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What is your favorite dinosaur? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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)

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[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Microraptor. I have a soft spot for the small dinos

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

It had amazing feathers. That's a really good pick

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

I like budgies <3 💚💚💚💛💜

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Ahh the Giganotosaurus, giving good 'ol t-rex a run for their money when it comes to size.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Kiwis! They look so unusual and almost mammal like, and on top of this they're absolutely adorable little birbs!

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[-] almost1337@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

My daughter has an awesome dinosaur book that includes several I had never heard of, like the Nigersaurus which had hundreds of teeth. Crazy stuff!

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[-] fin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

I still can’t believe the fact that they used to exist

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

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

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

But haven't they extincted by the astroid?

[-] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

No they haven't, if you go outside you might even see some!

[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Birds are not real though.

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[-] JesusSon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Cryolophosaurus They have a hat and that's pretty cool.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Didn't even know about that one.

Diet: carnivorous
[…]
Food: other animals

Yes that's usually where meat comes from.

[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Earl Sinclair.

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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)

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[-] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 3 points 4 months ago

Titanosaurus. The one from the Showa era, not the one from the Cretaceous.

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Argentinosaurus. Biggest Tree Star eater ever. I think it would be the coolest thing ever to like, mount a dwelling on its back, live on and take care of it.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Trex!

You should play Arc Survival Evolved it's an amazing game for dinosaur nerds 🤓

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