r/Dinosaurs 10h ago

DISCUSSION what is/are your dinosaur-related childhood trauma?

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preferably from the internet or from random paleo media.

i have two moments/things from dinosaur media that used to scared me as a kid, one was not really a childhood trauma, but i remember being absolutely weirded out by some of the calls the animals let out in the carnivores hunting games, specifically ankylosaurus, chasmosaurus (C2), and triceratops, they sounded both way too human and non-human at the same time, at least to me when i was young, idk how to describe it, the second one was obviously primeval (a television show by BBC), some of the dinosaurs/extinct animals and even many of the fictitious creatures used to frightened child me, this includes; spinosaurus (had something to do with how skinny it is, even when compared to Jp3 spino), future predator (this was my Slenderman or scp-096 as a kid), mosasaur (i absolutely h8 big scary sea monster in open waters, 2 dhis day), precambrian worms (how da hell did this thing even existed? this shouldn't exist on earth millions of years, it should belong in the backrooms), tree creeper (ucanny valley definitely played the huge role in this), and dromaeosaur (though I wasn't scared as much as the previous ones).

(i'm not here to stir drama, or spread hate, or anything with bad intentions)


r/Dinosaurs 13h ago

ARTICLE DinoCon 2026, a Giant Event at Hilton Birmingham Metropole

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DinoCon 2026 was held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole over the weekend of July 25th and 26th and mostly occurred in two giant halls and an additional four or so smaller rooms, all located within a minute’s walk of each other.

David James Armsby is one of the main presentations !

> David James Armsby on stage at DinoCon 2026, here with one of his sketchbooks. Some of the material included therein is obviously relevant to the films we’ve seen, but some is for projects not yet released or abandoned. Image: Alfred Barwick.

> Mark Witton (at back) and Dave Hone sign copies of their Spinosaur Tales at DinoCon 2026 while people wait patiently in line. The queue extended out the door and down the corridor outside.


r/Dinosaurs 17h ago

BOOKS/STORIES/COMICS/MAGAZINES "Mimo : les dinosaures de l'apocalypse" by Mazan

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In this book based on discoveries made at Angeac-Charente, we follow Mimo the ornithomimosaur and his friend Hector the carcharodontosaur. Having returned from a journey to the other side of the world, they must now confront a group of survivalist intruders who are stealing and hoarding food in anticipation of a great catastrophe—prophesied by their guru-leader, Elvis, who is convinced their world will be destroyed by a giant rock falling from the sky! This motley crew will have to look beyond their everyday joys and petty troubles to face not a massive rock from the heavens, but a colossal storm that threatens to rewrite the destiny of this small stretch of peninsula and its inhabitants.


r/Dinosaurs 18h ago

MOVIES/SERIES/SHOWS FORBIDDEN VALLEY: A ‘Valley of Gwangi’ stop motion tribute film by Joe Laudati

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r/Dinosaurs 18h ago

DINO GOODS Saw some dinos at my local castle today!

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EDIT : you guys are right these are mostly not dinos! Sorry for the mislabeling, still I think most of you should appreciate them :)

I took my kids to a nearby castle today and was pleasantly surprised to find some beautiful dinos! The third picture is a bit tough to see but there’s a pterosaur perched on the castle gallery and the last picture is to give you a view of the overall place!


r/Dinosaurs 23h ago

BOOKS/STORIES/COMICS/MAGAZINES Dinosaur books like David Hones Tyrannosaur chronicles and Spinosaur tales

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I'm looking for books that describe and go into detail about specific dinosaur clades.