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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Where's my ankylosaurus gang at?

[–] CaptainFlintlockFinn@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Me! Always thought that club was badass

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Another community missing (?) from lemmy - /r/ankmemes.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yo, me too! Though as a kid I thought it was anklyosaurus, and somehow related to ankles.

Unless we're allowed to include extant dinosaur species. In which case the bush stone-curlew is my fav. ❤️ those adorable screemy bois.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Definitely ankle related. Think how it can shatter ankles with that tail.

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[–] SporkMasher@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

When my wife drives and we come to a complete stop, if the car next to me has their window down I usually try to ask them their favorite dinosaur. So far only one person has gotten really mad at me, most people just get confused.

[–] fkn@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

How dare you bother me in public! /s

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

You mainly do it to amuse your wife don't you, you delightful mischievous bastard.

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[–] Seraph@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Triceratops was always my fav.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's dozens of us (if you count lurkers)

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a stegosaurus man myself.

[–] maudefi@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Absolutely. I don't know what it is about them but yeah, stegosaurus are cool.

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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Feathered T-Rex. The theory is that those useless little arms are actually supposed to be wings makes more sense. Do they fly? No, and neither do ostriches. Probably glide tho.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 16 points 2 years ago (11 children)

With wings that tiny I doubt a T-Rex was doing much gliding either, considering its size.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe falling with style? No, probably not that either.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

They Naruto run after you. Thats gotta be it lol

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brontosaurus. Just a gigantic chill dude.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

chickens are definitely my favourite dinosaur, tastiest one plus they lay big eggs.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Found the guy who never ate fried microraptor wings.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

yet to find it in local stores sadly, and i'm unwilling to order food online.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ankylosaurus, give me a living tank with a club for a tail that could likely damage a real tank.

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[–] Stuka@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Diplodocus, because I love the name

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[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Archaeopteryx

It is to our understanding of dinosaur & avian evolution what Lucy is to our understanding of human evolution. Also it looks cool.

[–] Scarronline@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Triceratops people hold strong!

[–] technologicalcaveman@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I always like pterodactyls, specifically the classic big lizard ones. I do have a tiny Dimetrodon in my pc case though that I got out of a crane machine.

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pterodactyls aren't dinosaurs, FYI: they're pterosaurs. It doesn't matter in the least, but I have a 5-year-old so I'm learning a lot about prehistoric reptiles.

[–] Sigh_Bafanada@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nor is dimetrodon haha. They're all excellent though

[–] Pipoca@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

There's two big groups of four-limbed vertebrates: amphibians (like frogs), and amniotes (like us and birds). Amniotes developed into two groups: synapsids (mammals) and saurapsids (lizards, birds, turtles, etc.).

Dimetrodon was a synapsid that ruled the world tens of millions of years before the first dinosaurs evolved.

That makes it really cool, actually, precisely because it isn't a dinosaur. Dimetrodon is to us as brotosaurus is to chickens: a really interesting great great etc uncle.

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[–] willeypete23@reddthat.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Growing up is learning your favorite dinosaur isn't actually a dinosaur. (mine was pterodactyl)

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Growing up is learning your favorite bird is a dinosaur

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ravens.

Hey, I'm technically more correct than everyone who chose dimetrodon, pterosaurs, plesiosauroidea, or crocodilians.

Corvids are particularly awesome.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I would genuinely rather hear what everyone's favorite dinosaur is, than who their favorite sports team is. Yet, society thinks I should care whole lot about the latter...

[–] corodius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Deinonychus, definitely :)

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[–] UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mine are crows and pigeons. Those count, right?

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[–] squeezeyerbawdy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

As long as we are using looser definitions mine are Pleisosaurus for an aquatic, Pterodactyl for air and Brachiosaurus for land.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brachiosaurus because they look as some kind of fictional creature.

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Ankylosaurus peeps, stand the fuck up.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

I'm just fascinated by the sauropods. The big ones. I'm gonna go with Supersaurus (because super! Lol)

Sci Am article on how sauropods evolved to be huge over and over again

Of all the animals ever to have roamed the planet, the iconic long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as sauropods stand unrivaled. No other terrestrial creatures have come close to attaining their colossal sizes.

[–] joystick@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Legit crying that no one has said spinosaurus yet

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