ANKYLOSAURUS.
shareI was a dinosaur fiend as a child. I loved Ankylosaurus as well. Of course it had a name, "Pillowhead" I recall, for some damn reason. My model had two points on the sides of its head, not horns.
I loved Stegosaurus too. I liked the unusual ones more than the biped T-Rex and the Brontosaurus types with the long neck and the tail.
Brontosaurus
Stegosaurus
Speaking of Brontosaurus, have you heard of a fascinating new theory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYDiPizDIs
Allosaurus
sharearen't they all related to birds?
sharePterosaurs, Raptors
The ancient crocodilians (archosaurs, not dinosaurs) are brilliant too - major terrestrial predators prior to the age of the dinosaurs.
https://a-z-animals.com/media/2022/03/shutterstock_2052627056-1024x614.jpg
Raptors are definitely avian dinosaurs. They even had feathers.
shareAves and raptors derive, ultimately, from the theropod clade - they are relatively closely related, having many common characteristics, due to synapomorphy (shared characteristics derived from a common ancestor) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theropoda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/bird_evo.jpg
Wow! You know much more about dinosaurs than I do. Thanks for the links. I will definitely check them out and learn something new.
shareFunkasaurus.
shareWhen I was a child my favourite was the Diplodocus.
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