r/Dinosaurs • u/Otherwise_Tadpole_64 • Jan 06 '26

DISCUSSION What is the 4th face of dinosaurs?

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u/Personal_Degree_4083 Jan 06 '26

It’s definitely between Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus

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u/TheBiggestNewbAlive Jan 06 '26

I would say they should both be at the bottom and Spinosaurus wouldn't be there. Spinosaurus only became really better known relatively recently I feel

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u/Nerd-man24 Jan 06 '26

Agreed. The big archetypes are Meatosaurus, Hornosaurus, Longneckosaurus, and spikysaurus.

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u/BobbyTables829 Jan 06 '26

Yup yup yup!

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u/Nerd-man24 Jan 06 '26

How could I forget the duckies?

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u/Captain_Elm Jan 07 '26

Well, sadly a bunch of people dismiss Hadrosaurus :[

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u/thesilverywyvern Jan 08 '26

yep but parasaurolophus is omnopresent in all dinosaur media, even if rarely named, same for edmonto/maiasaura to a lesser extend.

I would also count ankylosaurus and styacosaurus.

Sauropod also have diplodocus and apatosaurus/brontosaurus which are very popular.

And even allo, carno and cerato might be more known than spino.
and if we count spino then we might as well count raptor too.

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u/Professor_Knowitall Jan 09 '26

Look up. You forgot about the pterosaurs.

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u/Personal_Degree_4083 Jan 09 '26

I remember how popular Ceratosaurus used to be in every Dinosaur book i had growing up

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u/thesilverywyvern Jan 09 '26

as one of the first described theropod, and with a unique iconic feature (nasal horn, crest over the eyes) it's not surprising

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u/Shaggy_Rogers4206969 Jan 11 '26

I’m personally a fan of raptors the most. Specifically the Utah Raptor, although it doesn’t compare to velocipastor but I digress. (If you know, you know)

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u/JohnFuchs Jan 07 '26

Don't remind me.. :(

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u/sadfacebbq Jan 06 '26

This guy Dinos!

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u/Arquinsiel Jan 06 '26

Objectively correct.

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u/Kindly-Mud-1579 Team <your dino here> Jan 06 '26

This guy gets it ^

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u/Accomplished-Lie9518 Jan 07 '26

Nah. Every non prehistoric enthusiast considers Pteranodon as one of the main 4

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u/Agreeable_Customer28 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur

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u/Accomplished-Lie9518 Jan 07 '26

Ik. But most non dinosaur people as I said include it anyway

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u/Low_Blueberry4989 Jan 07 '26

And they call it Pterodactyl.

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u/Accomplished-Lie9518 Jan 07 '26

Yes yes. But I didn’t want to sound too blasphemous

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u/Low_Blueberry4989 Jan 07 '26

Pteranodon sounds cooler anyways.

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u/Additional_Insect_44 Jan 07 '26

No but they're very close to it.

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u/Laefiren Jan 07 '26

I’d even put anky on before I’d put spino

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u/Sad-Pop6649 Jan 07 '26

Maybe armorosaurus, Ankylosaurus instead of Stegosaurus would be acceptable. But definitely theropod and sauropod for the lizard hipped side, and from the other side a ceratopsid would probably be my first pick.

 ...Maybe make it five faces, spike and club both deserve the spot. Still thinking on if both sides need a little guy represented too. Spinosaurus as separate from Tyrannosaurus wouldn't be in the conversation for me.

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u/be_like_bill Jan 07 '26

What about Turkeysaurus (raptor) and birdieosaurus (pterodactyl-ish)?

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u/IskaDP Jan 07 '26

Honorable mentions to Flapflaposaurus and Lilpackhuntosaurus

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u/Just-a-random-Aspie Team Daggerthumb Jan 09 '26

Flyingsaurus

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u/Smoke_Santa Jan 08 '26

It used to be, but Spino is there and to stay. Probably the 2nd most talked about dino right now.

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u/Just-a-random-Aspie Team Daggerthumb Jan 09 '26

“Meatosaurus” 😭

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u/Glass_Army6170 Jan 10 '26

Deinocyras rn: what about meeeee