Those of you who saw my rather … enthusiastic campaigning for Pinacosaurus in Dinosaur March Madness will know what I mean. Moving out of Theropoda and into Ornithischia, and we get the wonderful weirdness of ankylosaurs. There’s two other little tiny fingers on there, but for the most part they look like they’ve got a pair of pincers for arms. These little guys had tiny stumpy arms as well, but what sets them apart is that basically their entire hand is just one big thumb claw. One of the more well-known “weird dinosaurs”, it had a head that was only about as long as it was tall, large triangular horns sticking sideways out of its eyebrows, and the most ridiculous-looking arms since Tyrannosaurus itself.Īlso in the stupid-arms club, we have the Alvarezsaurids. Dinosaurs are really freaking weird.įist up, we have this fine fellow, Carnotaurus. Then, in 2013, we finally, FINALLY got two semi-complete skeletons.Īnd this is STILL just scratching the surface! There was no way of knowing, though, because for fifty years all we had was its freakishly huge hands. So a lot of people had come to think that Dinocheirus would look like that. For FIFTY YEARS these were the only evidence we had of this thing’s existence, and a lot of people had thought it was some kind of vicious predator until further analysis made them realize that it was an ornithomimid.

These here are the hands of a dinosaur known as Deinocheirus. Can you picture that thing running around and honking at you or something?īut few of these dinos are as bizarre as the alpha and omega of dinosaur weirdness: And while this might just be speculative, they likely had quills like hedgehogs!Ĭourtesy of the Saurian team, we have the oviraptorid Anzu, which looked like an unholy fusion of an emu, a turkey and a parrot. Look at those crazy curly horns!Īnd these little weirdos are called Heterodontosaurus, and they’re so named because alongside the peg-like teeth that most plant-eating dinosaurs have, they also have sharper, more tusk-like teeth. That is, provided that its wings aren’t actually a flying squirrel-like patagium! Yeah, there’s a good chance that this dinosaur actually looked more like a FLYING SQUIRREL. This crazy bird boy is named Yi (current record holder for shortest dinosaur name of all time) and it’s basically as close as you’ll get to a real life cockatrice. Ooh, and then there’s this fine specimen: Don’t worry though, Masiakasaurus is only six feet long. Allegedly, its teeth would be mostly covered up by lips in real life, but they do indeed protrude outward somewhat in the mouth and they’re thought to have been used to grip slippery fish more easily. This horrifying set of pearly whites are from Masiakasaurus. What’s that thing on his back for? Your guess is as good as mine! Most people think that it was a display structure, but I really have no clue.Īlso, it MIGHT have had tiny little wings on its arms. And it was a strict herbivore! The claws were used for both foraging from tree branches and protecting itself from predators. This crazy creature is called Therizinosaurus and it’s basically the Edward Scissorhands of dinosaurs. Picture that thing waddling around like a duck and you can get a pretty good idea of what it’d be like. Look at those tiny little feet! Now, it’s still thought that Spinosaurus was a biped, but it’d look infinitely less intimidating as it walked. This is what we think he looked like now: Pteranodon longiceps (?) or maybe P.Dinosaur geek here and I must say, though I agree, I also feel the need to point out that you’re barely scratching the surface of how weird dinosaurs could get! That’s right, they get EVEN WEIRDER!įirst off, the Spinosaurus up there is actually kind of outdated. This is a list I've compiled for an earlier tread. *(EDIT: I've put the animals in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot your favorite prehistoric animalsĮDIT: included Dinopithecus and GigantopethicusĮDIT: added more animals thanks to SkaarsmashKikou and link provided by (DLG) Gojiratheking106.

Varanus priscus (also known as Megalania) sternbergi (?)īelow an older list (2014) of animals which the developers have said to want to include, but are not confirmed as of yet or are based on older kickstarter concept art and rumors:ĪVIAN DINOSAURS (or also known as birds ) ): populator (alt.skin)īelow a list of animals which are confirmed but will be released after early access at a later date: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis (replaced with Carnotaurus ?) Edmontosaurus regalis & Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis (alt. Carnotaurus sastrei (replaces Yangchuanosaurus ?) This is a list I've compiled for an earlier thread.

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