It matters if you're a paleontologist or just a bore (like me). Gotta be pedantic about some things, otherwise people might think dolphins are fish because they live in the ocean. No offense meant, comrade
True, but this is hardly a college lecture, so for the fun of the game I felt like my answer was "close enough". I feel like it definitely makes sense to be pedantic in most places, but a discussion of favorite dinosaurs feels a but much.
Also dinosaur has become more of a colloquial term over the years as well, which has bent its popular definition to simply include many prehistoric non-mammal animals. However you are right in the paleontological definition.
Megaladon.
On land? I can OHKO that big fish.
In the water? I’m fucked.
But it's not a dinosaur
Not technically, but it was a prehistoric animal, which makes it a "dinosaur" in my eyes. Also, does it really matter?
It matters if you're a paleontologist or just a bore (like me). Gotta be pedantic about some things, otherwise people might think dolphins are fish because they live in the ocean. No offense meant, comrade
True, but this is hardly a college lecture, so for the fun of the game I felt like my answer was "close enough". I feel like it definitely makes sense to be pedantic in most places, but a discussion of favorite dinosaurs feels a but much.
Also dinosaur has become more of a colloquial term over the years as well, which has bent its popular definition to simply include many prehistoric non-mammal animals. However you are right in the paleontological definition.