As the title says, this is a post in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the fucking dead guy, 200 years is simultaneously really old and really young at the same time. The fact that some countries are younger than Dinosaurs as a concept is funny to me, but at the same time, they are so engraved in pop culture it’s crazy to think that they are so recent in the grand scheme of paleontology. They are incredible and fascinating creatures, and I love and appreciate all dinosaur species
EXCEPT YOU PARALITHERIZINOSAURUS FUCK YOU
Ok but seriously here’s the whole list or smthin idk
10-Utahraptor ostrommaysorum
Credit
https://a-dinosaur-a-day.com/post/727598294383181824/amp
Honestly it’s not exactly a surprise why someone would like this thing so much, it’s a Grizzly Bear sized dromaeosaur, it’s hard to get cooler than that. It’s a giant apex predator that could run fast, jump high and grapple large prey down while also having an insanely strong bite for its size. It’s such an interesting species that evolved into a niche usually associated with big Tyrannosaurs and Carcharodontosaurids.
9-Maip macrothorax
Credit
https://twitter.com/GimmieTheJimmie/status/1636216455304990720
It’s kinda the same appeal as Utahraptor, big fucking claws are cool, what more can I rlly say. It’s also a giant predator (≈3 Tons) and it could wrestle down giant sauropods, and the more we learn about megaraptorans the better since they are an awesome clade.
8-Lythronax argestes
Credit
https://twitter.com/SerpenIllus/status/1449113886351937536
That name is actually so fucking peak oh my goddddddd. Gore king is objectively fucking awesome, and it’s a Tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurs are neat. It’s also a huge part of Tyrannosaur evolution and again that fucking nameeeeeeeeee.
7-Daspletosaurus sp. (All 3 are peak)
Credit
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v263ld
Idk why I like Daspletosaurus that much, I just do. It’s a really interesting species that doesn’t need much of an explanation for why it is cool, it just is.
6-Tarbosaurus bataar
Credit
http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2023/01/can-studies-of-living-animal-colour.html
Again, like Das it’s just cool cuz it’s cool. That’s what I would say, but Tarbosaurus has so many interesting things about it itself, that makes it more than just a big T-Rex. For starters it is seemingly an ankylosaur hunter rather than a hadrosaur hunter and it had a locking jaw. It’s such a cool and interesting dinosaur.
5-Suchomimus tenerensis
Credit
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/R38Pdr
This is the closest we will get to OG Spino, back in 2022 it would probably be my number 1 favorite, but I’ve slowly lost interest in it. However, it is still a really fucking awesome animal that I will always love.
4-Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Credit
https://www.chasestoneart.com/paleoart
Holy shit it is so fucking awesome oh my fucking god dkmwjenensjwjsjssj. First real dinosaur apex predator, it’s the size of a fucking Polar bear, it has a huge and powerful head and cool crests it’s really hard not to love this thing.
3-Giganotosaurus carolinii
Credit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Paleoart/comments/rkiw71/giganotosaurus_carolinii_but_first_attempt_at/
Another basic awesome animal, it is one of the largest terrestrial predators of all time, it mogs any other dinosaur and even though its fragmentary (Shut up Lambo) I still find it really awesome.
2-Tyrannosaurus rex
Credit
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/k4K9X0
“Oh but T. Rex is overhyped and overra-“
IT DESERVES EVERY SINGLE OUNCE OF HYPE IT FUCKING GETS
Idk guys, I think the most famous, largest carnivorous, most intelligent and one of the best studied dinosaurs OF ALL TIME is gonna be popular. It is fucking badass I don’t care what you say, if you genuinely do not have T. Rex in your top 15 you are actually trying to be different so badly. It is an awesome animal and I will stand by that opinion till I die.
1-Spinosaurus aegytiacus
Credit
https://twitter.com/DuskyDraws/status/1335537027639599106
And while it is generic, I fucking love Spinosaurus. It is such a weird and interesting animal with a million different features unique to it. While I miss and personally prefer the 2000s Spinosaurus I will not lie and act like the modern Spinosaurus isn’t my favorite dinosaur of all time. It is weird, awesome, huge and interesting and quite literally an amalgamation of why I love Dinosaurs so much.
And happy 200 year anniversary to Dinosaurs, again.
Anwyas gobye
