Pet Dinosaur?

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno and his team have discovered a new dinosaur species! Pegomastax africanus was only about 2 feet long, and had fangs and was covered with quills like a porcupine’s. Even though it had fangs, this tiny dino ate plants. Because of its small size, Sereno says that “it would be a nice pet–if you could train it not to nip you.”

Would you like to have a dinosaur as a pet?

Read about more tiny dinos on National Geographic Kids.

Learn more about Paul Sereno and the rest of the National Geographic explorers.

Image and sculpting by Tyler Keillor

Comments

yusee
October 4, 2012, 11:45 am

I would like to have a pet dinosaur!!
lalasel
October 4, 2012, 11:02 pm

yes, i would love to have a pet dinosaur! this Dino sounds really interesting! i would buy it even if it’s 10000000 million dollars!!
katniss101tanzanite
October 4, 2012, 11:17 pm

Awwww… this looks adorably frightening but cute…! I WANT ONE!!!
basilima2019
October 5, 2012, 1:13 am

how can you get a pet
noodleboy
October 11, 2012, 2:04 pm

it looks like my cat
MSH88
October 18, 2012, 1:01 pm

nice!!
druidicllama
October 18, 2012, 9:19 pm

hmmm….

sure.
(5 days later)
no. bad prehistoric monster. MY bacon.

aaaggggghhhh!!!!!! my hand!
littlepuppy
October 25, 2012, 1:04 pm

Sure. it probably wouldn’t get along with my hamster, though.
pancake300
November 21, 2012, 4:23 pm

a PET dinosaur?i love animals!i have no pets for it to attak too!perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saffie123
November 23, 2012, 4:50 pm

oh maybe i should get my brother one for Christmas!
penguina
November 24, 2012, 3:11 am

Ya ya ya!!!! Wait, i don’t know…. would i have to train it to not eat my dog, puppy, and guinea pig?
dinokeeper999
December 3, 2012, 9:25 am

i’m actully going to get a pet dinosaur but its way bigger than that!

its a type of ANKILOSAUR!!!!!!!!!!!!
dinokeeper999
December 3, 2012, 9:33 am

sry my kitton just jumpped on me this is all i can hear right now purrrrrrrrrrrrrrr if you get that tiny dino
your a sucker the real best tiny dino pet is the microraptor

ps. i have russion blue kittens doble ps. my pet dino im getting is called Euoplocephalus
dinokeeper999
December 3, 2012, 9:36 am

YES!!!!!!
dinokeeper999
December 3, 2012, 9:40 am

sry if you guys think i spam :c back to dinos I RELY WANT TO JUST TELPORT MY DINOSAUR I HAVE
TO GO TO CHINA TO GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EJ :)
December 5, 2012, 2:51 am

haha all the comments before me were so funny i culdn’t stop laughing LOL
I would love have a pet dino!!!
Even though it doesn’t look that cute or anything…still any pet is fine with me
EJ :)
December 5, 2012, 2:52 am

why China???
chinni008
December 14, 2012, 10:22 am

SAME AS SAFFIE 123 , BUT SOUNDS DANGEROURS IF MY BRO AND THE DINO GET ANGRY! LOL!
owls39
December 30, 2012, 5:55 pm

I THINK HAVING A CAT IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!
owls39
December 30, 2012, 6:06 pm

i think i will consider what SAFFIE 123 said.
owls39
December 31, 2012, 11:27 am

then it looks weird.
maxmaximus
March 11, 9:23 pm

TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!