Top 5 Weirdest Dinosaurs: What Was Mother Nature Thinking?

Flamboyant spines, “terrible hands,” and thagomizers — take a tour of fossilized oddities. Discover the bizarre wonders of prehistoric creatures with our collection of the weirdest dinosaurs.

By Cody Cottier
Jun 14, 2023 6:00 PM
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Of the 700 or so dinosaur species paleontologists have discovered to date, some are terrifying, some are magnificent and others are downright bizarre. Those in the last category won’t haunt your nightmares like Spinosaurus or lend grandeur to a Jurassic Park scene like Brachiosaurus; mostly, they’ll just leave you wondering what Mother Nature was smoking in the Mesozoic Era (and where you can get some).

The Weirdest Dinosaurs

Here are a few of the preeminent weirdos:

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