Before I start my review, I must thank our friends and colleagues at Happy Hen Toys for sending along this review sample. If you are in the United States, Happy Hen Toys is the place to go for all your prehistoric pals in plastic! Meraxes was one of three legendary dragons used during Aegon’s Conquest, the campaign in which Aegon...
Before we begin the review, I would like to thank Happy Hen Toys for sending this figure along as a review sample. Check out their large selection of animal and dinosaur figures by clicking on the banner below. Birds of the Phorusrhacidae family, commonly known as terror birds, are some of the most impressive dinosaurs to evolve in the post-Mesozoic...
Lokiceratops is a recently discovered centrosaurine ceratopsid from the famous Judith River Formation of Montana, United States. Its name honours the Norse god Loki, who is frequently depicted wearing a helmet with curved, blade-like horns (especially so in the Marvel comics and movies) that are somewhat reminiscent of the ones found on its frill. And at 6.7 metres long and 5...
Having grown up in the 80s and the 90s, I can vividly recall Lambeosaurus sometimes being described as one of the very biggest ornithopods, rivalling Shantungosaurus itself. That notion was based on a specimen known as LACM 17715, discovered in Baja California, Mexico, and named L. laticaudus in 1981. But in 2012, it was renamed as a separate genus, Magnapaulia, and...
High tide comes as a blessing for Shipwreck, who is in a very tight spot right now. Literally. In her temararious attempt to catch a much smaller mosasaur, she pursued it right into a small, shallow lagoon. Her prey then scooted back into open water just as the tide went out, leaving Shipwreck effectively trapped. For the past twelve hours,...
Ingentia is an early sauropodiform that lived during the late Triassic in what is now Argentina. Described in 2018, the name Ingentia prima means “first huge one” and Ingentia was among the first large sauropodomorphs to appear. Ingentia belongs to the Lessemsauridae clade, which is either one of the most basal sauropod groups, or a sister group to Sauropoda, and...
Review and images by Henry, age 12, edited by Suspsy Gallimimus was a large ornithomimid from the Campanian and Maastrichtian of the Nemegt Formation in Mongolia and coexisted with a large array of popular fauna such as Tarbosaurus, Therizinosaurus, and Deinocheirus, as well as lesser known ones like Barsboldia, Tarchia, and Adasaurus. It was described in 1972 and remained in...
The genus Jaekelopterus contains two species from the Early Devonian; fossils of J. rhenaniae were originally discovered in the Rhineland of Western Germany while those of J. howellii were originally discovered in Wyoming, USA. Jaekelopterus rhenaniae is not only the largest eurypterid, it is the largest known arthropod…EVER! Using a chelicera (claw) as a metric, J. rhenaniae was estimated as...
Out on the prairie, a large male jaguar has brought down a fat young camel, which will satisfy his stomach for days. But here comes Nita now, all 495 kg of her, and she’s just as hungry. As she approaches the big cat, she lets out a warning huff. The jaguar responds with an angry snarl, but Nita keeps right...
My sincerest thanks to Happy Hen Toys for their generosity in sending me this figure to review here. This figure is for sale over there, along with many more prehistoric animals from numerous fan favorite brands like CollectA, Haolonggood, PNSO, Safari Ltd, and so many more. Now let’s begin the review! It isn’t often figures of prehistoric amphibians are made....
Furcatoceratops is a recently discovered centrosaurine ceratopsid from Montana’s Judith River Formation. The holotype specimen is an 80% complete subadult that includes much of the skull, both the left front and hind legs, parts of the pelvis, and a good many vertebrae and ribs. Furcatoceratops is estimated to have been up to four metres long as an adult, lived around...
“Maip” may sound like an odd name for a dinosaur at first, but it is in fact a reference to a malevolent entity in Tehuelche mythology that is described as “the shadow of death that kills with cold wind.” That therefore strikes me as rather appropriate for a large and powerful meat-eating theropod. And indeed, Maip macrothorax (the species name...
