Top 10 Coolest Dinosaur Names(Poorly Known Dinosaurs)

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:31 AM

So, everyone knows Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, etc. Don't get me wrong, they all have cool names. But which of the poorly known dinosaurs had the coolest names? Let's find out. 10. Brontomerus- Thunder Thigh Ok, so I chose this one more because I thought it was kind of funny. But funny can be cool. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Brontomerus.jpg/250px-Brontomerus.jpg[/img] 9. Tarascosaurus- Spanish Dragon Ok, don't tell me that a name that means Spanish Dragon isn't cool. [img]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/3Rz8qPYu9PQ/hqdefault.jpg[/img] 8. Titanoceratops- Titan Horned Head Just about any name with titan in it will sound cool. [img]http://www.wikidino.com/wp-content/uploads/Titanoceratops-1.jpg[/img] 7. Dracorex- Dragon King When your name means the dragon king, you certainly deserve a spot on this list. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Dracorex_BW.jpg[/img] 6. Stygimoloch- Demon from the River of Hell Wow, pachycephalosaurs have cool names! [img]http://www.wikidino.com/wp-content/uploads/Stygimoloch-M.Shiraishi.jpg[/img] 5. Tyrannotitan- Tyrant Titan Tyrannotitan certainly lives up to it's name. At 40 ft long and 5+ tons, it was both a tyrant and a titan. [img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130218072357/dinosaurs/images/8/89/Tyrannotitan_by_L34ndr0.jpg[/img] 4. Ekrixinatosaurus- Explosion Born Lizard Sure, it's hard to pronounce, but it has a cool translation. [img]http://dinosaurs.afly.ru/ii/t/ekrixinatosaurus-1.jpg[/img] 3. Teratophoneus- Monstrous Murderer Ok, so it's "only" 20 ft long, but I still don't want to run into this monstrous murderer. [img]http://www.paleospot.com/illustrations/teratophoneus.jpg[/img] 2. Sauroposeidon- Earthquake God Lizard The earthquake god lizard! Now that's awesome. [img]http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_hiatus.jpg[/img] 1. Lythronax- The Gore King of the South It's full name, Lythronax argestes, has got to be one of the coolest dinosaur names that anyone has ever come up with. [img]http://images.zeit.de/wissen/geschichte/2013-11/bg-Lythronax-ordner/LythronaxArgestes-540x304.jpg[/img]

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:35 AM

I was sure. No, I was SURE Lythronax would be first. Nice list, by the way, all of them are really cool names.

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:40 AM

Yeah, there were a lot of names to choose from. Here's another I feel is worth mentioning... Pyroraptor- Fire Thief Come on? Is that cool or what? [img]http://spotlight.iridas.com/200407/pwc_01_big.jpg[/img]

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:43 AM

Cool indeed. I'd mention Balaur too. It has no meaning in Greek or Latin, but in romanian it means terrifying dragon. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Balaur_bondoc.jpg[/img]

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:44 AM

Yeah, that's pretty good too.

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:58 AM

However not good enough to appear in this list.

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:16 AM

No, not quite ;)

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Deltadromeus

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:24 AM

These are really cool names. Hmm, I just think that a name like Omegatyrannus is frikin awesome and it belongs to a 100 foot Tyrannosaur with huge 40 foot arms and shoots lasers out of its eyes. Oh, and flyes while spitting out nuclear explosions and crushing chuck Noris underfoot.

Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:29 AM

Hmm, something tells me we won't find something quite like that anytime soon ;)

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Deltadromeus

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:34 AM

No, but that's the dinosaur the name deserves.

DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:36 AM

I'd love to see the face of the palentologist that would find that: O_O

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:36 AM

That'd be hilarious!

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 11:44 AM

Hey, now I notice the Sauroposeidon pic. How cute it is: they're kissing! :P :)

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 12:42 PM

Yeah, that's it ;)

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 12:53 PM

Haha, wonderful.

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KaijuFall3

MemberTriceratopsNov-11-2013 5:33 PM

how about this the Sinornithosaurus its a type of raptor its name means Chinese bird lizard just because i am a godzilla fan doesn't mean i don't like paleontology

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Rex Fan 684

MemberCompsognathusNov-11-2013 10:02 PM

Sinornithosaurus ain't too bad. Happy to see you on the Jurassic World forums :)

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DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-12-2013 7:42 AM

That's cool KaijuFall. Happy to se you here too. PS- also some of us dino lovers are Godzilla fans. I won't make a name. I WON"T make a name. I WON"T MAKE A NAME! Ok, DinoSteve93. ;)

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jurassicparkour

MemberCompsognathusNov-12-2013 5:26 PM

Diabloceratops is pretty awesome, if you ask me.

DinoSteve93

MemberCompsognathusNov-17-2013 4:31 AM

It means Devil horned head. That's pretty cool indeed.

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UCMP 118742

MemberCompsognathusJan-13-2014 3:14 PM

Diabloceratops+Stygimoloch= (quite literally) Hell

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MemberCompsognathusJan-15-2014 4:39 AM

I Think you should put the Scansoriopteryx (Climbing Wing ), i'd think it's pretty cool names. and it's really cool because it,s actually looks like Epidendrosaurus ( Lizard in the tree )

Scansaoriopteryx

epidendrosaurus

Epidendrosaurus

See !

ankybeatsall2468

MemberCompsognathusMar-03-2015 3:40 PM

AEROSTEON sounds cool

dracopelta, ANTETONITRUS (before the thunder) and animantarx (living fortress). also dracotitan, even though that's not a dinosaur. Dracotitan would be an awesome name!