Age: Paleocene

Review: Gastornis (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Diatryma, Gastornis Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Bird, Theropod Age: Eocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine

4.7 (17 votes)

Perhaps surprisingly for an animal that was a staple of popular books on prehistoric life for decades (and made an appearance in Walking With Beasts), models of Gastornis are a little thin on the ground. Happily, Safari have stepped forward with this very decent effort – the first toy “Diatryma” in years.

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Review: Entelodont (AAA)

Genus: Entelodon Brand: AAA Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Oligocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine

4 (9 votes)

Admittedly, there were lovelier animals to have walked the earth in prehistoric times than entelodonts, omnivorous beasts that were two metres tall and four metres long. Entelodonts were especially abundant in what are now Mongolia, China and Northern America and strolled through the landscape searching for any kind of food in the Eocene epoch – mainly probably carrion.

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Review: Diatryma (Bullyland)

Genus: Diatryma, Gastornis Brand: Bullyland Classification: Bird Age: Eocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine

3.9 (10 votes)

The Bullyland Diatryma is a well done replica of an athletic, robust bird. Bullyland scores with a credible posture, nice colouring and some neat details. On the other hand one can say Bullyland perhaps interpreted Diatryma a little bit too clumsy.

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