Tor.com is proud to announce the winners of the first annual Dinosaur Awards! The proud tradition of the Dinosaur Awards began in 2015 when local malcontent Chris Lough mispronounced the title of Victor Milán’s The Dinosaur Lords. The awards were presented on whatever day this article goes up, during a short, respectful ceremony up in the Tor.com production office.
Congratulations to the winners and nominees! You’ve all been dead for millions of years.
Before we begin, let us remember the dinosaurs we lost this year. (Spoilers for Jurassic World, if you haven’t seen it.)
2015 Dinosaur Awards
Winners and Nominees
Winners are in bold.
Most Spiky
Stygimoloch
Ankylosaurus
Edmontonia
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Tallest Dino
Sauroposeidon
Ankylosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Brontosaurus
Seismodon
Note: This is Sauroposeidon’s 15th straight win.
Prettiest Feathers
Enigmosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Gallimimus
Jimmy Buffett
Sinosauropteryx
Velociraptor
Yutyrannus
Best Non-Lethal Body Feature
Ankylosaurus (Armor plating)
Brachiosaurus (Head crest)
Tyrannosaurus Rex (Tiny arms)
Wannanosaurus (Head dome)
Friendliest Dinosaur
Baby Triceratops (Jurassic World)
Ankylosaurus
Baby (Dinosaurs)
Blue (Jurassic World)
Ducky (The Land Before Time)
Gertie (Gertie the Dinosaur)
Rex (We’re Back)
Yoshi (Super Mario World)
Herbivore of the Year
Brontosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Brachiosaur
Chilesaurus
Hadrosaurus
Iguanadon
Carnivore of the Year
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Ankylosaurus
Compsognathus
Deinonychus
Qianzhousaurus
Best Not-Dinosaur
Mosasaurus
Ankylosaurus
Dimetrodon
Pteranodon
Indominus Rex
Loch Ness Monster
Best Post-Death Museum Display
Sue (Field Museum)
Ankylosaurus
“Dinosaurs in Their Time” (Carnegie Museum)
“Prattkeeping“
Rookie of the Year, awarded to the best newly discovered dinosaur
Dreadnoughtus
Zhenyuanlong
Chilesaurus
Wendiceratops
The Muldoon Memorial “Clever Girl” Award
Awarded annually to the dinosaur that sneaks around us and captures our hearts! (Before possibly opening our bowels.)
Gertie (Gertie the Dinosaur)
Ankylosaurus
The Sinclairs (Dinosaurs)
Mosasaurus (Jurassic World)
That’s it for this year’s Dinosaur Awards! Join us next year when Chris finds a creative way to mispronounce The Dinosaur Knights, the sequel to Victor Milán’s new book The Dinosaur Lords!
Header image from that amazing Walking With Dinosaurs animatronic show.
Stygimoloch image from Dinosaurios.org.
Sauroposeidon comparison image by Wikimedia user LadyofHats.
Axalsaurus image by Wikimedia user Conty.
Ankylosaurus image from DinoPark in Vyškov, Czech Republic.
Brontosaurus painting by Charles Knight, 1897.
Gertie the Dinosaur animation by Windsor McKay, 1914.