Classification: Iguanodont (basal)

Review: Ouranosaurus (CollectA)

3 (17 votes)

Ouranosaurus is instantly recognizable by virtue of its tall neural spines, which supported either a sail or possibly a hump. Residing in Africa during the Late Cretaceous, it was long thought to be part of the iguanodontid family. However, it is now thought to have been a basal hadrosauroid.

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Review: Iguanodon (Naturecraft)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Naturecraft Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous

3.6 (7 votes)

The Naturecraft Ltd. company was founded in 1931 in Congleton, Cheshire, UK. It was one of Congleton’s oldest companies, and was headed until its buyout by Managing Director Peter Tomlins. Naturecraft England originally produced figurines such as dogs and other animals, as well as caricatures and other wall art.

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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: Iguanodon (Starlux)

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

4 (10 votes)

Review and photos by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
As one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and described, Iguanodon has always stayed close to the limelight in spite of the discovery of more popular dinosaurs like Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and T.

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Review: Iguanodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (18 votes)

The hulking ornithopod Iguanodon bernissartensis is probably the loveliest thing ever to spring from a mine in Belgium. Known from a number of remarkably complete specimens, you’d think it’d be hard to get the big-handed one wrong, and indeed most toys over the years have been decent, if unremarkable.

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Review: Iguanodon (Invicta)

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

4.8 (20 votes)

The Invicta line of prehistoric models is an interesting one. Spanning the years between the early 1970’s and early 1990’s it is a company that was producing dinosaur figures right on the cusp of the “Dinosaur Renaissance”. As a result we have some models from the company that are downright retro in appearance, along with some that in terms of accuracy stand up reasonably well, even today.

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Review: Iguanodon (Oldies desktop model by Kinto/Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd., Kinto Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Retro

5 (10 votes)

Review and photos by Tyrantqueen.
For my first Dinosaur Toy Blog review I am going to look at the 1850s-style Iguanodon in the Oldies desktop model series by Kinto/Favorite co. The Oldies series of replicas is intended to be a nostalgic take on outdated interpretations of dinosaurs from yesteryear.

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Review: Tenontosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Genus: Tenontosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

The grand history of paleontology puts quite a bit of emphasis on Iguanodon. As a child, I could never understand why people failed to recognize this dinosaur, especially when all the books lavished it with so much attention. It was almost as though they weren’t reading the books at all.

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Review: Ouranosaurus (Battat)

Genus: Ouranosaurus Brand: Battat Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.9 (20 votes)

Despite the distinctive and unusual appearance of the sail-backed Ouranosaurus, it is rather rare in toy form. When it comes to iguanodontids, most companies tend to opt for the more generic and more familiar Iguanodon. Starlux, Schleich and CollectA have produced replicas of this fascinating species as well (review of the Schleich Ouranosaurus here), but the Battat figure is by far and away the superior figure.

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Review: Ouranosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Ouranosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.9 (11 votes)

The 24 foot Ouranosaurus was an interesting ornithopod from Early Cretaceous Africa, where it coexisted with the fish-eating theropod Suchomimus. Its name means “brave lizard”, and some distinguishing traits of Ouranosaurus were its thumb spikes and the elongated neural spines of its back.

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Review: Iguanodon (Bullyland)(2010 Version)

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

4.2 (10 votes)

Perhaps best known for their prehistoric mammals, Bullyland of Germany has been taking gradual steps to improve their line of dinosaur figures. Few figures exemplify this better than their latest version of Iguanodon, released in 2010.

Happily plodding on all fours, this gentle giant actually treads in the realm of action figures with an articulated left forearm.

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Review: Iguanodon (Kleinwelka)

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

4.9 (8 votes)

Review and photos by ChemaV, edited by Plesiosauria

The Saurierpark (http://www.saurierpark.de/saurierpark.asp) is built on the grounds of a botanic garden, located in Kleinwelka, a subdivision of the city of Bautzen in Germany. In 1977 a large series of life sized dinosaurs were built out of steel and concrete.

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