Snorkasaurus

For the similar species, see Snorkosaurus.

The Snorkasaurus (occasionally referred to as a Dogasaurus or simply a Dog) is a long-necked quadrupedal purple reptile, about the size of a large pig, and known to have coexisted during the Stone Age featured in the franchise of The Flintstones.

Background

Description

While they're generally viewed as game to be hunted (at least in "The Snorkasaurus Hunter") they may also be kept as pets, and display behavioral patterns commonly associated with domestic dogs such as yapping, licking and enthusiastically leaping on the owner, including Dino's owner, Fred Flintstone for example.

They have three digits on their paws and are capable of walking upright, although they typically prefer to move on all four legs. Despite its sauropod-like appearance, this species appears to be carnivorous, as they've been observed chewing bones and chasing down mice and other enemies including Cavemouse from The Flintstone Comedy Show for example.

Breeds

Snorkasauruses came in a large variety of breeds that came in all sorts of shapes and sizes, however the most common was Dino's breed which were all mostly purple or pink in color with black spots and varying degrees of hair on their heads. There was also dogasaurus-like animals found in other species unrelated to snorkasauruses, such as rocktopups, dronkosauruses and even hipposauruses were known to act like canines.

Bulldogasaurus

A big and tough breed of snorkasaurus that has the a round muscular body but either a big reptilian head or the head of a mammalian dog with a horn, and even an ankylosaurus-like tail.

The most notable member of this breed was Spike, a bulldogasaurus that tormented Dino and acted as his bully in The Flintstone Kids.

Houndasaur

A shorter but more muscular and stronger breed of snorkasaurus with a powerful bite and unstoppable locomotion that resembles a stegosaurus. They come in three varieties, with the first and more common being smaller, chubbier and pink in color with a small horn on their nose and red ridges on their back. The second being larger, purple and more vicious-looking with a large curved horn on its head, with one such variant being owned by the Slate Rock and Gravel Company as a watch-houndasaur. The third is the smallest but most vicious, a breed from Rocksylvania with incredibly sharp teeth that has a curved horn and green skin, with one such variant being Icky.

Sheepdogasaurus

A mammalian breed of snorkasaurus that looks more like a modern dog but with shaggier-looking fur, droopy ears and sharper teeth, although some may have reptilian tails.

Wolfasaurus

Count Rockula and Lupo - Blood Brothers — Lupo, a werewolfasaurus.

A dangerous wild breed that lived in forests. There were even individuals such as Stonewall Nicely that were vicious half-man and half-wolfasaurus monsters called werewolfasauruses that transformed on full moon nights.

However some werewolfasauruses were wolves all the time and could even be kept as pets if somehow tamed, as seen with Count Rockula's pet werewolfasaurus, Lupo.

Woolly Snorkasaurus

A breed of snorkasaurus covered from head to toe in long shaggy fur similar to a woolly mammoth. They are considered a pedigree breed.

Appearances

Television shows

Films and specials

Video games

The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy
The Flintstones
The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak
The Flintstones: BurgerTime in Bedrock
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Flintstones: Bring Back Bedrock

Gallery

The Flintstones has a collection of images and media related to Snorkasaurus.

Notes/Trivia

In Dino's second appearance in "The Snorkasaurus Hunter", he was re-imagined as very intelligent and articulated. In later episodes he would go back to behaving like he did in his first appearance in "No Help Wanted", no longer speaking and started acting much more like a typical dog again, although still displaying occasional signs of sapience (which is common in cartoon dogs anyway).
This species was bipedal which bears a striking, if possibly coincidental resemblance to the real world Plateosauridae.
In the non-canon series The Flintstone Kids, Dino was portrayed as a brontosaurus and was implied to be capable of growing to gigantic proportions, with his mother being the size of a mountain.
Despite being referred to as Dogs at times, regular prehistoric dogs were shown to exist in the first season and in The Flintstone Kids.