There were 700 species of Dinosaurs in the world.
Do you have a favorite?
If so which one?
Mine might have to be the - Ankylosaurus
The next one.
Cracticus torquatus, not even joking. If we have to restrict it to the Mesozoic, probably Minmi paravertebra/ Kunbarrasaurus ieversi (I list both because they were the same species when I chose them). If we mean Mesozoic animals in general, then Koolasuchus cleelandi.
I also have a soft spot for Muttaburrasaurus langdoni.
Pachycephalosaurus!
Baeolophus bicolor and Quiscalus mexicanus both have a special place in my heart as some of my favorite dinosaurs.
700 species seems like a huge underestimate. There are 11.000 species of dinosaur alive today, so over their full 240 million years of existence we’re probably looking at hundreds of thousands of species of dinosaur.
Deinocheirus. It has to have some really bizarre adaptations, and shows like Amazing Dinoworld and Prehistoric Planet have done some awe-inspiring reconstructions of the species. A close second is Yi qi, which just looks like a little dragon.
Hummingbirds are pretty amazing.
If we’re including avian dinosaurs, this is a super hard question - I don’t know if I have a single favourite!
If we’re only counting non-avians, It would be a toss-up between Spinosaurus, Microraptor (and dromaeosaurs in general) and Deinocheirus. All are super interesting animals!
Not sure if these count as avians or not, but I’m a fan of enantiornithines and other non-modern bird groups, such as Falcatakely, Ichthyornis, Archaeopteryx and Confuciusornis.
Carnotaurus, just for its silly little arms. They make me smile.
One of the original large bipedal dinos, Allosaurus.
Irritator challengeri by Anthony Hutchins
Spinosaurids are very cool as far as Mesozoic non-avian dinosaurs go
For mesozoic life in general, I really like Azhdarchids
Also, there are currently 1276 (from Wikipedia - a few more have been described since, the current number is closer to 1280-1290) valid non-avian dinosaur genera known from the Mesozoic. It barely takes into account the possible diversity of such a long-lived clade, considering the extremely low percentages of remains that ever become fossilized, let alone described and classified by our taxonomic systems.
Spinosaurus (Stromer, 1915)
Delighted to be asked! There are so many favorites. I’ve always kept a place in my heart for Stenonychosaurus – but if we’re just going to crown one, Styracosaurus has the right look.
Parasaurolophus always had a special place in my heart