Brand: Prehistoric Life

Review: Amebelodon (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Amebelodon Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Miocene Type: Figurine

4.3 (30 votes)

Amebelodon was a genus of prehistoric proboscidean which evolved along the Gulf Coast of North America roughly 10 million years ago during the late Miocene, eventually migrating to Asia via the Bering Land Bridge which would have connected Alaska and Russia. The animal became extinct on the North American continent about 6 million years ago but survived in Asia and Africa up until around 5 million.

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Review: Andrewsarchus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Andrewsarchus Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene Type: Figurine

3.7 (18 votes)

Andrewsarchus was a large basal mesonychid which existed roughly 45 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. It is known only from a large skull measuring more than three feet long and a few bone fragments, so most reconstructions of the animal’s postcranial anatomy are based on its smaller and more well known mesonychid relative Mesonyx.

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Review: Arsinoitherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Arsinoitherium Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Oligocene Type: Figurine

4 (22 votes)

Arsinoitherium was a large paenungulate mammal which lived roughly 30 million years ago during the late Eocene and early Oligocene epochs in Northeastern Africa. These animals would have superficially resembled modern rhinoceroses but were in fact more closely related to elephants. Unlike those of a rhinoceros, the massive horns of Arsinoitherium were comprised of solid bone.

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Review: Doedicurus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Doedicurus Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.4 (21 votes)

Doedicurus was a large genus of glyptodont sporting a bony carapace and a tail ending in a spiked club. These adaptations may have been for defense from Smilodon, which coexisted with Doedicurus, but the club may also have been used during confrontations with other Doedicurus.

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Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Prehistoric Life, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (12 votes)

Back in the mid-2000’s Safari Ltd. released a series of mammals for what they dubbed the “Prehistoric Life Collection.” The series included popular animals like Smilodon and the woolly mammoth but also included some more obscure creatures like the Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Ambelodon, Doedicurus, and the giant sloth.

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Review: Smilodon (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.4 (12 votes)

Review and photographs by Quentin Brendel (aka Pachyrhinosaurus), edited by Suspsy
Smilodon, the notorious sabre-toothed cat, has been included in dinosaur toy sets for decades. It’s often depicted in the likeness of a modern tiger, probably in part due to its common name being “sabre-toothed tiger.” On the contrary, this cat wasn’t closely related to tigers, belonging to a now-extinct subfamily of felidae: Machairodontinae.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2016)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari

4 (4 votes)

Despite the sad retirement of their long-respected and trend-setting Carnegie Collection this year, Safari Ltd have shown no signs of slowing down with their other major prehistoric animal line – Wild Safari. The company has five brand new for 2016 prehistoric animal sculpts in the pipeline: four dinosaurs and one marine reptile.

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Review: Woolly Mammoth (Prehistoric life collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Mammuthus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.6 (11 votes)

Many years ago when I was a small child, I thought all of the ancient mammoths where the Woolly Mammoth. I later learned that it was a diverse branch with many different members. The first mammoth bones I had ever seen in person were at the Mammoth Site in South Dakota, where a majority of the mammoth remains are of the Columbian variety, but there are also a few remains of the Woolly Mammoth as well.

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Review: Woolly Mammoth baby (Prehistoric Life by Wild Safari)

Genus: Mammuthus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

After completing the 2004 Wild Safari Prehistoric Life Woolly Mammoth review, it was brought to my attention that I should take a look at the retired WS Baby. With this thought in mind, I sat down and took a close look at this little toy. I suppose I could have added a small revision to my first review and added this little figure.

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Brand: Prehistoric Life

Review: Amebelodon (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Andrewsarchus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Arsinoitherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Doedicurus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Smilodon (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2016)

Review: Woolly Mammoth (Prehistoric life collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Woolly Mammoth baby (Prehistoric Life by Wild Safari)

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