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Can someone please explain to me how we got to the point where everyone, even professional paleontologists, don't understand the name and just say "Shark-toothed lizard"? Yes, Carcharodon is the scientific name for the great white shark, but it doesn't mean shark. It is a combination of the distorted ancient Greek word Karkharos (meaning "sharp" or "jagged") and the also ancient greek word odon which literally means tooth. So Carcharodontosaurus **literally translates to "**Jagged-tooth lizard "

Both of these animals are named after a trait of their teeth which they share. Not one animal after another. I truly doubt Ernst Stromer was blind enough to see Carcharodontosaurus teeth (picture 1) and think 'hmmm these clearly look like Great white teeth' (picture 2).

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk, hopefully people will get more educated thanks to my rant.

It was been an amazing century ever since tyrannosauurs was first described. you gave us our best memories or even bad memories. you will live in our hearts forever.

Ive had this toy dinosaur for pretty much my entire life. Her name is Rascal. When I was younger I thought she was a velociraptor, but they have very distinct feet which she lacks. Maybe T-Rex? But the spikes don’t really check out. I would like to know what she’s supposed to be, and maybe look at other toys by the brand as well. Her mouth opens. Sorry about the chipped paint I used to chew on her.

EDIT: Can u guys be fucking kind to my dinosaur

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Very dumb one but it was on the mind.

Saw a video talking about dino westerns and I thought itd be fun to put dinosaurs in other time periods. And a favourite was imagine an English knight on a quest to slay a dragon that was literally just a megalosaurus.

So could a fully armed and armoured knight take out a megalosaurus and if so what would be the ideal strat

if you cannot tell a T-rex is my favorite dinosaur

also when i said fully therapod it only on two legs because i know the spinosaurus is larger but it can go from 2 to 4 legs same withe hadrosaurs and other duck billed dinosaurs

please dont remove my post again

Such an interesting design. I think it’s the fact that he has no eyebrows so he’s just constantly got this dead/zoned out look in his eyes like he’s not fully present. I just wish we actually saw him before his death cause he was built up as a major antagonist/boss only to die in 5 seconds.

Photos of a trip I recently took to a park in Brazil.

I've always been a massive fan of iguanodontians since I was little, most likely started from Disney's Dinosaur back in 2000.

Zephyr belongs to the Iguanodontian's family as part of the camptosauridae and was discovered in the US around 2019. The skeleton was sold off to someone private if i remember, around €650k at an auction late 2022.

Its approximately 70% completed, especially its spine and hind limbs and it was all very well preserved. But now... we'll never know.

image by Vincent Girier Dufournier/Giquello et Associes

A while ago, I came across the dinosaur cladogram spreadsheet created by u/Total_Dino,

What if could be interactive? So I build Dinosauria: https://dinosauria.app

The interactive web app features over 1,500 dinosaur species and taxa, you can expand and collapse branches, search for specific dinosaurs, explore individual species and clade cards, see geological ranges, and follow evolutionary branches all the way to modern birds.

Full credit for the original cladogram and the enormous amount of work behind it goes to u/Total_Dino**.** The spreadsheet is the backbone of Dinosauria's structure and is credited and linked inside the app. Additional information and imagery are primarily sourced from Wikipedia.

This started as a little passion project. I'm neither an expert nor a developer, and I've been building the app while learning to use Codex. What began as an experiment gradually turned into something much bigger than I expected!

Dinosauria is still evolving, but for now feel free to explore, enjoy, and have fun getting lost in the dinosaur family tree! 🦖

Honorable mention to Big John of course. Basically what is either the most obscure or most synonymous with the word dinosaur I guess.

A farmers dog ad came on my TV a few minutes ago, and it showcased 2 girls at a tea party with their dog, it also had 2 dinosaurs, one in the grass, And one on the table, can someone ID the dinosaur toys?

The ride pictures are

Jurassic world the ride (universal studio Hollywood)
Jurassic world Velocicoaster (universal studios Orlando)
Jurassic park: river adventure (universal studios Orlando)
DINOSAUR (Disney world: animal kingdom)
Mystic River dinosaur boat ride (china)
Xpedition Dino (six flags)
Kingdom of the dinosaurs (knotts berry farm)
Jurassic jungle boat ride (Tennessee)

This is a screen capture from the first few minutes of the first episode of "Sliders." These look extremely familiar but I can't place them. Any help would be welcome!