Described in 1994, Cryolophosaurus is notable for being the first named dinosaur and first theropod discovered on Antarctica. Antarctopelta was the first dinosaur discovered on the continent, but Cryolophosaurus was named before it. Cryolophosaurus comes from the Handon formation and unfortunately the dinosaur material recovered from there is very scant. Cryolophosaurus itself is decently well known however, with remains consisting...
Review and photographs by Noideaforaname, edited by Suspsy
The Transformers brand is no stranger to dinosaurs, much less Tyrannosaurus rex, but while Cybertronian saurians have traditionally been mechanical and occasionally organic, the Kingdom toyline introduced something new: fossils! The aptly-named Fossilizers are modular in nature and need to be taken apart and rebuilt to change forms. Ostensibly, this is to...
Mapusaurus is a carcharodontosaurid that lived in Argentina during the late Cretaceous and is also one of the largest theropods known. It was only slightly smaller than its close relative, Giganotosaurus, and the skeletal differences between them are minimal. Today we’re looking at Mattel’s Mapusaurus. Spoiler alert, it’s a really cool toy but a pretty bad Mapusaurus.
The Mattel Mapusaurus...
Although I grew up with dinosaur toys around me for as long as I can remember, there was one dinosaur missing from my collection as a small child. This dinosaur, which I desired more than almost any other, was the “two-crested reptile”, Dilophosaurus. With its elaborate head crests and fierce-looking notched jaws, Dilophosaurus was an early favorite of mine. The...
