rhophiehalul78
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Ankylosaurus
Badass armor
Badass armor
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What are the best dinosaurs
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Ankylosaurus
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Yes! Alwasy thought they looked so cool.
lol
HazySaiyan
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Here's something for the ankylosaurus lovers, an insanely well preserved fossil (the one they found in a tar sand mine years ago I believe):
Nice.
Septimus Prime
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Troodon: the smartest dinosaur.
Yeah, they don't look super cool, but they're considered the smartest.
Yeah, they don't look super cool, but they're considered the smartest.
Business
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Deinonychus
That's where Michael Jackson got the Thriller choreography from.
Septimus Prime
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HazySaiyan
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Goddamn I wish they'd hurry up and reveal their Grimlock. MP-08 is just too small.
PHOENIXZERO
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The walking tank Ankylosaurus
This has been my favorite dinosaur since I learned about it in second grade while reading a book about dinosaurs.
You, I like you.
lastplayed
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I was going to go for a brontosaurus but this little dude looks so insanely happy, i can just imagine it marching along in some Chinese military parade.Deinonychus
And here we go... -_-
I've always had a soft spot for the Dimetrodon:
look at that smug badass.
About as much of a dinosaur as you are, and actually more closely related to you.
Cro-Magnon
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can you guys recommend any good documentaries about paleontology?
Jables Swan
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Always liked the Triceratops
I imagine them as the prehistoric rhino
dat copyright
My favourite also. Loved them as a kid.
Caddywompus
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Pachycephalosaurus. These guys headbutt you to death. Too cool.
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I thought the current theory was that the dome wasn't for ramming. The ran tests showing the skull couldn't dissipate
that amount of force, it could crack skull or neck.
MoonsaultSlayer
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Since I was a kid, it has been Deinonychus. I've been to the Yale Peabody museum so many times, but my first was a field trip when I was in 2nd grade and I remember learning about this guy because of John Ostrom and Bob Bakker and their connection to Peabody.
This iconic Bakker illustration is one of my favorites:
But I prefer feathers. I took this pic from a book I own:
In the last few years, I've come to want to know more about Balaur Bondoc, the double clawed raptor:
This iconic Bakker illustration is one of my favorites:
But I prefer feathers. I took this pic from a book I own:
In the last few years, I've come to want to know more about Balaur Bondoc, the double clawed raptor:
Ghostandgoblin
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Here's something for the ankylosaurus lovers, an insanely well preserved fossil (the one they found in a tar sand mine years ago I believe):
That's amazing!
This too.
Here's something for the ankylosaurus lovers, an insanely well preserved fossil (the one they found in a tar sand mine years ago I believe):
looove it
looks badass
Gordon Shumway
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He wins..
CarpeDeezNutz
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I wanna know which are the tastiest.
^lmao great minds and all.
^lmao great minds and all.
Giganotosaurus. My bae
He made such an impact in Dino Crisis 2 that Universal has tried to copy the formula, twice. Sadly, he'll probably never show in a Jurassic Park/World movie, ever.
And I'll always love T-Rex, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.
Like Dimetrodon, not a dinosaur, and far from it.
He made such an impact in Dino Crisis 2 that Universal has tried to copy the formula, twice. Sadly, he'll probably never show in a Jurassic Park/World movie, ever.
And I'll always love T-Rex, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.
Rutiodon
Just look at how little he's changed the past millions of years.
Like Dimetrodon, not a dinosaur, and far from it.
Turkey fits that bill perfectly.
Your childhood was scientifically inaccurate.
Alex Connolly
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Ampelosaurus is an oft-forgotten titanosaurian. How can you go wrong with an armoured and spiked sauropod?
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Will dropping a snowball in the isles of the Smithsonian correct this issue?
Probably if you're into the Butterfly effect.
balladofwindfishes
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How come we call ancient insects, mammals, reptiles and fish by their proper names of ancient [whatever], but ancient birds have their own name, dinosaurs?
Is it just legacy from when we didn't know birds are just evolved dinosaurs?
I just find that not thinking of birds as dinosaurs kind of cheapens bird's amazing history and also makes some kind of romantic fantasy where every dinosaur is gone and there's nothing left but bones which isn't really true at all.
To me, having a neo-dinosaur in a cage on my front porch is way cooler than pretending they're all gone and nothing is left.
Is it just legacy from when we didn't know birds are just evolved dinosaurs?
I just find that not thinking of birds as dinosaurs kind of cheapens bird's amazing history and also makes some kind of romantic fantasy where every dinosaur is gone and there's nothing left but bones which isn't really true at all.
To me, having a neo-dinosaur in a cage on my front porch is way cooler than pretending they're all gone and nothing is left.
You know I change my answer. It's all about Iguanadon, before all this silly-ass science came in and corrected everything I knew and loved about it originally.
I mean, clearly, we were meant to stop learning about this herbivore at this point in 1853. Everything else that came after (correct anatomy, sharp spike, feeding habits) are such bullshit. Why couldn't they let me just be ignorant and visualize these animals the way I wanted them to be, instead of what they really are?
brb gonna give a feral tiger a hug like Calvin and Hobbes.
I mean, clearly, we were meant to stop learning about this herbivore at this point in 1853. Everything else that came after (correct anatomy, sharp spike, feeding habits) are such bullshit. Why couldn't they let me just be ignorant and visualize these animals the way I wanted them to be, instead of what they really are?
brb gonna give a feral tiger a hug like Calvin and Hobbes.
lmao damn
Anton Sugar
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Yeah, actual velociraptors were the size of turkeys.
When it comes to JP, I'm sure demoncarnotaur or brandon can correct me, but I think Crichton based his description of raptors in the book on deinonychus. Utahraptor was discovered around the same time when JP was is post-production (or release), too.
The raptors in JP are inaccurately huge.
Good stuff. I've become more interested in Achillobator because a) what a cool fucking name and b) it's basically the same as raptors in JP
evilromero
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You realize not all dinosaurs were avian or feathered? Team feathers can give it a rest.
efyu_lemonardo
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It's not just the lack of feathers that's a problem. There's something to be said about attempting to reconstruct an animal based only on its skeletal structure.
Here's an illustrative example:
Look at this badass
Must have been a beast to behold:
Or maybe:
Right?
BlackGhost
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NOT THE MAMA!Also, the most evil of all dinosaurs.
Carnotaurus is freaky as fuck.
Seriously, it's terrifying.
And those arms really disturb me, LOL.
Yi qi.
Feathered dinosaur with bat wings.
what
this is amazing.
And Tyrannosaurus rex is still my favorite. <3
Silent_Ocarina
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I'm really surprised to see so many ankylosaurus fans in here. As a child, I always liked the strongest, and the ankylosaurus seemed to be a dinosaur that could beat all others in my imagination. He had cool armor and a hammer tail. I generally thought bipedal dinosaurs looked cooler, but ankylosaurus was my favorite just because I believed he would win in any fight.
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