Age: Miocene

Review: Megalodon ( PNSO Scientific Arts)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: PNSO Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4 (19 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus

When it comes to suffering from identity crisis, no other extinct species exhibits this more than the mighty Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), which is ironic given how popular it is.This identity crisis is of course due to the fact that very little fossil material is available to help create an accurately restoration of it and that the majority of the restorations, from paleo art to movies, are all based on the extant Great White shark, a species that many believed for years it resembles.

Despite this crisis, Megalodon is the most famous of the extinct sharks, and possibly only surpassed in popularity by the extant Great White that still roam todays oceans.

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Review: Elasmotherium (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Elasmotherium Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (30 votes)

Bront’s breakfast is suddenly and rudely interrupted as a large cave lion leaps from the tall grass onto his back and attempts to sink its teeth and claws into his hide. But his matted fur coat provides more than enough protection and Bront angrily bucks his attacker off.

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Review: Prehistoric Mammals Tube (Collecta)

Genus: Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Daeodon, Deinotherium, Estemmenosuchus, Kelenken, M. primigenius, Mammuthus, Megacerops, Moropus, Paraceratherium, Smilodon, Uintatherium, Woolly mammoth Brand: CollectA Classification: Bird, Cat, Elephant, Mammal, Therapsid (non-mammal) Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine, Set, Tube

4.2 (17 votes)

Collecta has been bringing out prehistoric animal tubes over the last few years, and while some gave us some great new designs, others have just given us miniature versions of models they already have. This is a case of the latter, as they have released these small versions of their ancient mammals.

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Review: Sivatherium (Bestiari)

Genus: Sivatherium Brand: Bestiary Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

5 (10 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus

Today, we will review a special figure. I originally intended this as my first 2019 review but got delayed. I wanted to review something a little different than your mass produced toy figures, this was the perfect candidate.

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Review: Prehistoric Animals (Panini, review part 2)

Genus: Brachiosaurus, Coelodonta, Cynognathus, Diatryma, Elasmosaurus, Gastornis, Ichthyosaurus, M. primigenius, Mammuthus, Moropus, Palaeoscincus, Polacanthus, Smilodon, Tylosaurus, Woolly mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros Brand: Panini Classification: Ankylosaur, Bird, Cat, Elephant, Ichthyosaur, Macronaria (basal), Mammal, Mosasaur, Nodosaur, Plesiosaur, Sauropod, Therapsid (non-mammal), Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Set

Panini prehistoric animals and dinosaur toys

4.3 (10 votes)

In part 1 of this review we looked at 12 dinosaur toys (and one pterosaur) from Panini’s Prehistoric Animals line. In part 2 we pick up where we left off to complete the full set of 24 toys.

Figure numbers 13 to 15 are a trio of marine reptiles, and their dark blue colour works very well for aquatic animals.

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Review: Ginkgo (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Ginkgo Brand: CollectA Classification: Plant Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.9 (9 votes)

What’s a nice prehistoric animal figure without the appropriate background? Right, so let’s have a look at another plant offering by CollectA…
While being a recent species, Ginkgo biloba already existed long before any human had the brilliant idea to develop writing or another kind of reliable method to record dates or stories for generations to come and so setting the foundation for our modern understanding of history and therefore the time before.

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Review: Gomphotherium (CollectA)

Genus: Gomphotherium Brand: CollectA Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.9 (17 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus, edited by Suspsy
The family Proboscidea has a long and very diverse history. The group is perhaps most famous for their trunks and tusks, with some growing to astounding shapes and sizes. Today, only one family from this once mighty group remains: Elephantidae, consisting of only three species.

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Review: Medusa (Bullyland)

Genus: Medusa Brand: Bullyland Classification: Invertebrate Age: Cambrian, Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Devonian, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Ordovician, Paleocene, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Precambrian, Silurian, Triassic Type: Figurine

4.6 (12 votes)

Summer melts us here since weeks, so time for another wet review….

Today I want you to introduce you to one of those creatures everybody knows, but knows almost nothing about, a jellyfish. Jellyfish are a very very old group of animals, they date back to the famous Ediacarian, more than 600 mya.

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Review: Sivatherium (Prehistoric Creatures by Shapeways)

Genus: Sivatherium Brand: Shapeways Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4 (2 votes)

Photographs and review by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a review, but now that I have a brief break from things, I have time to write a new one. And I’ll start with 3D printing. I adore 3D printing; the idea that you can design nearly anything and create a physical model for it is astounding, and has great prospects for recreating prehistoric life.

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Review: Hyaenodon gigas(Wild Safari Prehistoric World by, Safari Ltd)

Genus: Creodont, Hyaenodon Brand: Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene Type: Figurine

5 (11 votes)

For over 25 million years Hyaenodons hunted across Africa, Asia, North America and Europe. They were formidable predators that had oversized jaws. When hunting they would have probably ambush their prey with a quick rush, grab on to the head or neck with that impressive maw, and secure the kill.

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Review: Daeodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Daeodon Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Oligocene Type: Figurine

5 (22 votes)

Review by Bokisaurus, edited by Dinotoyblog
My first review for the new year! It was hard choosing which figure to review, but one figure kept coming back up to the top of my list, Safari’s Daeodon, part of their 2018 lineup of prehistoric figures.

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Review: Macrauchenia (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Macrauchenia Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (21 votes)

Review and photos by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
Island isolation can have some amazing results in terms of evolution. Insular dwarfism for some organisms, gigantism for others, or simply some of the oddest creatures that can be conceived. Today’s review subject is an example of the latter, Macrauchenia, a liptotern from South America, which was an island continent during most of the Cenozoic era.

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