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Figures inspired by specimens or reconstructions

Started by Concavenator, August 20, 2024, 07:18:32 PM

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Concavenator

I thought it would be an interesting idea to put my post on the DTC thread in a tidier way, so here it goes. The groups presented here are the same as in avatar_Sim @Sim 's "Good Figures"' thread. Needless to say, but suggestions for new additions are open.

Figures are included on the list based on:

Official statements: For example, Eofauna claiming they based a particular figure on a certain specimen, Zhao Chuang doing the same in one of those PNSO videos, or Doug Watson telling us here at the DTF he used a certain specimen or reconstruction as a reference.

- Similarities. Be it because I noticed it or some other collector did. I'm only including cases where it's very apparent that a figure is based off a certain specimen, for instance: a skull perfectly matching, or a figure looking like a physical version of a skeletal featured in some paper, etc. That said, I'm open to both corrections and suggestions for new entries.

Corrections and/or suggestions for new entries are welcome!


Concavenator

#1
Ornithischia

Ankylosauridae

Ankylosaurus magniventris - Safari, 2018: Carpenter's 2004 skeletal.
Ankylosaurus magniventris - PNSO, Sede: Arbour & Mallon's 2017 skeletal.
Ankylosaurus magniventris - Eofauna: AMNH 5214 & CMN 8880.
Zhejiangosaurus lishuiensis - Vitae: Paul's Gastonia skeletal.

Centrosaurinae

Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai - PNSO, Brian: TMP 86.55.258.
Styracosaurus albertensis - PNSO: AMNH 5372.

Chasmosaurinae

Triceratops horridus - PNSO, Doyle (2021): AMNH 5116.
Triceratops sp. - Eofauna: MOR 3027 "Yoshi's Trike" & UCMP 128561.
Triceratops sp. - HAOLONGGOOD: MOR 3027 "Yoshi's Trike".

Hadrosauridae

Edmontosaurus annectens - PNSO: BHI 126416.
Parasaurolophus walkeri - PNSO: ROM 768.

Stegosauria

Dacentrurus armatus - PNSO (Miragaia, Rosana): Ashley Patch's 2019 skeletal.
Stegosaurus stenops - PNSO, Bieber (2021): USNM 4934.
Stegosaurus stenops - Safari Ltd., Wild Safari (2019): NHMUK PV R36730 "Sophie".
Stegosaurus ungulatus - Battat: YPM 1853 & 1858.

Concavenator

Sauropodomorpha

Diplodocoidea

Diplodocus carnegii - Eofauna: CM 84 (part of "Dippy") & USNM 10865.

Concavenator

#3
Theropoda

Allosauroidea

Acrocanthosaurus atokensis - PNSO: NCSM 14345 "Fran".
Allosaurus jimmadseni - PNSO, Paul: MOR 693 "Big Al".
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus - HAOLONGGOOD: Franoys' 2018 skeletal.
Concavenator corcovatus - Safari Ltd., Wild Safari: Ortega et al. 2010 & Cuesta et al. 2018 (this one for the skull).
Giganotosaurus carolinii - Vitae: Hartman's skeletal.
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis - PNSO, Dayong (2023): CV 00215.
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis - PNSO, Dapeng: CV 00216.

Ceratosauria

Majungasaurus crenatissimus - Vitae: Hartman's 2012 skeletal.
Majungasaurus crenatissimus - HAOLONGGOOD: Hartman's 2019 skeletal.

Compsognathidae

Sinosauropteryx prima - Kaiyodo: NIGP 127586
Sinosauropteryx prima - PNSO: NIGP 127586
Sinosauropteryx prima - TNG: NIGP 127586

Dromaeosauridae

Utahraptor ostrommaysi - Safari Ltd., Wild Safari (2023): Hartman's 2017 skeletal and BYU skeletal mount.
Velociraptor mongoliensis - Creative Beast Studio: seems to be based on Hartman's 2013 skeletal.
Velociraptor osmolskae - Creative Beast Studio: seems to be based on Hartman's 2013 skeletal.

Megalosauroidea

Baryonyx walkeri - Safari Ltd., Wild Safari: Charig & Milner's 1987 and Hartman's 2018 skeletals.
Megalosaurus bucklandii - Safari Ltd.: Hartman's and Folkes' (for the skull) skeletals.
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus - CollectA, Deluxe (2022): skeletal by Ibrahim et al. 2020.
Spinosaurus aegyptiacus - PNSO, Aymen - skeletal by Sereno et al. 2022.
"Sinopliosaurus fusuiensis" - PNSO: Suchomimus skeletal by Fabbri et al. 2022.

Ornithomimosauria

Gallimimus bullatus - CollectA: MPC-D100F/17

Tyrannosauroidea

Gorgosaurus libratus - Creative Beast Studio: CMN 2120.
Gorgosaurus libratus - PNSO: ROM 1247.
Tyrannosaurus rex - Eofauna: FMNH PR 2081 "Sue".
Tyrannosaurus rex - PNSO, Cameron: FMNH PR 2081 "Sue".
Tyrannosaurus rex - PNSO, Wilson (2020): AMNH 5027.
Tyrannosaurus rex - Safari Ltd., Wild Safari (2017): FMNH PR 2081 "Sue".
Tyrannosaurus rex - W-Dragon: BHI 3033 "Stan".

Concavenator

#4
Non-dinosaurs

Pliosauroidea

Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni - CollectA: NMING F8785 and/or NHMUK PV R.34.

Concavenator

Added Safari's, Kaiyodo's and PNSO's Zuul figures, as well as PNSO's Aymen and Lokiceratops to the list.

DinoToyForum

#6
I like the idea behind this thread but was confused what it was about at first. So, I have changed the title to "Figures inspired by specimens or reconstructions". I hope that's okay and captures the gist.

Do the figures have to be explicitly stated to be inspired by a specific specimen to count?



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Over9K

Can we add W-Dragon's recent "Stan-spired" T. rex?



Concavenator

avatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum sorry if the title sounded off, English is not my native language.  :-[ It's OK that you changed it.  :)

Initially, this was the set of criteria that I was using when it came to including a certain figure on the list:

- Official statements: For example, Eofauna claiming they based a particular figure on a certain specimen, Zhao Chuang doing the same in one of those PNSO videos, or Doug Watson telling us here at the DTF he used a certain specimen or reconstruction as a reference.

- Species known from a single specimen: Such as Zuul or Lokiceratops. One doesn't need explicit confirmation that an artist based their reconstruction on the holotype, in those cases, being the only specimens available to work with. However, after further consideration, I won't be including these cases as it's redundant. And I would also have to include many figures of dinosaurs known from a single specimen, like Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus, etc. I've also removed the Zuul and Lokiceratops figures from the list for this reason.

- Similarities. Be it because I noticed it or some other collector did. I'm only including cases where it's very apparent that a figure is based off a certain specimen, for instance: a skull perfectly matching, or a figure looking like a physical version of a skeletal featured in some paper, etc. That said, I'm open to both corrections and suggestions for new entries.

For further clarification, I'm pasting this info onto the first post.

avatar_Over9K @Over9K Added it.

DinoToyForum

Quote from: Concavenator on November 26, 2024, 03:09:40 PMavatar_DinoToyForum @DinoToyForum sorry if the title sounded off, English is not my native language.  :-[ It's OK that you changed it.  :)

Initially, this was the set of criteria that I was using when it came to including a certain figure on the list:

- Official statements: For example, Eofauna claiming they based a particular figure on a certain specimen, Zhao Chuang doing the same in one of those PNSO videos, or Doug Watson telling us here at the DTF he used a certain specimen or reconstruction as a reference.

- Species known from a single specimen: Such as Zuul or Lokiceratops. One doesn't need explicit confirmation that an artist based their reconstruction on the holotype, in those cases, being the only specimens available to work with. However, after further consideration, I won't be including these cases as it's redundant. And I would also have to include many figures of dinosaurs known from a single specimen, like Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus, etc. I've also removed the Zuul and Lokiceratops figures from the list for this reason.

- Similarities. Be it because I noticed it or some other collector did. I'm only including cases where it's very apparent that a figure is based off a certain specimen, for instance: a skull perfectly matching, or a figure looking like a physical version of a skeletal featured in some paper, etc. That said, I'm open to both corrections and suggestions for new entries.

For further clarification, I'm pasting this info onto the first post.

avatar_Over9K @Over9K Added it.

All sounds good! Great idea for a topic.

The CollectA Rhomaleosaurus, which I reviewed here: https://dinotoyblog.com/rhomaleosaurus-collecta/, is clearly based on the type specimen of Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni (NMING F8785), and/or the cast of it on display in London (NHMUK PV R.34).



Concavenator


Primeval12

The Battat Stego is inspired by the old S. ungulatus mount at the Yale Peabody Museum.



The sculptor confirmed he used the mount as inspiration for the model.

Concavenator



Concavenator

Added TNG's, PNSO's and Kaiyodo's Sinosauropteryx figures to the list.

Halichoeres

Would any species known from a single specimen qualify for this list by default?
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crazy8wizard

what if the one specimen is incomplete and gets reconstructed two different ways?

Concavenator

Quote from: Halichoeres on January 31, 2025, 02:42:45 PMWould any species known from a single specimen qualify for this list by default?

Initially I was including figures of species known from a single specimen, however, I ended up removing said figures from the list, that is, unless additional information is given. Such additional information could be, for example, the knowledge that the depiction in question is based off a given skeletal. Otherwise, it'd be redundant, and I'd have to add a ton of figures  to the list (Concavenator, Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus figures, etc).

 For example: Concavenator is known from a single specimen. Theoretically, any Concavenator figure could've made it into the list, but as has just been explained, that's not the case. However, Doug Watson stated he based his on Ortega et al. (2010) & Cuesta et al. (2018), so that information I do think is worthwhile to include and so I do.

avatar_crazy8wizard @crazy8wizard In addition to what I wrote above, this list doesn't take into account how well-known (or conversely, poorly-known) a given taxon is. If statements are given that a certain reconstruction is based off a certain reference, credit will be given for it.

Halichoeres

#17
Heh, I was kind of looking forward to seeing you try to root out every genus known from only the holotype... :P
In the kingdom of the blind, better take public transit. Well, in the kingdom of the sighted, too, really--almost everyone is a terrible driver.

My attempt to find the best toy of every species

My trade/sale/wishlist thread

Sometimes I draw pictures

Concavenator

Added HLG's Majungasaurus and Eofauna's Ankylosaurus to the list.

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