Protoceratops

I am currently building an all-Cretaceous species park in Prehistoric Kingdom. While I have sorted out the exhibits for Iguanodon, Protoceratops and Psittacosaurus, I need some suggestions for what to do for other species, like Pachyrhinosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus and Muttaburrasaurus. Does anyone have any ideas?

So this episode is kinda early but anyways here’s the raptor enclosure

The interior

And here are the raptors

Don’t need names for these ones because there already named after the JP raptors.

So next dinosaur is protoceratops.

The petting zoo interior

And the small poggers inside

There are 3 in there just they hide in the tall grass

Next is….. edgelord

The interior

And now edgelord himself

The next creature my brother put in which is a sniffer

So that’s all the dinosaurs out the way so here’s the bridge

I’ve added the wall of evolution on it. And I’m gonna put a sign next to Steve and you can guess what it’s gonna say. Anyways I need names for the protoceratops and also the wall BTW isn’t scientifically accurate. Don’t forget to like and subscribe and I’ll see you in the next one.

Peace out raptors

This drawing is in reference to the meme known as “Fan screaming at Madison beer”, where, with its many redraws, you have one character who’s on the stage and is singing. In this case, it is the Pinacosaurus, who fits the role perfectly due to having a preserved larynx.

The other part of the meme is the FaceTime thing with the fan, which in this case, is Citipati due being another animal that lived with him. There is also a Velociraptor and Protoceratops fight in the background, which is a reference to Leaping Laelaps and the Fighting Dinosaurs.

I was originally gonna color it but I’m lazy

Edit to quickly say this: yes, the designs are a tiny bit stylized. What are you going to do about Mr. person who says sigma unironically

Sorry they're so blurry, I literally had to photograph the screen with my phone

Protoceratops chilling

Parasaurolophus taking a swim, remember, there's no life guard on duty

Mammoths, gee I wonder why I added them. Did have to do with the fact they're the state fossil of, what was it, Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona...

Blurry image of a velociraptor

Spinosaurus swimming around. THEY COULD SWIM, FIGHT ME

That's not very scary, looks like a 40 foot Turkey.

Paraceratherium moment

I wanted to get an image of a brumal tyrannosaurus in the woods but this was the only one who wasn't sleeping. Even then I had to move him to a more densely forested area do to him being on the outskirts of his enclosure.

Who says there's no such thing as an aquatic dinosaur

And last but not least, Dinopedia's popular mascot: Microraptor gui

Everyone else is posting their top 5 favorite dinosaurs because some broken jaw bone was named 200 years ago. So, I will, too.

My list is always changing. And besides, I love all Animalia, because animals are all cool.

5. Protoceratops

It was really difficult to figure which dinosaurs were really by favorites (I ♥ them all, but some still pop). Some dinosaurs I considered were Yi, Gigantspinosaurus, Saurophaganax, Nigersaurus, and Corythoraptor.

For #5 I picked this hardy desert herbivore from the Cenomanian. It was dog sized, but it had a powerful beak for fighting Velociraptor. The Fighting Dinosaurs specimen makes it even cooler.

4. Guanlong

This tyrannosaur (tyrannosauroid for the picky ones) has a name and crest that pop. Guanlong lived in China around 160,000,000 B.C. I know Yangchuanosaurus was the apex predator of the region, but I don't care. This little fellow ate little ceratopsians like Yinlong.

3. Turanoceratops

This little ceratopsian was only about 380 lbs, but it's still awesome. It lived in the deserts and estuaries of Turonian Uzbekistan. The giant raptor Ulughbegsaurus lived with it in the Bissekty Formation, but sadly this little pony ceratopsian couldn't really fight it.

2. Timurlengia

Y'all probably already know my top 2. Timurlengia was the primary predator of my last dinosaur, Turanoceratops. It too lived in the Bissekty Formation. It was a little tyrannosaur that was only like 600 lbs at most, but it's still my love. It was slimmer and faster than the big T. rex that you've never heard of.

1. Baryonyx

Yeah. Baryonyx walkeri is just awesome. Cool name, cool size, cool claws, cool snout. This species is more well known than larger spinosaurs like Spinosaurus, so it's skeleton is used often to help determine what those other spinosaurs were like. Baryonyx was 30 feet long, but the specimen may be a juvenile, so adults could maybe reach Suchomimus sizes. This guy should've been in Walking With Dinosaurs: Giants of the Sky instead of Utahraptor (which isn't from Europe).

This is the last written episode, all the following episodes will be in a comic format! Before we begin, this is my oldest series on the wiki. I want to say thank you to everyone for supporting me on this thus far. I'm sure a lot of people don't remember this series too well as it was almost 2 years ago when I last made a genuine episode. Thank you all, and enjoy!

As per usual, I'll stick to the original style of keeping these fairly short.

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The dust billowed, leaving a thick fog in the canyon. Leftover rubble still tumbled from atop the narrow walls. Pinaco could hardly see, everything in their body ached horribly, a vast feeling of guilt clouded them far more, however. He should've done something. Anything. Why bother to talk to the Oviraptor, when far worse concerns were at hand? The land was still plagued with death, the threat still near, his friends fighting. No matter how stoic he had been, it wasn't enough. Creatures should never coexist like this. Were they all even friends? Was this all out of desperation? Pinaco himself had no clue.

Nameless creatures wandering through a desert, following tiny clues and mysterious words for what they could only hope to not be some facade. The footprints had already been a lie. Why did he even rely on all these animals? Pinaco didn't need them. He could do this all by himself. Maybe with the original four. Velo, Proto, and Ovi. If they hadn't been so pitiful, and dragged around whatever survivor they all could find, this mess wouldn't have gotten worse.

He quickly shook his head, ridding of debris resting on it. These thoughts were no help, there were far more vital things to pay attention to. They had all made a promise. Pinaco wasn't going to be the one to break it.

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The air was humid, avian creatures chirping on the treetops. A valley carved with rivers like chisels on pottery, the clouds providing shade in the large clearing. Hump-backed waders fed on the water's flora. The only abnormal sight within what appeared to be a paradise was the darkening grass.

The dirt bubbled slightly, tearing at the grass around it. Ash-like particles filled the air almost instantly. The defenses around the canyon millions of years ago did nothing to stop it, a plaque scorched the ground.

Late.

Far too late to stop it now.

I'll know.

My claws are forged of the stars and sky, curving around the earth. Wings serve as a blindfold from my own illumination, a curse of my kind. Never to walk among Earth as one form, only to watch and alter what I can. Left to history unknown. Yet no alteration, no power, no warping of the universe, no covering of bones, nothing can stop what I see. An observer trapped in the hell they created. Dust I watched this world be forged from, and now I will watch it crumble. Slowly and horribly.

I have tried so dearly, I have broken timelines, dragged creatures from elsewhere, all have failed to stop it. I have lost my temper, and now I will pay the price. My creations, all to be gone by the next dawn. Time will not heal this wound. Webbed hands to shelter from the sun, a tail to keep the world steady, none of it is enough. It is beyond my control.

Decided to draw a Protoceratops because no one was suggesting at that point in time

Albertosaurus was suggested by @SiatsGeekerorum

Flish = Rhamphorhynchus

Rainbow Squid = Leedsichthys

(Cameroceras considered)

Silverswimmer = Cephalaspis

Sharkopath = Hybodus

(Megalodon considered)

Predatory Silverswimmer = Pterygotus

(Hybodus considered)

Bumblebeetle = Butterfly

(Meganeura considered)

Grimworm = Bark Beetle

Desert Hopper = Protoceratops

(Polacanthus considered)

What are your thought? Which animals would have been better comparisons?

And now for the rants and reviews explaining why they’re bad.

Sarcosuchus from Dino Time

This one speaks for itself. Not even paleo edge lords go this far. Heck, not even JWTG’s Max Level Sarco goes this far. And WHY does one of them have DREADLOCKS MADE OF TENTACLES!?!? This was the first time I ever saw a Sarcosuchus BTW. And I think I’m better off not remember if I believed it or not (I already have enough reasons to hate my cringy young self)

Ouranosaurus from The Return to Jurassic Park Comics

This one was way too cartoony, resulting in it looking more like a weird spinosaurus.

Deinonychus from Jurassic World Evolution

WTF does it have that stupid crest and weird eyes?!

Allosaurus from Carnivores Dinosaur Hunter

I heard Saurian Target explain a good rule of thumb when designing dinosaurs: Capture the essence of the dinosaurs, so it looks like the dinosaur. Does this look like an allosaurus to you? Course not! It looks like a dumb raptor clone, which is also in this game! Never once have I heard anyone justify, nor defend this design.I don’t care if it’s an alien, at least the other dinosaurs (ignoring chasmosaurus) look like the dinosaurs they are!

The Unidentified Mosasaurid from The Jurassic Park Redemption

This comic is the worst piece of official Jurassic media of all time. And the designs are no expectation. Prolly the worst of these is the mosasaurid which for some reason is super fat and has legs.

Orson the “Protoceratops” form Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

What the f*** is this!? Kill it with fire!! This blows the Sacro Bros out of the water. As if being a whiny unfunny antagonist wasn’t enough, this Protoceratops is also super ugly. It’s bipedal, a weird short carnivore face and a stupid spiked tail. The only positive is that this unholy abomination was presumably eaten alive at the end of the movie. I’d argue it’s the one of, if not, the worst design in this entire list.

Therizinosaurus from the How do Dinosaurs books

The dinosaur designs for the entire series are already kind of iffy. Most of them are cartoonifications of dinosaurs that range from Ok to Annoying. This Theri looks more like a dinosaur ape hybrid and I hate it.

Therizinosaurus form Primeval Comics

I thought it was a mistake when I first saw it. It’s literally a repainted Velociraptor from WWD: Chased by Dinosaurs!

Carnotaurus form Age of Dinosaurs

The literal only impressive part of this design is that the Asylum made an original model, but it would unironically be better if used a stock model. It isn't a hybrid BTW, this is a straight up Carno. I guess they thought Drmaeosaurids weren’t edgy enough.

Gojirasaurus from Triassic World

I’m convinced that someone at the Asylum googled “Triassic Dinosaur names”, picked the edgiest name without thinking about making their Fat Mini T-rex look like Gojirasaurus.

Lagosuchus, Unknown 4 legged dinosaur and Unknown armored dinosaur all from 65

I hope to god these aren’t the designs the general public actively want for dinosaur movies now. Are generic as f*** Slurpasaurs and Chinasaurs really more exciting than actual dinosaurs?

Starting with the Lago, it looks so much like a stupid Indoraptor knock-off, I’m convinced the name came after the design. It bears a bit of resemblance, but said resemblance is buried under a mountain of doubt.

Unlike the Lago, the 4 legs Rex was never officially confirmed by anyone to be Fasolasuchus, which makes me convinced people are in denial about this being a generic Indoraptor + V-rex mix. It looks like we devolved back to the slurpasaur era of Paleo Cinema. I hate it.

Finally there’s the weird armored baby. It’s goofy as hell, like one of those generic china knock off dinosaur toys. You’re not convincing me a baby Rex with Anky armor glued to it is the same as Jakapil, an early armored herbivore that by sheer coincidence happens to be biped .

Another rule of thumb about dinosaur designs is that context is key. I’m ok with more deviations for Hybirds, Aliens, Evolutionary descendants, etc. If these were alien dinosaurs, sure I’d be annoyed by all of them being unidentified and generic, but at least they would make sense in context. But these dinosaurs are from earth and the people are the aliens?! WHAT?!

Pachyrhinosaurus from Dinosaur SupperWorld (Amazing DinoWorld in English)

In addition to the feather coating, this one is infamous for being a freaking Unicorn. It speaks for itself really.

Pteranodon form LEGO Studios Raptor Rumble set

This one turned out this way because you assemble the entire pterosaur instead of 4 or so pieces and you're done. I want to give props for creativity, but can’t. Not with that face

Bavarisaurus from I’m a Dinosaur series

This isn’t a half bad dinosaur design. Until you realize Bavarisaurus isn’t a dinosaur at all! It’s actually a lizard that Compsognathus ate! I get they want to keep children entertained but come on!

Triceratops from Simba the King Lion

I don’t need to say anything do I?

Chinasaur T.rex, The Arctic Giant and T.rex from King Dinosaur 1955

The Chinasaur one speaks for itself really and one I’d also argue for absolute worst of this entire list

The Arctic Giant from the Superman short of the same name is identified by being Tyrannosaurus, bringing up one of my least favorite paleo tropes: Normal Dinosaurs = Kaiju. There’s something wrong to me, the idea of dinosaurs being treated as equivalents to kaiju (examples: Rhedosaurus, The Giant Behemoth, the entire Dinosaurs Attack cards series). God I’m glad this era died.

Speaking of eras that died, the Iguana, sorry, I mean T.rex from King Dinosaur. I had to include at least one Slurpasaur in this worst dinosaurs list (apart from 65 lol). Yes, this one is also an alien, but they say in the film itself “It resembles the Tyrannosaurus Rex of Earth’s prehistoric age.”

Dilophosaurus form the Jurassic Franchise

Let’s not be blinded by Nostalgia folks! While the only design that is appealing to look at in this entire list, the JP Dilo commits several sins too. For some reason it has a super short snout like an abelisaurid and has that frill which has glued itself to the generic public perception of dinosaurs for years.

Giganotosaurus from Jurassic World the Game

Ignoring the Max level dinosaurs anyways, this is the dumbest looking Ludia dinosuar ever. Regardless of what you think of Dominion’s Giga, this is worse, so much worse! It has a dopey abelisaurid face and long t.rex arms. I hate. I hate! I HATE!

Cretaeous the “Ichthyosaurid” from Ice Age 2 the Meltdown

This is an ok Metriorhynchus design, except the only official source claims Cretaceous is an icthyosaurid! What!?

Side note, it felt like the antagonists of Ice Age 2 and the dinosaur line in the first act were foreshadowing for Ice Age 3, like the global warming line at the end of the first movie. Not relevant, just want to point that out.

Magnus the baby Styracosaurus from My Pet Dinosaur.

My God we’re finally done. The adult form is decent but the baby form is stupid. It too looks like yet another generic whatever-saurus with weird fin thingies, because screw making the dinosaur look like a dinosaur.

And that’s it, hope you enjoyed this, thank you and goodbye.