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)

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works
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    3 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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      3 months ago

      Oh yeah somebody else had Parasaurolophus as their fave too earlier, and they (well, the reconstructions anyhow) really do look super cute. Dinocows!

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      3 months ago

      They’ve recently discovered that their large nasal cavities could have been used to make a tuba like noise