Vivarium / Karlsuhe

[postsaurischian]

There's a Quetzalcoatlus model right in front of our Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe.
It looks just like the CollectA Hatzegopteryx !

The 'Flying Reptiles' exhibition starts on April, 25th. Of course I'm gonna go there and take some pics .

[juju1305]

OMG, it's esaxtly the same as the CollectA hatzegopteryx I'm so going there, it's just an hour from home

[CityRaptor]

Likely going there in September.

Pretty awesome!

[Balaur]

Wow! That Hatzegoteryx is great!

[radman]

Please, let's see a pic of our resident rocker dude standing in front of it!  Sculpture does look great btw. 

[postsaurischian]

Please, let's see a pic of our resident rocker dude standing in front of it!

That's the plan !

_{P.S.: You know, there are only two kinds of music: Rock and Roll !}

[Jetoar]

Awesome reply  .

[postsaurischian]

Please, let's see a pic of our resident rocker dude standing in front of it!  Sculpture does look great btw. 

Here's the pic :




I've been to the exhibition. It's not that big. Maybe not worth a longer voyage.
It's not a Pterosaur exhibition, it's about flying & swimming in general and just two rooms are filled with paleontologic stuff.
The Pterosaur room is pretty big though. Here are some pics .......



























A plesiosaur (Rhomaleosaurus?) for Dr. Admin

[Jetoar]

Wonderful images of this exhibition  . Thanks for sharing friend.

[DinoToyForum]

That's no Rhomaleosaurus. At least not any more. I should know, I named it (It's a cast of Meyerasaurus)

Great pics!

Edit - also, what's the plesiosaur model supposed to be? I'm guessing Hauffiosaurus, given the location?

[postsaurischian]

I was thinking the same. From some of your posts Rhomaleosaurus looked different (shorter neck, larger head, aso.), but they name it Rhomaleosaurus victor.
Here's a pic of the skeleton's describtion:



Should I contact the museum's director to change that?


Unfortunately I didn't take notice of the other plesiosaur model's describtion . Maybe I can do this at a later date.

[DinoToyForum]

I was thinking the same. From some of your posts Rhomaleosaurus looked different (shorter neck, larger head, aso.), but they name it Rhomaleosaurus victor.
Here's a pic of the skeleton's describtion:



Should I contact the museum's director to change that?


Unfortunately I didn't take notice of the other plesiosaur model's describtion . Maybe I can do this at a later date.

Yeah, Meyerasaurus victor was known as Rhomaleosaurus victor before we renamed it in 2010. Museums tend to be slow at updating their labels.

[Gryphoceratops]

Awesome photos!  I wonder who the artist is behind those models.  The Pterodactylus is especially cool in my opinion. 

[ITdactyl]

Is the grounded model outside the museum really labelled Hatzegopteryx?  I know the flying one is, based on the museum website.

[postsaurischian]

Is the grounded model outside the museum really labelled Hatzegopteryx?  I know the flying one is, based on the museum website.

I had another look at the outside model and it's labelled 'Quetzalcoatlus'.
I just named the thread after the impression I had when I saw the first pic which immediately reminded me of the CollectA figure.

By the way - what is the main difference between these two species anyway?

[ITdactyl]

I probably "sounded" like a douche asking that question...    Yeah, found the confirmation on the museum's website.

Apparently it is a Quetzalcoatlus.  While the flying model inside is a Hatzegopteryx (which replaced their old flying quetz model).  Apparently, they're also adding a Nyctosaurus soon.

Not sure how the two differ in reality.  The models seem to have a slight difference in the jaws.  I'm reading through related articles but can't find a substantial answer to THAT question.

[wings]

...Not sure how the two differ in reality.  The models seem to have a slight difference in the jaws.  I'm reading through related articles but can't find a substantial answer to THAT question.

You might need to wait quite a bit longer on the description on Quetzalcoatlus to make the comparison...

"no definition for Quetzalcoatlus, the referral of the Q. sp. material to this taxon is also questionable....despite...unearthing almost 40 years ago, there is almost nothing written or illustrated of Quetzalcoatlus...Texas Memorial Museum has placed a strict embargo on the release of information about Quetzalcoatlus until the full monographic description has been properly published. This has been promised since at least the 1980s and, in the meantime, getting access to the material seems to be extremely difficult..." (from http://pterosaur-net.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/embarrassing-questions-on.html)

[postsaurischian]

 I took some more pics at our Vivarium.
Here is our well known Procynosuchus, the model the Bullyland figure is based on:





....... and its cute neighbours (I wish Bully had made a figure of this one too) :

[Newt]

Those are very nice exhibits! I wish there were something like that near me.

The Procynosuchus looks strikingly odd with its snake eyes and carnivoran-like rhinarium. Sort of like an alien badger.

[postsaurischian]

  ... some more pics from the Vivarium ...