When news of the discovery of Quetzalcoatlus first began breaking back in the late 1970s, it inspired a wave of paleoart depicting a rather bizarre and somewhat unnerving creature that ended up bearing very little resemblance to the mighty azhdarchid. The very first rendition appears to have been by Giovanni Caselli in 1975.
Author: Suspsy
Suspsy has lived in Canada all his life. One day when he was in kindergarten, his teacher did a lesson on dinosaurs and put up some giant cutouts on the wall. Suspsy immediately began pretending to be a Tyrannosaurus rex at playtime, and continued to do so for many subsequent playtimes. Since then, he has acquired two degrees, worked many different jobs, travelled to many fantastic locations, fallen in love, gotten married, and settled down to raise a family, but his passion for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals has never waned.All reviews by this author
Review: Kileskus (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
3.8 (4 votes)
Discovered in Russia, Kileskus is a relatively small tyrannosauroid that lived during the Middle Jurassic period some 166 million years ago. While its remains are rather fragmentary, they are enough to determine that their owner was a proceratosaurid, closely related to Guanlong and Proceratosaurus itself.
Review: Yangchuanosaurus (Dayong)(PNSO)
5 (3 votes)
During the Middle and Late Jurassic, the largest predatory dinosaur in China was the fearsome metriacanthosaurid Yangchuanosaurus. Indeed, it is one of China’s most famous and popular dinosaurs, reflected by the fact that PNSO has made no less than four toys of it.
Review: Ankylosaurus (Eofauna)
5 (3 votes)
The mating season has come around once again. The bees are buzzing, the birds are chirping, and Clock is positively champing at the bit. For days, he roamed the bluffs in a fruitless search for a female. He failed to mate at all last season and his increasing desperation has now driven him to descend deep into the forest.
Review: Torvoneustes (Jurassic World: Frenzy Pack by Mattel)
4 (2 votes)
The metriorhynchid Torvoneustes swam the savage seas during the Late Jurassic period around 145 million years ago. It was about 4.7 metres long, the same length as a very large American alligator and would have been a deadly predator of cephalopods, fish, and other marine reptiles—although like most other metriorhynchids, it would have in turn fallen victim to bigger pliosaurs.
Review: Hypsilophodon (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
4.3 (3 votes)
The very first illustration of Hypsilophodon that I ever laid eyes on depicted it as a very lizard-like animal perched high on a tree branch, an erroneous notion that arose back in 1912 and persisted until 1971 when it was finally debunked—although that didn’t stop children’s dinosaur books from continuing to portray Hypsilophodon as arboreal until well into the 1980s.
Review: Craterosaurus (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
4 (3 votes)
Discovered in the Woburn Sands Formation in England and formally described in 1874, Craterosaurus was a relatively small stegosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous some 113-112 million years ago.
Mattel released the first and so far only Craterosaurus toy in 2024 as part of their Danger Pack series.
Review: Iguanodon and Skorpiovenator (Jurassic World: Roarin’ Battle Pack by Mattel)
4 (4 votes)
I initially wasn’t planning on acquiring either the Mattel Iguanodon or Skorpiovenator for my children’s dinosaur collection, but back in February 2024, Amazon Canada put the Roarin’ Battle Pack on sale for $26.94, which in this country is three dollars less than the retail price of a single toy in the Roarivores/Roar Strikers/Wild Roar size category.
Review: Dinosaur Missions: Stegosaurus Discovery (Jurassic World by LEGO)
5 (2 votes)
“Hello, my fellow dinosaur lovers. Dr. Bella Bricking here once again, as well as the indispensable Beth Buildit. As always, we are happy and proud to be here. Happy National Dinosaur Day and Happy Pride Month!”
“Hey there, folks. Hope you’re still holding up strong.”
“Today’s review is an exciting one, for it deals with an animal we have never tackled here before: the iconic Stegosaurus!
Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Hunt ‘n Chomp)(Jurassic World: Dino Trackers by Mattel)
3.8 (4 votes)
Well, with yet another Jurassic World movie coming out this summer, I figured I had better review this toy now rather than later. Yes, it’s another of the many Tyrannosaurus rex variants that Mattel has churned out since 2018.
Review: Carnotaurus (Haolonggood)
4.6 (5 votes)
I was fond of the South American abelisaur known as Carnotaurus from the moment I learned about it back in the late 1980s. And really, who wouldn’t be? With its short, boxy skull, prominent pointed horns, and almost preposterously puny arms, it is easily one of the weirdest-looking theropods, and thus one of the coolest.
Review: Saltasaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
4.8 (6 votes)
Ever since the demise of the Carnegie Collection, Safari Ltd. has been gradually adding genera from it to their wonderful Wild Safari line. Saltasaurus is the latest such addition. Discovered in 1975 and named in 1980 after Salta Province in Argentina, it was a relatively small titanosaurian sauropod at just 10-12 metres in length.