What was the most intelligent dinosaur?

Answer 1

I read the other month that they think it may have been compsognathus, a VERY small dinosaur that hunted other small dinosaurs and early mammals as well as scavenging. Apparently it showed it was capable of some thought processes that modern lizards can't do.

Answer 2

Dinosaurs existed here, so there's reason to believe given similar conditions that something like dinosaurs evolved on other planets. If dinosaurs were not killed off due to a big rock hitting the planet, they may very well have evolved further and become more intelligent. There are many such animals on this planet who display significant intelligence. If dinosaurs had another 100 million years of evolution behind them, they may have evolved larger brains and more intelligence. Why is this so complicated for theists to believe? At least there are reasonable theories to support this vs. the god idea which isn't even a good theory.

Answer 3

I thought it was something called Struthimonimus (I think I may have made this up because various googles with various spelling came up with nothing close). however I did find the following:

"Although there is no direct way to measure a dinosaur's intelligence, one of the few possible measures of intelligence might be a large brain in a small body. The genus that perhaps fits this description best was the Cretaceous bird-like dinosaur Troodon, which also may have had binocular vision (depth perception) and excellent eyesight and was built for speed. Even so, this dinosaur was probably not as "intelligent" as most modern birds and mammals."

To be honest, I've never heard of the darned thing - and I used to be so into my dinosaurs when I was a wee kid...

Answer 4

Dinosaur intelligence is hard to place. Brain studies of maniraptorans (velociraptor, deinonychus, utahraptor) indicate larger and more complex brains. However, Tyrannosaurus rex brains appeared to be quite large as well, and very crocodilian in appearance - which are actually quite clever animals. Troodontids appear to have the largest brains, but further study is needed to analyze it's complexity. The maniraptorans were the most intelligent group, based on complexity models with humans labeled as "smart", but smartness, as humans repeatedly show, does not translate to intelligence.

Answer 5

Although it is hard to measure, it was likely to have been a form of raptor, as these are believed to have evolved vocal signals, relatively sophisticated commmunication and team work, behaviour emulated currently in, for the majority, the most intelligent animals present today.

Answer 6

Must be the T-Rex - they were of course, the biggest, most violent, ravenous dinosaurs - despite what the naysayers would have you believe.

Answer 7

Trodoon. Because of the measurements in the skull. That way, the brain size can be determined.

Answer 8

hadrosaurs group known as miasaurs because they make nests and keep all famaly members together in one nesting spot called Egg Mountain at the Bonebed in Chateau, Montana.

Answer 9

i also believe it was the velociraptor since they were the only species of dinosaurs that can commucicate with each other

Answer 10

Troodont