Let's get real: What's your favourite Dinosaur? And why?

Therazinosaurus. What even is this thing? Look at this big pokey boi:

Camarasaurus, because I found a tooth of one while volunteering on a dig site

Triceratops. The only thing wrong with rhinos are that they have too few horns and not enough armor plating.

I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.

Fantail. It is pretty cute.

If it has to be extinct, then Deinonychus. It is like the Velociraptor, but is actually big enough to mean business.

Spinosaurus.

Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.

Quetzalcoatlus. Technically it isn't a dinosaur but that makes it - and me accordingly - even more special.

Pachycephalosaurus the thick headed one

I have a few.

By far the frontrunner is Parasaurolophus. Hadrosaurs are cool, Lambeosaurid Hadrosaurs are cooler. Not to besmirch my boy Edmontosaurus tho. The biggest Hadrosaur is also on my list.

I am also a big fan of the Borealopelta. This is a Nodosaurid Ankylosaur, meaning it has shoulder spikes instead of a tail club. I like this guy because of the story of its discovery, as well as the fantastic display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Also helps that it's the most intact armored dino ever found.

Finally there is the Regaliceratops. Like a Triceratops, but with a super fun crown!

Chicken ofc 🍗

Stegosaurus. Cant beat the classic. Though Iguanodon is close second.

At this moment it is the stegosaurus. The tiny ass head, huge plates down the back, thunder thighs, and thagomizer named by a cartoonist is just awesome sauce.

Plus there are more millions of years between the stegosaurus and the tyrannosaurus than between the tyrannosaurus and humans.

You gave the correct answer. Done.

Technically not a dinosaur but a Pterosaur, but still, Quetzalcoatlus https://dino.fandom.com/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus.

Would make my morning commute way more fun.

Protoceratops because I am completely convinced they would be cool hanging out on the couch, playing fetch, and otherwise acting like a dinosaur house pet.

Hell yeah, Ankylosaurus! That little doom wagon has been my favorite since I was a little kid!

Really surprised to see that he inspired the post to begin with, as most people don't know what it is!

Just discovered postosuchus, which is a bipedal croc and as an Aussie I'm obliged to love crocodiles. What? It isn't a dinosaur?

The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.

When I was a kid I really liked allosaurus. Everyone knew and liked tyrannosaurus, which made him too mainstream. I also had a book with really cool visualisation of allosaurus which helped me to prefer this bad mf.

Sauropods because BIG

But really, I mean look at those things!! They traveled together in herds and the size of them meant that as they walked, the strata of the earth was fucking shuffled. How cool is that?????

Ankylosaurus is a strong contender. Really strong contender. But stegosaurus is still MVP.

The little tiny raptor things. I don't remember what they're called.

Chicken. It tastes good.

Titanosaurs! 100+ feet long, 100+ tonnes. Imagine if a blue whale had legs and a long neck. And it walked around. We would be like mice to them, or insects to the largest ones.

Denver, the Last Dinosaur

No contest.

The peregrine falcon. Because it’s the fastest animal (that we know of)!

Stegos all the way. 🥰

Mh .... either chicken or great tits.

enanthiornes, the "opposite birds" that are not related to the birds as we know it.

Young me: triceratops all the way. A bulldozer with horns, plus it wouldn't eat me. Not as over the top with horns as styracosaurus.

Current me: ankylosaurs. Always thought they were unique, but young me also found them weird looking. Now I see it as a giant armadillo with a massive club.

Shout out to ichthyosaurs and pterosaurs. Not dinos but very awesome and terrifying creatures. I feel much safer knowing neither is around anymore though. gh.

Any dead one. They are f-ing dangerous.

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):

Yer mum

Euoplocephalus, because I'm a hipster.

Honourable mention to anurognathus. Pterosaur rather than dinosaur, but so cute!

Apparently Pterodactyls aren't Dinosaurs :(

Also, I think this belongs here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/23/dinosaurs-asteroid-struck-research

This thread is the best booster-pack.

I have a soft spot for two dinos because of videogames:

• Giganotosaurus: Because Dino Crisis 2. I mean, I know that its size was greatly exaggerated, but I'll never forget how damn frightening it was when you were about to fight the T. rex and suddenly, bam!, a fucking thing twice it's size appeared and kicked its ass like it was nothing.

• Utahraptor. Many years ago, there was a little game called "Primal Prey", where you could go back in time and hunt for dinos. I thought (again) that the T. rex would be the most frightening, but when I got to the part where you have to hunt for the Utahraptor, oh boy, I almost pissed myself because this dude appeared behind me out of nowhere and killed me in an instant. Since then I've really liked this species.

Your grandma

Mine is Triceratops, they look cool with their horns and frill. They were cool because they could defend themselves from T-Rex in the books.

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.

Iguanodon. Also known as the Bro-asaurus.

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Steggy sore ass

I was going to answer your question, but then you answered everything perfectly in your own post. It is Ankylosaurus, naturally.

Ceratosaurus! Its basically a t-rex and triceratops mixed together.

Steg

Harpy eagle

Dinosaurs aren't real.