
Oof tough question. I’ve always had a soft spot for Parasaurolophus and deinonychosaurians.
If I have to pick a favorite among the heavy carnivores though, I’ll be torn between Carnotaurus and Giganotosaurus.
Ahh the Giganotosaurus, giving good 'ol t-rex a run for their money when it comes to size.
Euoplocephalus, because I like me some ank memes, but I wanna be special.
If we included pterosaurs, then anurognathus, because look at him!
I’m boring, and still like Stegosaurus best. Gotta love that Thagomizer.
I’m boring
We’ll have none of that here! Nothing wrong with liking an old classic, because I mean come on:
Poor Thag Simmons…
I still can’t believe the fact that they used to exist
Right? And what’s really wild is that birds are literally dinosaurs. Not just descended from dinosaurs, but classified as feathered theropods and the only known living dinosaurs
But haven’t they extincted by the astroid?
Most dinosaurs did go extinct! Now there’s only the avialan “branch” left which includes all modern birds, and their extinct ancestors like eg. the Archaeopteryx
I just have a soft spot for triceratops.
I used to think liking triceratops is dumb when there’s likes of centrosaurus and styracosaurus, but over the years I’ve come to appreciate the classic design.
Design. Right.
Ankylosaurus! Tail club, armor plates, what’s not to love?
Fun fact: the nubs on the tail club are called osteoderms and the tail spikes on a stegosaurus is called a thagomizer.
Ah yes, when nature went “what if tank?”:
HAHA YES!
BONK
