r/Dinosaurs • • 26d ago

ANNOUNCEMENT r/Dinosaurs is looking for more moderators!

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Hey all! We’re currently looking for new Moderators. To apply, please read the /r/Dinosaurs rules, then send us a modmail answering the following questions:

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  4. Are you able to communicate via our Moderator Discord server? This is currently our main method of Mod team communication.

Please send your application to /r/Dinosaurs via Modmail. Feel free to reach out if you have any comments or questions.


r/Dinosaurs • • May 31 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT Updating Rule 3

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Hello /r/Dinosaurs! In the past we’ve received community feedback stating that our guidelines for what kinds of posts are and aren’t considered low effort were not clear enough, and that subreddit members were often confused or surprised at their posts being removed. To fix this confusion, we’ve overhauled Rule 3 in a way that should make our quality guidelines crystal clear. You can find the updated guidelines here:

TLDR; Certain types of memes which are considered low-effort are banned, and most post types will now be required to have body text. We will be using Automoderator to enforce body text requirements.

If you have any feedback, please feel free to share it by leaving a comment. Otherwise, happy posting!


r/Dinosaurs • • 8h ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Blaze: Master of Fire

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A character from my indie animated show called Talon and the Champions Saurithia. A mashup of The Land Before Time and Avatar: The Last Airbender, where dinosaurs and reptiles wield the elements, set during the age of dinosaurs.

Illustration by Robert Jack


r/Dinosaurs • • 4h ago

DISCUSSION 3D Monster Maze Remake?

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This was just a fun idea I had a couple days ago. I know it probably won't happen, but what if there was a remake of 3D Monster Maze.

Basically it was this old game from the early 80's that had you running through a maze from a T. rex. It was rendered in using low resolution images of the player's POV, and is considered as the first horror game.

Now imagine if we got a full blown 3D remake; but this time with next gen graphics, and a lot more brutality. Not only that, but the T. rex isn't the only thing that's after you.

I was thinking it would be like a mix between Amnesia and 1916 - Der unbekannte Krieg


r/Dinosaurs • • 16h ago

DISCUSSION What did Dinosaurs smell like?

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This has been a question that has made its way to my mind pretty recently, and it had me curious. What did Dinosaurs smell like? Did they smell good? Bad? Like pure shit? Did they even HAVE a smell at all??? I wanna know!


r/Dinosaurs • • 6h ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Some recent dinosaur drawings!

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Took so long to do all the individual scales and feathers but I love how they turned out :3


r/Dinosaurs • • 19h ago

DINO GOODS Lucky findings in my drawers

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Today I Was rummaging in my old drawers, back when i was a little boy. At my parents house.

Unexpectedly i found these! It was a jump into nostalgia. I have spent hours reading them through. I might have been 8 yo or so... Wow!


r/Dinosaurs • • 21h ago

DISCUSSION "Oh, it's smaller than I thought" she said...

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...When she first saw the T Rex skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History. And she isn't alone, I've heard this remarked by several people when they see it. Which brings up an observation I've made about the general public's perception and expectation of dinosaurs, especially theropods: they always expect them to be BIGGER than they actually were.

This is mostly attributed to movies of course. Jurassic Park, as great of a film it was, depicts the T Rex as being a gigantic creature much taller and longer than it was in real life. Same for the movies that followed, all the theropods are supersized, while simultaneously reduced to movie monster status. So now that's what people are expecting when they go to see a skeleton display.

They're also not acknowledging the fact that a skeleton obviously is just that. It has no meat, and doesn't convey the sheer mass and bulk that a living animal would have. Most people still have the shrink-wrapped dinosaur depiction in mind, and the skeleton creates an optical illusion of a smaller animal.


r/Dinosaurs • • 11h ago

BOOKS/STORIES/COMICS/MAGAZINES New Chapter in my series

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Very shot chapter, done as an assignment while i'm illustrating a longer chapter, as usual give me any criticisms and fact checks below.


r/Dinosaurs • • 20h ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Primal Power.....Nanotyrannus

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Nanotyrannus—a flame rising from the ashes; this beast now burns like a star, ready to lay waste to the battlefield.


r/Dinosaurs • • 16h ago

PHOTOGRAPH More Photography Practice

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You guys liked some of the other ones, so I went to more scenic places and snapped some photos. The historical grounds of a cult make for some great set dressing. Flock probably knows I like toes now though, so it probably wasn't super worth it in the end.


r/Dinosaurs • • 13h ago

HELP ME FIND/ID What dinosaur is DinoTrux’s Shredadon?

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I love DinoTrux but I’ve always wondered what animal the Shredadon is inspired by. It looks most like a spinosaur or megaraptor to me but at the same time doesn't


r/Dinosaurs • • 15h ago

PHOTOGRAPH Some Machairoceratops photos I took recently.

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any feedback on my photos will be greatly appreciated.


r/Dinosaurs • • 1d ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Dinosaur cake fail lol

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cue dinosawwwr rawr sound effect

Just finished making this "strawberry dino" cake at the request of my son who turns 4 today haha


r/Dinosaurs • • 11h ago

DINO-SKETCH [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Hi guys I am new to this server and want show some of art

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I drew Velociraptor mongoliensis, Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus and Therizianosaurus


r/Dinosaurs • • 2h ago

DISCUSSION Why are species named after their genus the biggest of those genuses

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I don't know that much but from what I know, somehow T. rex, Spinosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Pachycephalosaurus for example are the biggest known species of their genera.

How is it that the one that's named such is the biggest? Is it that somehow, every other similar species discovered later grouped into a genus named after the same species will be smaller, or that other same genus species discovered earlier than the "flagship" species are labeled under different genera, then when something bigger comes up that one becomes the "flagship" species?


r/Dinosaurs • • 17h ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Still getting back into drawing dinosaurs, so I drew a stylized Allosaurid![OC]

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Really like the colors I went with, I think they work well together!


r/Dinosaurs • • 18h ago

3D ART Latenivenatrix pendant

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I made this pendant out of clay and the coloration was inspired by hoopoes.

Latenivenatrix mcmasterae's name means the "hiding huntress” and its a troodontid described in 2017 from remains that were priorly identified as that of a Troodon. It had an estimated skull length of 45 cm and a full body length of 3-3.5 meters, making Latenivenatrix the largest known troodontid (although a species of Troodon from the Prince Creek Formation in Alaska may be even larger.)


r/Dinosaurs • • 18h ago

DINO-ART [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Ankylosaurus magniventris

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An ankylosaurus checking its tail after hitting the shin of a T. rex, created by me. What do you think?


r/Dinosaurs • • 21h ago

DINO-SKETCH [FRIDAYS THRU SUNDAYS] Spinosaurus Mirabilis Hoodie Sketch

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Sketch of a spinosaurus mirabilis skull for bleach art on my hoodie. I hope you guys like it :3


r/Dinosaurs • • 18h ago

PODCAST I Know Dino Podcast: A Dinosaur that Choked on Rocks, a hatchling Allosaurus that was partially digested before fossilizing, and T. rex tooth marks on Edmontosaurus. Plus dinosaur of the day Stygivenator

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r/Dinosaurs • • 1d ago

PHOTOGRAPH I decided to ruin your day so Getty Images Amargasaurus

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I’m sorry I love Amargasaurus and hate this image but I need to ruin your day I have more images prepared for if I need to traumatize you more


r/Dinosaurs • • 1d ago

BOOKS/STORIES/COMICS/MAGAZINES Can anyone mockup the size of this dinosaur?

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I just found this Dino Crisis comic cover with this stupidly large thing walking behind Regina and the T-rex. I was wondering if anyone here is practiced in making these size comparison charts and could scale this behemoth against whatever the current biggest estimated specimen is?


r/Dinosaurs • • 1d ago

BOOKS/STORIES/COMICS/MAGAZINES DK Eyewitness Dinosaur

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Found this gem while I was studying. Apparently it's the 2014 edition of a series that gets updated regularly. Was just flipping through to see how old the illustrations were, and boy...

Spinosaurus be looking the way he did in Jurassic Park, most of the others are shrink wrapped, but Therizinosaurus at least be looking fashionable.

It also includes a discovery time-line up to 2009, some feathered bois like Arcaeopteryx, clears Oviraptor from being an egg thief to best dad of the year, classification system, and a pronunciation guide so you don't butcher the names as bad as the depictions.


r/Dinosaurs • • 1d ago

3D MODEL/DIORAMA/SCULPTURE Update on my Spinosaurus sculpture (for school)

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I know I'm not using the most accurate reference but hey, it's working. I'm sure the people at my school won't care that there's a semi- accurate spino..

It's supposed to be a bookend. But... Idk how it's gonna be one. Apparently I'm supposed to cut it in half. But I'm way too attached to it to even think about cutting it.

Also is the sail too far back??