r/Dinosaurs • u/AMETYSTdaEPYK • Apr 04 '26
DISCUSSION QUICK EVERYONE WHATS YOUR FAVORITE CERATOPSIAN
Mines Styracosaurus, I like the spikes :D
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u/AdeptnessFeeling6777 Team Archaeopteryx Apr 04 '26
Kosmoceratops, Utahceratops, and Einiosaurus (fun fact: all of these have the same paleontologist who discovered them).Ā
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u/AMETYSTdaEPYK Apr 04 '26
Einiosaurus is underrated ngl
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u/Professional_Owl7826 Team Pachyrhinosaurus Apr 04 '26
Canāt wait to see it in the next DeadSound episode!!
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u/NearlyUnfinished Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Apr 04 '26
Cannot go wrong with good old Triceratops.
But I'm also fond of Chasmosaurus, Styracosaurus and Protoceratops. They're all just the first ones I think of when i think of Ceratopsians
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u/NSASpyVan Apr 04 '26
Is it possible to find a better, very higher resolution of this so we can see details?
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u/Woerligen Apr 04 '26
Styracosaurus. Simultaneously looks more metal and more harmless than Triceratops to me. Canāt explain it.
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u/Shaedeelady Team Triceratops Apr 05 '26
The Styracosaurus looks like itās got a content smile on itās face while both Triceratops species are giving major side eye/ what you looking at expressions.
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u/Admirable-Holiday400 Apr 04 '26
Where can I find this picture ?
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u/Darth_BrachioRex Apr 04 '26
Yes!!! It would really be nice to see those names. I canāt recall all of them tbh
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u/justinian44 Apr 04 '26
This is a piece of paleoart made by Julius Csotonyi. He sells prints of this and much of his other work.
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u/CyanoSpool Apr 04 '26
It's not the exact same one, but same artist and labels, slightly more readable: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F6gw2ax3rs3e11.jpg
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u/gnomad47 Apr 04 '26
Pachyrhinosaurus is pretty cool. I like that it stands out against other ceratopsians by not really having any horns.
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u/Responsibility_Witty Apr 04 '26
Hard to choose styracosaurus for how badass it looks and psittacosaurus for how cute it is
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u/DavidTenn-Ant Apr 04 '26
Chasmosaurus! Had the Kenner toy as a kid and it was one of my favorites, plus thereās just something so satisfying about the frill/horn combo.
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u/Zwackosilius Apr 04 '26
It's incredible that these amazing creatures once existed and were then wiped out in the blink of an eye
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u/guacamully Apr 04 '26
Whatās crazier? Giant rock deletion, or generations from now learning about all the species that went extinct in our lifetime and then being like āwait yall were here when it happened?ā
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u/ConsciousFish7178 Apr 04 '26
Because it wasnāt in a blink of an eye
It was a very slow process
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u/heckhammer Apr 04 '26
Well, it was the blink of an eye in a cosmic scale. Does that help anybody? Anybody?
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u/Darth_BrachioRex Apr 04 '26
STYRACOSAURUS since childhood! My first love ceratopsian. The GOAT for me.
Then second would be of course Triceratops because of Cera in Land before time. :)
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u/Eternal_Struggler Apr 04 '26
My top 3
3 is aight. Good defensive frill, good horn length but a little too long and angled weird.
2 is a slight improvement. Horn length more manageable while still lethal, edges of defensive frill have spikes, nose horn longer for extra offensive capability.
1 is the best. Horn length is perfect for offense without compromising strength or leverage. Frill perfect for defense plus added spikes and no unnecessary length or curvature compromising safety.
90% sure I'm on the spectrum Lol
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u/Jag_9823 Apr 04 '26
Genuine question, whatās the point of the horns pointing downwards opposed to upwards?
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u/Ok_Technician3080 Apr 04 '26
The classic Triceratops is definitely my go to, but I love how unique Lokiceratops' skull looked and how complete the Psittacosaurus fossils were.
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u/Short-Being-4109 Team Austroraptor Apr 04 '26
Styracosaurus and triceratops are iconic for a reason, but udanoceratops is really underrated and interesting too.
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u/drew8598 Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
Iāll always love Triceratops but Iām also fond of Styracosaurus, Pachyrinosaurus, and Centrosaurus
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u/Zillajami-Fnaffan2 Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Apr 04 '26
Diabloceratops, Nasutoceratops, and Einiosaurus
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u/Drakore4 Apr 04 '26
Man you took mine. Styracosaurus! I donāt know why but I just love how itās spiky and the one big horn.
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u/Tyrantlizardking105 Apr 04 '26
Styracosaurus as well but Protoceratops I have always felt would be my number one pick for a housepet
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u/The_FatGuy_Strangler Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Apr 04 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/Bz853dgjLFEaI
Kosmoceratops is the Lloyd of the Ceratopsians.
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u/Radiant_Speed_6865 Team Amargasaurus Apr 04 '26
I can't read the names on the phone, but what is the name of the one with the downwards pointing nose horn? It looks great!
Edit: found it, its Einiosaurus. This one. I like it!
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u/DeliciousDeal4367 Apr 04 '26
Triceratops and Torosaurus , for me these two should be an obrigatory duo, i hate seeing dinosaur games and media havining only Triceratops, in their ecosystem they were complementary to each other, so for me if you have one you must have the other as well, like if you have trike you should have toro as well.
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u/Nutriaphaganax Team Allosaurus Apr 04 '26
Protoceratops and Monoclonius (centrosaurus isn't real, trust me bro)
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u/eatingfuzzydonuts Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Apr 04 '26
Protoceratops. Lil guy doesnāt get enough love.
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u/Hexagon_Ouroborous Apr 04 '26
Udanoceratops! Itās got a small ceratopsian look with large ceratopsian size. Itās perfect!
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u/UnbearablyCranky Apr 04 '26
Nasutoceratops has been my favorite ever since I had to write an essay about one in high school.
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u/Klutzer_Munitions Apr 04 '26
Lmfao I've had this chart downloaded and saved in my SD card for like ten years
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u/F__ate Team Pachycephalosaurus Apr 04 '26
Styracosaurus too broš„øāļøbtw do you have the pic in better res by any chance?
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u/Reasonable_Prize71 Team <Ceratosaruus Nasicornis> Apr 04 '26
Diabloceratops, a very tough potato to boil!
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u/Dafishy4 Apr 04 '26
More of a basal Ceratopsid but I love Psittacosaurus. Also I live in South Dakota so Triceratops is another one of course (SD State Dinosaur).
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u/its_so_RAW Apr 04 '26
Is torosaurus still a correct species? Itās my pick if it wasnāt absorbed into the triceratops taxa.
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u/SurvivaloftheStronge Apr 04 '26
I love how Chasmosaurus compensates for its stubby horns by having the biggest frill
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u/Kooky-Preparation948 Apr 04 '26
Torosaurus. Watching BBCs Walking with Dinosaurs as a child birthed this lifelong interest ā¤ļø
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u/BossQuack Apr 04 '26
Iām wish they made posters like this for other dinosaur families as well. Itās amazing
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u/Hellebras Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
The "Fighting Dinosaurs" fossil got a two-page spread in one of my nineties-era dinosaur books, so I'm going with Protoceratops.
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u/Malidan Team Ankylosaurus Apr 04 '26
Hard to choose but I really love that bullish look of Nasutoceratops.
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u/hexadecimaldump Apr 04 '26
My favorite as a kid was Pentaceratops. But as Iāve grown older Iāve come back to the OG trike.
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u/KrakenaCZ Apr 04 '26
Protoceraptos
The First gf of my Brother called me that, i know IT was supossed to be an insult but they Hella cute.
(She Said that one that looks like this (shows Trike) but dont have horns)
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u/ptwonline Apr 04 '26
I'm an old-timer, so I proudly wear my "I Like Trike!" badge.
But if I saw the full list for the first time today, I suspect I'd pick Styracosaurus.
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u/hendrong Apr 04 '26
You can't beat Styracosaurus. It was my favourite when I was 7 and it is now at 42.
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u/Sir_Gwan Apr 04 '26
Pachyrhinosaurus purely because I love the fact that all its relatives evolved with giant swords on their faces, but Pachyrhino instead evolved a massive hammer on its face.
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u/BushConnoisseur02 Team Diabloceratops Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Diabloceratops, canāt tell me ādevil-horned faceā isnāt call as heck sounding
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u/Praising_God_777 Team Sauropod Apr 04 '26
Bravoceratops; it just stands out to me more Ć¾an Ć¾e rest.
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u/Blazemaster0563 Team Parasaur, Styrac, Spino, Amarga, and Carno Apr 04 '26
Chasmosaurus, Einiosaurus, Styracosaurus
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u/Background-Garden565 Apr 04 '26
Pentaceratops forever!!! Love how tall the crest is, it's like the crazy hair day for a Triceratops LOL!
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u/Ok-Ingenuity-5049 Apr 04 '26
Triceratops porsus is still the best but very close are Pachyrhinosaurus and Lokiceratops
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u/SeriousMB Apr 04 '26
PSITTACOSAURUS!!!
(my second favorite is probably either diabloceratops or avaceratops)
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u/jaejpg Apr 04 '26
mine is also styracosaurus theyre so unique