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.

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

Pachycephalosaurus the thick headed one

Spinosaurus.

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

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!

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.

Chicken ofc 🍗

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

You gave the correct answer. Done.

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.

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.

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

Would make my morning commute way more fun.

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

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.

The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.

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!

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.

No contest.

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

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

Stegos all the way. 🥰

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

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.

Euoplocephalus, because I'm a hipster.

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

This thread is the best booster-pack.

Apparently Pterodactyls aren't Dinosaurs :(

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