PNSO genera sorted by formations

[Faelrin]

This list is still a work in progress at the moment. See the changelog below for more info.

I intend to add all the Prehistoric Animal Models and 1:35 Scientific Art Models since 2019, and maybe the 2018 Little Dinosaurs figures as well, since the line sort of had a rebirth into what it is now then. I'm not sure I'll include anything before that, unless folks really want their older stuff included here as well. While PNSO's scale is over the place, many of their models do fit within the 1:30-1:35 range (with the exception of most of the Little Dinosaurs models). The point of this list is to hopefully show which formations have multiple animals to pick from, if applicable, for displays, or whatnot, though it also includes those on their lonesome for completion sake I suppose. I've included information about the formation's current countries, and stage information, in case that would be helpful. If folks want more precise location info (such as state, province, etc), let me know and I can add it. Edit: I've also added in family information, in case that's of use to anyone, such as those wanting to display their theropods, etc, by particular groups.

If anything below is incorrect, let me know and I'll fix it.

The list:

Late Triassic:

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Qulonggongba Formation, China, Norian:
-Himalayasaurus tibetensis (Shastasauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Early Jurassic:

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Yanan Formation, China, Toarcian–Bajocian?:
-Lingwulong shenqi? (Dicraeosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Middle Jurassic:

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Zhiluo Formation, China, Bathonian-Oxfordian?:
-Lingwulong shenqi? (Dicraeosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Late Jurassic:

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Morrison Formation, USA, Kimmeridgian - Tithonian:
-Allosaurus fragilis or A.jimmadseni (Allosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Upper Shaximiao Formation/Shangshaximiao Formation, China, Tithonian?:
-Sinraptor? hepingensis (Metriacanthosauridae; species was previously assigned to Yangchuanosaurus; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Early Cretaceous:

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Antlers Formation, USA, Aptian:
-Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Carcharodontosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Arcillas de Morella Formation, Spain, Barremian:
-Iguanodon bernissartensis (Iguanodontidae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Arundel Formation, USA, Aptian:
-Acrocanthosaurus atokensis? (Carcharodontosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Cloverly Formation, USA, Valanginian-Cenomanian:
-Acrocanthosaurus atokensis? (Carcharodontosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Elrhaz Formation, Niger, Barremian to Albian:
-Suchomimus tenerensis (Spinosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation, Belgium, Barremian - Aptian:
-Iguanodon bernissartensis (Iguanodontidae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Toolebuc Formation, Australia, Albian:
-Kronosaurus queenslandicus or Eiectus longmani (Pliosauridae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Twin Mountains Formation, USA, Aptian:
-Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (Carcharodontosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Models)

Wallumbilla Formation, Australia, Aptian-Albian:
-Kronosaurus queenslandicus or Eiectus longmani (Pliosauridae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Weald Clay Formation, UK, Hauterivian - Barremian:
-Iguanodon bernissartensis (Iguanodontidae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Wessex Formation, UK, Berriasian – Barremian:
-Iguanodon bernissartensis (Iguanodontidae; 2021 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Xinlong Formation/Napai Formation, China, Aptian-Albian?:
-"Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis", Siamosaurus or Spinosauridae indet.? (Spinosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Late Cretaceous:

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Bahariya Formation, Egypt, Cenomanian:
-Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Carcharodontosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Dinosaur Park Formation, Canada, Campanian:
-Centrosaurus apertus (Ceratopsidae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)
-Parasaurolophus walkeri (Hadrosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model; figure was based directly on holotype ROM 768)
-Styracosaurus albertensis (Ceratopsidae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Frenchman Formation, Canada, Maastrichtian:
-Torosaurus latus (Ceratopsidae; 2022 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Hell Creek Formation, USA, Maastrichtian:
-Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Pachycephalosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)
-Torosaurus latus (Ceratopsidae; 2022 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Jingangkou Formation, China, Campanian:
-Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (Hadrosauridae; 2022 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Kem Kem Group, Morocco, Cenomanian:
-Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Carcharodontosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

La Colonia Formation, Argentina, Maastrichtian:
-Carnotaurus sastrei (Abelisauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Lance Formation, USA, Maastrichtian:
-Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Pachycephalosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)
-Torosaurus latus (Ceratopsidae; 2022 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Nemegt Formation, Mongolia, Maastrichtian:
-Deinocheirus mirificus (Deinocheiridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)
-Therizinosaurus cheloniformis (Therizinosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Niobrara Formation, USA, Coniacian–Campanian:
-Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Cretoxyrhinidae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Scollard Formation, Canada, Maastrichtian:
-Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Pachycephalosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)
-Torosaurus latus (Ceratopsidae; 2022 1:35 Scientific Art Model)

Udurchukan Formation, Russia, Maastrichtian:
-Olorotitan arharensis (Hadrosauridae; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

Xingezhuang Formation, China, Campanian:
-Zhuchengtyrannus magnus (Tyrannosauridae; 2022 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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Cenozoic:

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Pisco Formation, Peru, Miocene - Pleistocene:
-Livyatan melvillei (Physeteroidea; 2021 Prehistoric Animal Model)

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In case it is helpful here is also a list I've put together of the genera they've done altogether since 2020 (not including repaints of older models), sorted by theropods, ornithischians, or other. I might expand on this list to include the 2018 and 2019 models later.

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Theropods (18 total):
Acrocanthosaurus (2022)
Allosaurus (2021)
Carcharodontosaurus (2021)
Carnotaurus (2021)
Deinocheirus (2022)
Microraptor (2020)
"Nanotyrannus"/juvenile Tyrannosaurus (2021)
Qianzhousaurus (2020)
"Sinopliosaurus"/Siamosaurus (2022)
Sinraptor (2022)
Spinosaurus (2020)
Suchomimus (2022)
Tarbosaurus (2021)
Therizinosaurus (2022)
Torvosaurus (2021)
Tyrannosaurus (2020 & 2021 1:35 Scientific Art models)
Yutyrannus (2021)
Zhuchengtyrannus (2022)

Ornithischians (20 total):
Borealopelta (2020)
Centrosaurus (2022)
Corythosaurus (2020)
Iguanodon (2021 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Lambeosaurus (2020)
Machairoceratops (2020)
Miragaia (2020)
Olorotitan (2021)
Pachycephalosaurus (2021)
Pachyrhinosaurus (2020)
Parasaurolophus (2021)
Pinacosaurus (2021)
Sauropelta (2020)
Sinoceratops (2020)
Stegosaurus (2021 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Styracosaurus (2022)
Torosaurus (2022 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Triceratops (2021 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Tsintaosaurus (2022 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Tuojiangosaurus (2020)

Others (10 total):
Atopodentatus (2020)
Cretoxyrhina (2021)
Dunkleosteus (2021)
Helicoprion (2021)
Himalayasaurus (2021)
Kronosaurus (2021 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Lingwulong (2022)
Livyatan (2021)
Mamenchisaurus (2021 1:35 Scientific Art model)
Tylosaurus (2021)

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Changelog:

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12/14/22: See Sim's suggestions below in this post, and my post below it. Added Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, and Parasaurolophus walkeri.

12/13/22: Added Qulonggongba Formation - Himalayasaurus tibetensis, Morrison Formation - Allosaurus fragilis, Allosaurus jimmadseni, Upper Shaximiao Formation/Shangshaximiao Formation - Sinraptor? hepingensis, Arcillas de Morella Formation - Iguanodon bernissartensis, Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation - Iguanodon bernissartensis, Toolebuc Formation - Kronosaurus queenslandicus, Eiectus longmani, Wallumbilla Formation - Eiectus longmani, Weald Clay Formation - Iguanodon bernissartensis, Wessex Formation - Iguanodon bernissartensis, Bahariya Formation - Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, Kem Kem Group - Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, La Colonia Formation - Carnotaurus sastrei, Niobrara Formation - Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Udurchukan Formation - Olorotitan arharensis, Pisco Formation - Livyatan melvillei.

Removed Shishugou Formation - Sinraptor dongi; removed specimen information.

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[Sim]

Good start!  So you're not including the minis and hollow vinyl figures?  That would make sense I think, even though some scale well with PNSO's medium-sized figures, e.g. the Shantungosaurus and Huayangosaurus.  Which are the little dinosaurs?  I would like all of PNSO's medium-sized figures included, some of the older models are still great and PNSO has no need to replace them, e.g. the Ankylosaurus and the Yangchuanosaurus.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

 Great resource though you've missed the Ankylosaurus, and personally I'd consider adding the old museum line figures too, especially since some have had recent repaint.

[Faelrin]

@Sim I'll probably include the minis. Anything released before 2018 will depend on if I'm not burned out by then. There is still quite a ways to go. My main concern is the more recent figures still in production however. Yangchuanosaurus will be included, as there is both the miniature Prehistoric Animals Model and 1:35 Scientific Art Model (with Chungkingosaurus) versions that released in 2019. Huayangosaurus will be added as well, as there is a Prehistoric Animals Model of it.

@Gothmog the Baryonyx The Ankylosaurus originally released in 2019, so I'll add it once I get to the ones from that year. Quite a ways to go until then.

[Sim]

I was just on the dinotoycollector site and saw what the little dinosaurs are, they're the minis.  I hadn't realised that, you'll have a lot of work to do if you plan to add them all!  I also hadn't understood how far back you're planning to go and that figures such as the medium Ankylosaurus and Yangchuanosaurus would be included in your plan.  It seems to me that the amount of older figures left would be small, so it seems worth adding them too.  For example if I'm remembering right the Shantungosaurus is in scale with the Zhuchengtyrannus and Sinoceratops.

I hope I don't sound rude when I say, I think there's no need to include the family of a species and what specimens they are known from.  I think people will be familiar with what kind of animal each species is and the specimen info seems like more work than it's worth.  Instead, I think it would be good to list species grouped by type e.g. medium-sized, mini, hollow vinyl, like what I did in the BotM version of this thread where I grouped species by scale.

Also, one small correction, the PNSO Sinraptor is S. hepingensis.

[Leyster]

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[Faelrin]

@Sim I'm mostly adding the specimen info, because it will be helpful for me to retain it for my other project I'm concurrently working on. I suppose I could however keep it on my personal document, and remove it here, if other folks agree and find it as too cluttering. I added the family names in case it would be easier for people to do a search. I know some folks here like collecting certain animals in certain groups, so that's why I went back and did that. So for example, if someone is interested in animals in Carcharodontosauridae, they could search for that, and see all that there was, and where they are located at. I do like your suggestion on categories as well, though I may reserve that for that second list separated by theropods, etc, since I already have information pertaining to if something is the standard or museum models.

Thanks for that information about which species that Sinraptor actually is representing. I'll have to go back and correct that when I add in the next batch of genera represented in 2021, which I'm working on atm.

[Concavenator]

@Faelrin Great idea for a thread, thank you!

Also, I hope the family and the specimen info won't be removed from the dinotoycollector site. Sure, most of us know what family do most animals belong to, but then again a lot of us know other details too, such as period, location, company and forth. But even if some of us know all that, there will still be people who don't. Not to mention that, apart from the site being useful to keep track of your collection, it's also pretty much a database, so what point there is in removing information? When I log in, I can see what family is most represented in my collection, what country most of the animals in my collection were discovered in, what period and group are most represented... To each their own, but I think that's valuable information, even if I came to the same conclusions if I were to actively think about it. Removing part of that info would be pointless and a downgrade in my opinion (hope I'm not offending anyone), unless it takes too much time to get that info up (it's not me who goes through the work of adding the entries, so I wouldn't know how much time it takes to do that).

@Sim Onto the "mini", "mid-sized"... size classification, subjectivity inevitably comes in, and that depends a lot on the scale and the type of animal. For example, you added Utahceratops to the species we want to see as figures thread because for you the BotM one is too big. That's the mere result of it being a big animal and being done in 1:18 scale. Would you also consider the BotM Suskityrannus, which is also in 1:18, too big? Likewise a 1:35 Tyrannosaurus figure could be considered "mid-sized" but a 1:35 Velociraptor could be considered a "mini" by some people.

[Sim]

I didn't say I think that information should be removed from the dinotoycollector site, I suggested it might be good to not include it in this thread's list.

With regards to the size classification, I think it would be based on the size of the figure without taking scale into consideration.  That way it tries to distinguish between the different types of figures PNSO produces.  Alternatively, if Faelrin wants to do it, the scale of the figures could be included instead.

[Faelrin]

Added a bunch of the 2021 genera. Not all of it, but maybe half or so? Added both Kronosaurus and Eicetus, as I'm sure the reconstruction is based on the latter's remains, back when it was still considered Kronosaurus. I've added both A. fragilis, and A. jimmadseni, because I've seen quite a bit of disagree on which it represents, so take your pick I guess.

Does anyone know which particular species the 2021 Prehistoric Animal Models Helicoprion, and 1: 35 Scientific Art Models Mamenchisaurus represents?

I've also included a Changelog at the bottom of the op, for any other additions, or things removed.

Edit: Would people prefer formations sorted by A-Z (like it is now), or by stage/time instead?

[Sim]

It's nice to see progress on this!  A few comments:
1. The second Lingwulong entry says "see above" instead of "Dicraeosauridae".
2. I'd suggest listing Allosaurus fragilis and Allosaurus jimmadseni as one entry: Allosaurus fragilis/Allosaurus jimmadseni.  That way it makes it clear it's just one model as opposed to two and is consistent with what you did for the PNSO Sinopliosaurus which I think worked well.
3. I wouldn't say what Sinraptor hepingensis was previously known as since the figure isn't labelled Yangchuanosaurus, and it avoids people thinking you're referring to a Yangchuanosaurus figure.
4. I think it would be good to do the same thing for Kronosaurus and Eiectus as I suggested for the two Allosaurus species.

[Faelrin]

Thanks for the feedback. Will fix some of this up later today. I also plan to add notes for which series each figure is in, and year of release like I did with the bottom section. Didn't feel like adding it earlier because I needed a break from working on it.

[Sim]

Does anyone know which particular species the 2021 Prehistoric Animal Models Helicoprion, and 1: 35 Scientific Art Models Mamenchisaurus represents?

Do you mean the 1:45 Mamenchisaurus?  That one had its species confirmed, it's M. hochuanensis as Everything Dinosaur reported here: https://blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2021/07/28/pnso-to-introduce-new-mamenchisaurus-model.html  I remember it was also confirmed on a poster that came with it I think, but I can't find it now so hopefully the Everything Dinosaur link I provided is enough.  The 1:35 Mamenchisaurus didn't have its species confirmed but you might be able to work it out by establishing which Mamenchisaurus species would have the figure's size in 1:35 scale.  Everything Dinosaur says that would make it M. constructus, on the page I linked to.

[SidB]

That's exactly what I've concluded too, @Sim , and how I treat the two in my diorama.

[Faelrin]

@Sim Yes that was the one. Thanks for sharing that. I'll go with both of those, unless anyone objects.

Edit: Fixed some stuff. Will do the rest I planned to after I get back home.

Edit 2: Added Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis and Parasaurolophus walkeri.

[Halichoeres]

Thanks for putting this together! Personally hoping for more of the Luoping Biota in the future...

Edited to add: The best known species of Helicoprion is H. davisii, so I'd imagine that formed the basis of PNSO's figure.

[Faelrin]

@Halichoeres Thanks for adding that. I guess I'll add that one. Figured you would have a good idea on that. By the way, I was trying to research Dunkleosteus terrelli, and it looks like it was found in quite a number of formations. Would it be worth it to add all of them, or just the most prominent one, the Cleveland Shale, in which the famous specimen the figure was likely based on, was found?

[Sim]

For what it's worth, when I was doing the BotM counterpart of this thread I listed all formations a species was reliably known from and I would support doing the same here.

Halichoeres, what's the Luoping biota?

[Halichoeres]

I don't have a strong opinion on the Dunkleosteus formations. It might be kinda moot because I doubt they'll do anything else from those formations anyway.

Halichoeres, what's the Luoping biota?

It's a middle Triassic lagerstätte from China. It's marine, but some terrestrial animals were washed in too. It includes nothosaurs, ichthyosaurs, placodonts, ray-finned fishes, belemnoids, crustaceans, millipedes, horseshoe crabs, conodonts, and of course Atopodentatus.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49707286_The_Luoping_biota_exceptional_preservation_and_new_evidence_on_the_Triassic_recovery_from_end-Permian_mass_extinction