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.

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Review: Pteranodon (CollectA)

Genus: Pteranodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.1 (11 votes)

Pteranodon is not only the most famous pterosaur, but also the best known. More than 1,000 fossil specimens have been uncovered, including both male and female individuals. Males were larger and possessed the familiar blade-shaped crests while females were smaller, had short, rounded crests, and wider hips for laying eggs.

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Review: Sterrholophus Marsh AKA Triceratops (Recur)

Genus: Sterrholophus, Triceratops Brand: Recur Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (28 votes)

In 1891, the legendary O.C. Marsh bestowed the name Sterrholophus (“solid crest”) to a ceratopsian that would later be determined to be a specimen of Triceratops. That Recur would choose to use this obscure synonym for one of their toys is pretty strange, but I’ve been informed that they will be employing “Triceratops” in future.

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Review: Iguanodon (CollectA)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.2 (17 votes)

Discovered in England by Gideon Mantell in 1835, Iguanodon was the second dinosaur to be formally named. Over the years, it has been depicted by paleoartists as a huge and horned lizard, then as an upright and rather dignified-looking biped, and most recently, as a quadrupedal browser that was capable of rearing up on its hind legs.

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Review: Carcharodontosaurus (Recur)

Genus: Carcharodontosaurus Brand: Recur Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (28 votes)

The frightful Carcharodontosaurus derives its name from its razor-sharp teeth, which resemble a great white shark’s. Although it shared its range in Late Cretaceous Africa with Spinosaurus, the two animals probably avoided conflict by pursuing different prey.

Recur’s rendition of Carcharodontosaurus stands 12.5 cm tall and measures about 21 cm long.

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Review: Oviraptor (CollectA)

Genus: Oviraptor Brand: CollectA Classification: Oviraptorosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (16 votes)

Oviraptor is one prehistoric animal that’s been saddled with a terribly inaccurate name (Basilosaurus has the same problem). It was dubbed the “egg thief” because its remains were found atop a nest of eggs that was assumed to belong to Protoceratops.

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Review: Deinosuchus (Recur)

Genus: Deinosuchus Brand: Recur Classification: Crocodile Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.9 (28 votes)

Deinosuchus was a giant alligatoroid (which is NOT the same as an alligator!) that inhabited the coasts of North America around 80 to 73 million years ago. Along with Purussaurus from South America and Sarcosuchus from Africa, it’s a contender for the title of Biggest Crocodyliforme Ever.

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Review: Edmontonia (CollectA)

Genus: Edmontonia Brand: CollectA Classification: Ankylosaur, Nodosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.3 (14 votes)

Edmontonia is named after the Edmonton Formation (now called the Horseshoe Canyon Formation) in which it was found. As a nodosaurid, it lacked a bony club at the end of its tail, but made up for that with its formidable array of shoulder spikes.

The CollectA Edmontonia was released back in 2010.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Recur)

Genus: Dimetrodon Brand: Recur Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine

4.1 (27 votes)

In 1845, a fragment of upper jaw bone was discovered in the Maritime province of Prince Edward Island. At the time, it was hailed as Canada’s first dinosaur, but paleontologists eventually determined that it was in fact a synapsid which they named Bathygnathus. In 2015, researchers concluded that Bathygnathus is in fact a species of the famous Dimetrodon.

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Review: Quetzalcoatlus (Recur)

Genus: Quetzalcoatlus Brand: Recur Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4 (29 votes)

Our understanding of pterosaur terrestrial locomotion has come quite a long way over the decades. Paleontologists in the mid-20th century argued that pterosaurs were almost helpless on the ground, dragging themselves slowly and vulnerably on their bellies. In the 1980s’, it was surmised that they were capable of running swiftly on their hind legs.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Nanoblock)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Nanoblock Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Construction

2.5 (10 votes)

“Welcome back once again, fellow dinosaur lovers! I, Dr. Bella Bricking, am about to review yet another Nanoblock set. And with me as always is the unflappable Beth Buildit!”
“Hey all. Today we’re tackling the big bad itself, Tyrannosaurus rex! And this time, Doc’s going to be doing the building!

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Review: Andrewsarchus (CollectA)

Genus: Andrewsarchus Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene Type: Figurine

4.6 (30 votes)

Andrewsarchus mongoliensis could be thought of as the mammalian equivalent of Spinosaurus in that it was a gigantic carnivore known only from scant remains. Namely, a single skull discovered in Mongolia by the legendary Roy Chapman Andrews in 1923. Once thought to have been a mesonychid, Andrewsarchus has since been determined to be an artiodactyl, and thus related to entelodonts, hippos, and whales.

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Review: Mosasaurus (Recur)

Genus: Mosasaurus Brand: Recur Classification: Mosasaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (27 votes)

My next Recur review will be that colossal tyrant of the deep, Mosasaurus hoffmannii. In stark contrast to its terrestrial counterpart, T. rex, Mosasaurus had both poor binocular vision and a poor sense of smell. This means that it probably restricted its hunting to the ocean surface, where it would have been easier to locate prey.

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Author: Suspsy

All reviews by this author

Review: Pteranodon (CollectA)

Review: Sterrholophus Marsh AKA Triceratops (Recur)

Review: Iguanodon (CollectA)

Review: Carcharodontosaurus (Recur)

Review: Oviraptor (CollectA)

Review: Deinosuchus (Recur)

Review: Edmontonia (CollectA)

Review: Dimetrodon (Recur)

Review: Quetzalcoatlus (Recur)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Nanoblock)

Review: Andrewsarchus (CollectA)

Review: Mosasaurus (Recur)

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