About the writing style, for example talking about looking a dinosaur in its "face". It is jarring and I didn't like reading it.

The only other mention of a face in the article is that that its face was preserved. Is your objection to the “looking into its face” posture, or the notion of it having a face in the first place, or something else?

Some languages besides English have distinct terms for a human face vs. an animal face. Is that what you're referring to?

Why? Animals have faces too.

Yes ok I see your point. I didn't find it deal breaking but I understand how something like that could be