As many of us do so like extinct animals, I thought why not start a thread to share our favourite Mesozoic animals... By category?! Remember, you can add or change any categories you like in your posts; the following is just how I do it; Sauropodomorph: Apatosaurus Ornithopod: Ouranosaurus Marginocephalian: Pentaceratops Thyreophoran: Gastonia Non-coleurosaur theropod: Spinosaurus Coleurosaur theropod: Therizinosaurus Long-tailed pterosaur: Harpactognathus Short-tailed pterosaur: Anhanguera Crocodilian: Dakosaurus Ichthyosaur: Temnodontosaurus Plesiosaur: Rhomaleosaurus Lepidosaur: Prognathodon Synapsid: Juramaia Feel free to post your own list of favourites in the thread! And remember, you can change the categories however you wish. PS: this list may change in the future; there isn't a single animal, living or extinct, I dislike, and choosing favourites was extremely difficult. It sometimes changes from one day to the next XD
Good idea for a thread! Here's my list, largely unchanged by yours in the categories except for a few additions/removals. I think you'll find some of my list gives a good sense of my location! Sauropodomorph: Sarahsaurus Ornithopod: Gryposaurus Marginocephalian: Pachyrhinosaurus Thyreophoran: Borealopelta Non-coleurosaur theropod: Ceratosaurus Coleurosaur theropod: Suskityrannus Pterosaur: Anurognathus Stem-Pseudosuchian: Postosuchus Crocodylomorph: Simosuchus Ichthyosaur: Shonisaurus Plesiosaur: Elasmosaurus Lepidosaur: Tylosaurus Stem-Synapsid: Dimetrodon Synapsid: Repenomamus
I misread the thread as being extinct animals in general. In that case, you could replace Dimetrodon with Cynognathus.
Sauropodomorph: Brachiosaurus Ornithopod: Iguanodon Marginocephalian: Triceratops Thyreophoran: Ankylosaurus Non-coleurosaur theropod: Spinosaurus Coleurosaur theropod: Tyrannosaurus (sorry, I'm a Tyrannosaurus fan) Long-tailed pterosaur: Eudimorphodon Short-tailed pterosaur: Hatzegopteryx Crocodilian: Deinosuchus Ichthyosaur: Ophthalmosaurus Plesiosaur: Elasmosaurus Lepidosaur: Mosasaurus Synapsid: Purgatorius Forgive me for the rather obvious choices. Other favorites I want to include are Diplodocus, Giganotosaurus, Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Pteranodon, Pliosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, and Edmontosaurus, just to name a few.
I'll take a crack at this. Sauropodomorph: Dreadnoughtous (a bit of recency bias, admittedly due to Prehistoric Planet, but also that name is just really cool) Ornithopod: Leaellynasaura (I just think the idea of a big-eyed, fluffy polar dinosaur to be adorable) Marginocephalian: Styracosaurus (I was gonna say Pachyrhinosaurus, but then I remembered Talking with Dinosaurs-I mean Walking With Dinosaurs shudders) Thyreophoran: Ankylosaurus (my favorite herbivorous dinosaur, can't beat the classics) Non-coleurosaur theropod: Spinosaurus (the Platypus of dinosaurs, and tied for my favorite theropod along with...) Coleurosaur theropod: Tyrannosaurus rex (Can't. Beat. The. Classics.) Long-tailed Pterosaur: Anurognathus (absolute scrunkly) Short-tailed Pterosaur: Quetzalcoatlus (Azhdarchids as a whole, really) Crocodilian: Kaprosuchus (Boar croc is cool, what can I say?) Icthyosaur: Shonisaurus (that's a big boy) Plesiosaur: Elasmosaurus (I guess? I don't know my plesiosaurs that well) Lepidosaur: Mosasaurus hoffmannii (Prehistoric Planet bias for the win!) Synapsid: Repenomamus (Mesozoic honey badger? Heck yeah!) Avian Dinosaur: Hesperornis (I just like their shape) Amphibian: Koolasuchus (it's an Australo-Antarctic croco-salamander that looks like it was named by a 1990's marketing team, what's not to love?) Also, not to beg or anything, but I'd like to see Cenozoic and Palaeozoic versions of this. Just a suggestion.
Might as well give this a go, though they are liable to change: Sauropodamorph: Patagotitan mayorum or Camarasaurus supremus Ornithopod: Olorotitan arharensis Thyreophoran: Borealipelta markmitchelli Marginicephalian: Nasutoceratops titusi or Triceratops horridus/prorsus Coelurosaur: Proceratosaurus bradleyi Non-Coelurosaur Tetanuran: Baryonyx walkeri (also my favourite dinosaur overall) Basal Theropod: Dilophosaurus wetherilli Pterosaur: Arambourgiania philadelphiae Pseudosuchian: Desmatosuchus spurensis Crocodylomorph: Armadillosuchus arrudai Long-Necked Plesiosaur: Attenborosaurus conybeari Pliosaur: Liopleurodon ferox (though not because of WWD) Ichthyosaur: Unnamed Somerset Shatasaurid Mosasaur: Tylosaurus proriger Stem-Mammal: Thrinaxodon liorhinus (this time it actually is because of WWD) True-Mammal: Repenomamus robustus Bird: Wonderchicken, Asteriornis maastrichtensis Fish: Mawsonia lybica
