Prehistoric Amphibians

[stemturtle]

I don't have photos of my Primeval figures handy, but I do have one of this Ral Partha amphibian. I refer to it as Koskinodon, although it is just called "Fire Breathing Salamander" by the RPG company.

SBell, thanks for posting the photo. The Ral Partha Salamander looks enough like a metoposaur that Koskinodon is a reasonable ID.  If you ever get a chance to add photos of the Primaeval amphibians, I would like to see them.

[SBell]

I'm on my home computer now, so here are the photos of the Primaeval amphibians.  They are quite small, and highly metallic, so photos don't work well with them. I also included the alternate Dinotales colour for the Diplocaulus, the small Diener Eryops, and a smaller Panosh amphibian.

Eryops in water


Eryops out of water


Diplocaulus diving


Diplocaulus rising


Diplocaulus Dinotales S1v2


Small Diener Eryops


And another Panosh amphibian (Seymouria? I'm open to suggestions on this one)

[stemturtle]

I'm on my home computer now, so here are the photos of the Primaeval amphibians.  They are quite small, and highly metallic, so photos don't work well with them. I also included the alternate Dinotales colour for the Diplocaulus, the small Diener Eryops, and a smaller Panosh amphibian.

Your photos pretty well complete this subject, SBell.  Thanks for your kind contributions.  I have been looking for a Panosh "Seymoria" without success for quite some time.  Tomorrow I will post a thread on prehistoric turtles.

[postsaurischian]

Very beautiful collection & nicely displayed and photographed, stemturtle. I always liked your style .

I still have to get me that Bully Mastodonsaurus one day !

Postsaurichian, thanks for such nice praise.  I hope you find a Bully Mastodonsaurus soon.

It happened right after my post ! Thanks to brontodocus I now have one .

I was discharged from the U.S. Army in Karlsruhe in 1971. My wife and I spent a month touring the Alps before returning to the States. Viel Spass.

That's cool . I was about 5 back then, so we probably couldn't have met .
It might sound absurd but meanwhile I miss the American occupiers a bit. There were a lot more interesting concert events going on when we had them in Karlsruhe. I played my very first real gig (in a Heavy Metal band ) in 1984 in front of a totally freaking out American crowd. I will never forget that.
The Germans are a bit more reserved people.

[brontodocus]

It happened right after my post ! Thanks to brontodocus I now have one .

Hehe, at least in a few days, I've sent it out in the afternoon!

[postsaurischian]

Is it meanwhile generally accepted that Eusthenopteron was an amphibian?

[stemturtle]

Is it meanwhile generally accepted that Eusthenopteron was an amphibian?

Eusthenopteron is a tetrapodomorph rather than an amphibian. Tetrapodomorpha includes the fish ancestors that evolved into tetrapods.  This is a wonderful example of the gradations in a lineage.  When I simplified the v.1 article, some information got left out.

[Gryphoceratops]

very cool!  I love seeing interesting collections of more obscure things like this!  The more uncommon the theme being collected, the more fun and more meaning the collection itself has! 

[stemturtle]

very cool!  I love seeing interesting collections of more obscure things like this!  The more uncommon the theme being collected, the more fun and more meaning the collection itself has!

Welcome to my world, Gryphoceratops. 

[stemturtle]

UPDATE

Hyneria (Razh00 on Shapeways) and Eusthenopteron (Starlux)

These lobe-finned fish are tetrapodomorphs, with certain descendants who eventually evolved to join this forum. Hyneria was released after "00 Amphibians" was posted. I bought the Starlux Eusthenopteron, despite already owning the Kaiyodo figure, in a futile challenge to the stereotype of Scottish thrift.     The price was good on French eBay, with the help of Google translator. Postage, not so cheap.

[therizinosaurus]

Fantastic amphibian collection!
There's also those Japanese Dawn of the Dinosaurs figures that have a Promastodonosaurus, just for the sake of completeness.

[SBell]

Fantastic amphibian collection!
There's also those Japanese Dawn of the Dinosaurs figures that have a Promastodonosaurus, just for the sake of completeness.

He's got it in there--6th row of photos (I'll admit, I didn't see it there at first either)

[Paleo & Fish Collector]

I just got offered the Play Visions.

[SBell]

I just got offered the Play Visions.

I hope you get them--and I hope the price is good! They can command quite a high price!

[edinosaur]

Here are couple of great pics of Ichthyostega, so we can use them for modeling - http://www.dinosaurusi.com/en/post/122/ancient-amphibians---ichthyostega/

[tyrantqueen]

Here are couple of great pics of Ichthyostega, so we can use them for modeling - http://www.dinosaurusi.com/en/post/122/ancient-amphibians---ichthyostega/

I could just google "Ichthyostega" if I wanted. Much more efficient. Not to mention, 3 out of 4 of those pictures is pixellated.

[Crackington]

Fantastic collection Stemtutle!

Here's a pic of my rather limited amphibian collection, showing the Yujin Acanthostega, the COG Icthyostega and the  Aurora Prehistoric Scenes/Revell Diplocaulus, which came with the Dimetrodon kit. Not sure if the latter model's been shown yet and sorry its not so clear a picture.  I painted it salamander-esque style which I think came out quite well, although I accept that its pretty unlikely it would have looked like this!. I'll see if I can take a better pic once my camera "issues" are resolved.  I also have a COG Diplocaulus not shown here. I made the base for the Icthyostega out of putty and the green is meant to represent moss:

[stemturtle]

Crackington, the photo of your collection shows some of my favorite figures.
Notice how well the COG Ichthyostega resembles the second photo linked by edinosaur.
The head of Diplocaulus is poking out of the pond in the Aurora swamp kit, hidden by the dragonfly in my photo.
Please post a close-up of the Diplocaulus from the Revell Dimetrodon kit. 
I'm still looking for a bargain on that figure.

[Crackington]

I'm afraid that we are in between cameras at the moment and I haven't got any better close-ups of the Diplocaulus saved in Photobucket. I'll take a few snaps and post once we get a new camera, but here's another overall shot which shows the model a bit more and also in situ with the Dimetrodon. Revell include it with the Dimetrodon reissue kit, so that might be the cheapest option for getting hold of the model (i.e. as opposed to forking out more for the orginal Aurora) You could also try the Prehistoric Scenes website, he sometimes has spare parts: http://www.tylisaari.com/prehistoricscenes/main.html  I'll keep my eyes peeled too.

By the way, I completely missed the jungle swamp base used in that photo! I had this kit as a kid but my parents chucked it out with the other models when I left home (sigh) - love the paint job on the meganeura.

[DinoToyForum]

I just found a draft dinotoyblog review by cordylus of the Playvisions prehistoric amphibians set, that I'd like to post. The only thing missing from the review are images, so I guess this is why the review was never published. I wondered if anyone here is willing to provide a photo of each Playvision figure for use on the blog?