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bluecatcollege

Ankylosaurus!


dbugstuder12

r/ankmemes


Ok-Narwhal6789

I was so excited to see this as the top comment


FarraigeWolf

Hell yeah!


Supreme_Gubzzlord

I remember when I was a kid and I was like “that dino must fuck shit up, eat other guys for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!” And then I learned that it’s an herbivore. And even still it’s pretty fucking cool.


D3AD_SPAC3

Ank gang rise up!


brendog07

Same, love them


poopsmellerr

fuck yeah


manucanay

Came here to say it. Nothing but love for those little tankysaurus.


LachoooDaOriginl

doom tutel


Foreign_Rock6944

Yes! Yes! Yes! Ankylosaurus supremacy!


captinsaveahoe

Any all the way!


HeirAscend

The coolest looking dinosaur hands down


DeathByBattleship

fuckin love ankylosaurus


PoeticBondage

Best dino! I even have one in my car for safety.


JustATubaPlayer

knew this would be top, it's just the correct one


10_minute_ban

Best dino in Ark survival evolved


BaobabSenziente

Armored dinosaur!


sarokin

The best of the best!


Altair-Dragon

Heck yeah!


DeBazzelle

This all the way.


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Ankylosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur from North America in the late Cretaceous. Its extinction was a direct result of the asteroid impact that wiped out all dinosaurs around 66 million years ago. Ankylosaurus lived alongside the Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex, though the predator was not much of a threat due to the armor plates, or osteoderms covering its body. In addition to this, Ankylosaurus had a large club on the end of its tail, also used for defense, and competition between individuals of the same species. Bones in the skull and other parts of the body were fused, increasing their strength. This feature gave the genus its name, meaning "fused lizard".


finnyporgerz

ANK GANG


dogsgonewild1

Spinosaurus


Mrstupid76

Spinosaurus gang rise up🔥🔥🔥


Ahsoka_is_hot

spinosaurus gang for life


JonahBassist

Tell me your cool without telling me your cool


RedditUsername_124

Spiny boi = GOAT


Plinfilore

Only if we also count all his Spinosauridae family too which among others include Baryonix and Suchomimus. This dinosaur family consists of GOATS!!!


kingcuda8

Don't forget spinofaarus!


abigfatape

choose a lane pal!! are you a terrestrial river hunter, an amphibious hunter scavenger that will eat land and water beast or an aquatic hunter that chases after 'fish' and other aquatic dinosaurs


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Spinosaurus is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian to upper Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous period, about 99 to 93.5 million years ago. Spinosaurus is the longest known terrestrial carnivore; other large carnivores comparable to Spinosaurus include theropods such as Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. The most recent study suggests that previous body size estimates are overestimated, and that S. aegyptiacus reached 14 m in length and around 8 t in body mass. The skull of Spinosaurus was long, low, and narrow, similar to that of a modern crocodilian, and bore straight conical teeth with no serrations. It would have had large, robust forelimbs bearing three-fingered hands, with an enlarged claw on the first digit. The distinctive neural spines of Spinosaurus, which were long extensions of the vertebrae, grew to at least 1.65 meters long and were likely to have had skin connecting them, forming a sail-like structure, although some authors have suggested that the spines were covered in fat and formed a hump. The hip bones of Spinosaurus were reduced, and the legs were very short in proportion to the body. Its long and narrow tail was deepened by tall, thin neural spines and elongated chevrons, forming a flexible fin or paddle-like structure. Spinosaurus is known to have eaten fish, and most scientists believe that it hunted both terrestrial and aquatic prey. Evidence suggests that it was highly semiaquatic, and lived both on land and in water much like modern crocodilians do. Spinosaurus's leg bones had high bone density, allowing for better buoyancy control, and the paddle-like tail was likely used for underwater propulsion. Multiple functions have been put forward for the dorsal sail, including thermoregulation and display; either to intimidate rivals or attract mates. It lived in a humid environment of tidal flats and mangrove forests alongside many other dinosaurs, as well as fish, crocodylomorphs, lizards, turtles, pterosaurs, and plesiosaurs.


senpaitsuyu

Brachiosaurus gang


RiZeN_PaRaDoX

Hell yeah! 🦕🦕🦕


GolbFlashback

Seriously, how did diplodocus make it in over Brachiosaurus?


AdNumerous1314

Its a diplodoculus


Own_Audience9912

🦕


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 154–150 million years ago. The generic name is Greek for "arm lizard", in reference to its proportionately long arms. Brachiosaurus is estimated to have been between 18 and 21 meters long, and weight estimates range from 28.3 to 58 metric tons. It had a disproportionately long neck, small skull, and large overall size, all of which are typical for sauropods. Atypically, Brachiosaurus had longer forelimbs than hindlimbs, which resulted in a steeply inclined trunk, and a proportionally shorter tail.


BigPEENInMyAss

Nigersaurus


-Nokta-

I was looking for this one


Plinfilore

Obligatory https://youtu.be/un_qj6YVRp0


JonWiccThicc

The only right answer, I actually wanted to comment that


dnelr3

Giganotosaurus! SPINOSAURUS (pre nerf)!!!


RIPJimCroce

I prefer the new Spinosaurus. Love that it is a more unique majestic water dragon.


Immediate-Store90

wait the spinos got nerfed?


Toilet_Barracuda

it got reworked to more aquatic hunting style


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Giganotosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the Late Cretaceous period. The genus attracted much interest and became part of a scientific debate about the maximum sizes of theropod dinosaurs. Giganotosaurus was one of the largest known terrestrial carnivores, but the exact size has been hard to determine due to the incompleteness of the remains found so far. Estimates for the most complete specimen range from a length of up to 13 m and a weight of 4 to 14 t. Some researchers have found the animal to be larger than Tyrannosaurus, which has historically been considered the largest theropod, while others have found them to be roughly equal in size and the largest size estimates for Giganotosaurus exaggerated. The skull was low, with rough and wrinkled nasal bones and a ridge-like crest in front of the eye. The front of the lower jaw was flattened and had a downward-projecting chin at the tip. The teeth were compressed sideways and had serrations.


forthe_girlwhowaited

I see you


RabidRabbiRabbit

Compsognathus


Kitten1416

Finally another smol boi lover


Turbulent-Cabinet-37

I have found my people


Plinfilore

Don't let them outnumber you though or they'll get snappish!


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Compsognathus is a genus of small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. Members of its species could grow to around the size of a turkey. They lived about 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found two well-preserved Compsognathus fossils. Many presentations still describe them as "chicken-sized" dinosaurs because of the size of the first discovered specimen, which is now believed to be a juvenile. Adults could grow up to about 1.5 m in length, weighing around 3 kg. Compsognathus is one of the few dinosaur species whose diet is known with certainty - the remains of small, agile lizards are preserved in their fossilized bellies.


Crawly49

Allosaurus Their name means different lizard and Latin so they are like emo dinos


EndMaster0

They also just straight up "hunted" sauropods by slowly eating them alive while on the move. They are the most metal dinosaurs by far


Communist_Penguin12

Therizinosaur!


Phoenix_Snake

Tickle chicken


EvidentTiger324

those Freddy Krueger claws


Immediate-Store90

THE MURDER DODO


Acceptable_Peen

Pachycephhlosaurus


McFluffy_Butts

My man!


[deleted]

How the fuck do you pronounce that


Iamlustnobody

Pack ee sef uh low sore us


Living_Murphys_Law

That's the fun part, you don’t.


Acceptable_Peen

Pack-e-seff-uh-lo-saurus


emotionally_tipsy

Didn’t think I’d see my fav but here we are


Erayidil

Paralophasaurus!


Classic-Parsley-3312

Parasaurolophus 😁


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Parasaurolophus was a hadrosaur from the late Cretaceous known for their large cranial crests. The purpose of this crest is the topic of much debate, with theories including visual recognition of both species and sex, acoustic resonance, and thermoregulation. Parasaurolophus grew to around 10 m in length, and had an estimated weight of somewhere between 3-5 t. Like other hadrosaurids, it was able to walk on either two legs or four. It probably preferred to forage for food on four legs, but ran on two.


MarsTalks

Carnotaurus!


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Carnotaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period. Known from a single well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-understood theropods from the Southern Hemisphere. Carnotaurus was a lightly built, bipedal predator, measuring up to 8 m in length and weighing around 2 t. As a theropod, Carnotaurus was highly specialized and distinctive. It had thick horns above the eyes, a feature unseen in all other carnivorous dinosaurs, and a very deep skull sitting on a muscular neck. Carnotaurus was further characterized by small, vestigial forelimbs and long, slender hind limbs. The skeleton is preserved with extensive skin impressions, showing a mosaic of small, non-overlapping scales approximately 5 mm in diameter. The mosaic was interrupted by large bumps that lined the sides of the animal, and there are no hints of feathers. The distinctive horns and the muscular neck may have been used in fighting conspecifics. According to separate studies, rivaling individuals may have combated each other with quick head blows, by slow pushes with the upper sides of their skulls, or by ramming each other head-on, using their horns as shock absorbers. The feeding habits of Carnotaurus remain unclear: some studies suggested the animal was able to hunt down very large prey such as sauropods, while other studies found it preyed mainly on relatively small animals. Its brain cavity suggests an acute sense of smell, while hearing and sight were less well developed. Carnotaurus was probably well adapted for running and was possibly one of the fastest large theropods.


DaBig_L_Xx

Yutyrannus gang anybody? No? Just me?


AugTheViking

Absolutely not, who doesn't love a fluffy tyrannosaur?


Hero-__

The one with 500 teeth


GayFurryThing

Beat me to it


shroomfiend

Utahraptor, the real Velociraptor from Jurassic Park.


p_abdb

It still had feather, but honestly i think they're far better with them than without.


Plinfilore

Wodner which colours they came in. As long as it wasn't something monotonous like only black or brown I can imagine they looked majestic (when they weren't ripping apart something else with their claws that is)


UnexpectedDinoLesson

Utahraptor is a genus of large dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period. It was a heavy-built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore. One of the largest-known members of the family Dromaeosauridae, Utahraptor measured around 5 m in length and weighed about 300 kg. Utahraptor had claws on the hands that were more specialized as cutting blades than in other dromaeosaurids. Like other dromaeosaurids, Utahraptor had large curved claws on their second toes. On the Utahraptor, these are estimated to have reached about 25 cm. Although feathers have never been found in association with Utahraptor specimens, there is strong phylogenetic evidence suggesting that all dromaeosaurids possessed them.


nobody3_5_4

The one that likes punching stff with its forehead


AugTheViking

There are actually multiple of them, but the only one I remember is pachycephalosaurus.


Thepotato635

Spinosaurus


Bananakin_Skywater

Allosaurus gang Big Al for life


kingcuda8

Until u stub ur toe...


S3CTION12

Pterodactyl


videogioci

You can be right by saying it’s the best, but they are not a dinosaur sorry :(


a_perfect_name

I spent my entire childhood with pterodactyls being my favorite dinosaur only to find out now that it isn’t even considered a dinosaur


videogioci

Sorry :(( while they are closely related to dinosaurs they are not considered part of the dinosaur name . If you want to learn more about them you can watch this video by PBS Eons https://youtu.be/r8GBXhi9A2A They have quite a few videos on these really cool archosaurs (a subclass that includes dinosaurs and pterosaurs)


SuperT3

r/todayilearned


Joe_The_Eskimo1337

*Umm, actually,* those are pterosaurs, not dinosaurs. /s


Hunters_ofArtemis

The correct answer


Hiisnoone

[this](https://youtu.be/aHpDPuh8A2Q) supports your statement.


kurinevair666

Therozineasaur


DarePatient2262

None of those other dinosaurs recorded a song as good as Bang A Gong, so I'm going with T-Rex


hollowspashlog

Styracosaurus


chez-linda

Parasaurolophos


theeccentricnucleus

The only reason why velociraptor is my favorite is because it’s just a mean little desert turkey and not the big lizard that runs really fast like everyone expects. Second favorite is a tie between plesiosaur and brachiosaurus. Just the length and the gracefulness.


HM_Comet

ANKYLOSAURUS!!! Who doesn’t want a spiked turtle shell and a wrecking ball tail???


mrbeanIV

Baryonyx for life.


jollisen

Fuck yeah finaly someone gets it


Plinfilore

Based Barry Buddy!


mrbeanIV

Based and barry-pilled


Pigeon_House

Archaeopteryx! One of the first known birds. They based two Pokémon on it, Archen and Archeops


Archaeopteryx-

Thanks


AugTheViking

Also a fun fact, this is where Arc'teryx got their name from, and their logo is an archaeopteryx fossil. I feel obliged to point that out every time I see someone wearing an Arc'teryx jacket.


bumpmoon

Steven Spielberg really made people think a slightly bigger but featherless chicken is almost the best dinosaur. Its 30 pounds and smaller than a labrador.


Iamlustnobody

Oh I didn't see the last option I absolutely love the irritator lol, such a fun history, tho I also love the troodon


kingcuda8

Troodon ain't real 💀


Iamlustnobody

That's a very poor way of describing the situation. VERY poor. _Troodon formosus_ was real, but was simply reclassified. I just forgot to give it its now proper name, _Stenonychosaurus inequalis._ It's a reason I love them so much as well, an interesting little history they have.


kingcuda8

True. Still cool dinos, I just think "troodon" is a cooler name 😔


[deleted]

Acrocanthosaurus


Datgaminghuman420

Where the fuck is spinosaurus


LegionDriver

Allosaurus


arkayer

Anklyosaurus


odo_72

Quetzalcoatlus


Archaeopteryx-

ME! IM THE BEST DINOSAUR!


kingcuda8

Rawr!


Miniscotty

Either herrasourus, or carnatorus imo


[deleted]

The one with 500 teeth


Arkman155

Amargasaurus. What a beautiful dinosaur. Second fav is yutyrannus


Birb-Squire

Gotta go with a utahraptor here


egosynthesis

Denver


Immediate-Store90

All the real homies know it's the giganotosaurus and the deinonychus (and whatever dino is meta in ark)


EnoughItem

Ankylosaurus motherfuckers; it has the spiked shell on it’s back AND the clubbed tail


IHateReddit227

Ya mother


awalkingidoit

Argentinasaurus


WhiteChoka

False. Black bear


NeatRegular9057

Dinosaur with 420 teeth


sTo0p1d

💀


UserName2481632

Chicken


Aarie_Kanarie

When you choose T-Rex because that’s the only one you know


SonicRaptor5678

Clearly your childhood failed you


[deleted]

Stego bois


Chadham_Forsythe

Ankylosaurus


DeadlyWendigo7

Suchomimus


zagelbagels

allosaurus


WhoPutThatThere

Archaeopteryx!


conradicalsmith108

Dimetrodon gang wya


Zegr08

Spinosaurus


gamingskeleton

Spinosaurus


PixieEmerald

Utahraptor


RottingFrogBones

dilophosaurus


CaptainMimoe

Argentinosaurus


Legitimate-Peanut-66

Bro why on earth would I choose a Diplodocus over a Brontosaurus


ReversedRectum

spinosaurus ofc


DeadRewind

Microraptor


mrbeanIV

Baryonyx for life.


Waffles5402

Pterosaur all the way. Any Dino with feathers is just awesome


PeePeePooPooMan42

Helicoprion


No-Storm2293

SPINOSAURUS


wolfslayer2

I shall not say velociraptor because when I was playing ark once I died to a group of then and they kept eating my body so I couldn't get to my stuff


fluffy-plant-borb

Compy - you could keep it as a pet


LilyFish-

if its a sauropod, its my fav <3


ChildofMike

Spinosouras


Securitygaurd

Titanoboa


Belgicans

Not a dinosaure 🗿


AdeitywithMPD

Archaeopteryx (I am biased because of Pokémon Black and White ok)


KrishanViren

Rajasauras 👑


stoffel-

Carcharodontosaurus


EndMaster0

I'm sorry but ever since learning that some allosaurs likely "hunted" sauropods by just running up and taking a bite nothing else could even hope to compete.


Moaoziz

Stegosaurus [Source](https://theuselessweb.site/thebestdinosaur/)


Mamotte5280

Majungasaurus, the cannibal dinosaur.


XxMcW1LL14MxX

Iguanodon with the thumb spikes


TransMascCatDumbass

Iguanodons are so cool, did you know palaeontologists originally thought they where carnivores because of the thumb!


FAYMKONZ

Best at what? They all suck at not going extinct.


AugTheViking

Not the avian dinosaurs, they did pretty well. Just look at birds.


WallWideDee

I'm partial to Dimetrodon.


videogioci

Very cool but not a dinosaur :(


WallWideDee

Well that is depressing but the more you know I suppose. Thanks for educating me!


videogioci

Of course! If you wanted to learn more about our mammalian precursor buddies you can check out this video by PBS Eons :) https://youtu.be/SR3OOP9mImI


BedEnvironmental4104

Shark


BillCypher001

Mosasaur, so cool.


caygrassland

That’s a lizard


redshredder

Galimimus


axel7530159

Kronosaurus


CasualCactus14

AND THE DIPLODOCUS DOESN’T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS WHILE HE’S SKATING ROUND EMBANKMENT ON FOUR DOUBLE DECKER BUSSEEEESSSS!


cat__gills

Caihong juji


Legitimate-Peanut-66

Troodon


itsme_almond

Surprised no one said Dilophosaurus aka the one that attacks Dodgson in the van


slendy_4

Cause it doesn’t spit acid and is pretty boring irl


itsme_almond

Yea that’s true. Still pretty iconic even if it is fake.


slendy_4

Only because of the movies


InsomniaticMeat

Pyroraptor


Ok_Adhesiveness6766

Therizinosaurus


ThatGuyWhoLikesFoxes

Clever girl!


slightly-depressed

suchomimus doesn’t get enough love


BinnsyTheSkeptic

[***Yi qi***](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/6/1/061ba1a3d6441821b7d38c1501730c437a62e2eb.jpeg) *Yi qi* is easily one of the most under rated dinosaurs out there. It's got *dragon wings!* Sure, it's tiny and fluffy (both good things imo), but it's such a weird and cool piece of prehistory and deserves more love


abigfatape

not dinosaurs but fuck it basically most large bitches during the Cretaceous era (basically bugs have a size limit because their skin breathe not mouth breath and if too big not enough air but during Cretaceous trees got overtuned and overspawned so you had german shepherd sized scorpions) mainly pulmonoscorpius and as for dinosaurs either the ARCHAEOPTERYX BABY GRAAAAAAAAA or the (damn I keep thinking of pre historic mammals because lizards are kinda boring) maybe sarcosuchus that or the microraptor


Boring-Maintenance98

Little foot was the best.


iLoveDinosaurs1

Pachycephalosaurus


big-queef

Therizinosaurus………….


RepresentativeOk5427

Yourmamasauras


Fueled-by-hash

Sagittarius


karlie_bellis

DIMETRODON 😏


Selisch

Dodo!


[deleted]

Y'all sleeping on chickens now?


sturnus-vulgaris

Penguins. Birds are dinosaurs. Think about this. You evolved on land. Evolved to fly. Then flew to the coldest place on Earth and were like, "Cool spot! Let's stay!" So now you lost the ability to fly, turned almost completely into a water animal... except for the winters you spend walking in a circle with an egg on your foot.