Safari Ltd - New for 2016

[Concavenator]

We don't even know if a sixth model will be released.Weird that it didn't appear on the picture.

We do know, it was confirmed by Safari.

Okay then.In that case,I'm confident it will be a ceratopsian,precisely Kosmoceratops.

[MLMjp]

I still think the sixth toy will be a ceratopsian.

I also think that metriorhynchid is something other than Dakosaurus. The latter was nicknamed 'Godzilla' on account of its boxy head.

I'm guessing Geosaurus (top, Dakosaurus at bottom):
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w5x6z4oWQE8/Th6g8vcT9wI/AAAAAAAAHV4/V4gOvEfd7fY/s400/Geosaurus_Dakosaurus.jpg

It's larger than Dakosaurus, the limb proportions match better, the skull is about right, and it's only been mentioned once in this thread

I have just search information about those two and it´s Dakosaurus the big one, I found a picture with the same drawings in the image posted, but in reverse size, who is wrong an who is right?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Geosaurini.png

[Sim]

I also think that metriorhynchid is something other than Dakosaurus. The latter was nicknamed 'Godzilla' on account of its boxy head.

Only Dakosaurus andiniensis was nicknamed "Godzilla" because of its head shape as you mentioned.  The other species, Dakosaurus maximus, has a longer snout.

[suspsy]

Dakosaurus maximus still doesn't quite look like the toy in that photo. I still think it's some other metriorhynchid.



But as I said earlier in the thread, regardless of who's right and who's wrong, this sweet-looking metriorhynchid toy is a win for us all!

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

You know, I don't think  I ever realized how much longer metriorhynchid back legs could be than the front legs. Is that a broad characteristic of the group?

Also, I like your gif, EarthboundEiniosaurus. What's it from?

[John]

Dakosaurus maximus still doesn't quite look like the toy in that photo. I still think it's some other metriorhynchid.



But as I said earlier in the thread, regardless of who's right and who's wrong, this sweet-looking metriorhynchid toy is a win for us all!

Here's something to make you pull your hair out:
What if the only name Safari Ltd. even attempted for it was something as generic as "Prehistoric marine crocodile"?   

[Sim]

Dakosaurus maximus still doesn't quite look like the toy in that photo. I still think it's some other metriorhynchid.


But as I said earlier in the thread, regardless of who's right and who's wrong, this sweet-looking metriorhynchid toy is a win for us all!

You're probably right.  I looked at some images of geosaurines again (based on the head shape I think it can be narrowed down to a geosaurine), and the toy seems like it might be more like Geosaurus than either Dakosaurus species.

Metriorhynchids are really fascinating!  I'm looking forward to seeing a better image of this metriorhynchid toy!

Here's something to make you pull your hair out:
What if the only name Safari Ltd. even attempted for it was something as generic as "Prehistoric marine crocodile"?   

It would be lame if they did that, like it was lame when they made a pterosaur toy called "Pterosaur".

[stargatedalek]

I give them leeway with "pterosaur" because they based it on an unnamed species rather than making a generic pterosaur.

I'm trying to refrain from speculation, but alas I might as well join in!

-Geosaurus seems correct to me, the skull is just too narrow for Dakosaurus.
-I think the green theropod could be Coelophysis or Liliensternus, but the way the teeth spread on the lower jaw feels like something I should recognize.
-Iguanodont, large Theropod, and Sauropod(?) could be any number of animals, I won't even hazard a guess.

[Shonisaurus]

Now we have less than two days for updates Safari completely.

Then we will totally sure.

[Sim]

I give them leeway with "pterosaur" because they based it on an unnamed species rather than making a generic pterosaur.

The toy was based on an individual that hasn't been named because its skull isn't known.  (See Reply #8 in this thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=2821.msg77321#msg77321)  I think it was a silly decision to make a toy of a pterosaur that doesn't have a name or a skull known.  There are similar looking pterosaurs that have a name and their skull known which would therefore have been better choices for a toy.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

The fact that they've already made a Dakosaurus for their Toob series should clear this up I think. I would assume that if they'd made a larger version, it would've looked similar to that one.

[Sim]

The fact that they've already made a Dakosaurus for their Toob series should clear this up I think. I would assume that if they'd made a larger version, it would've looked similar to that one.

The toob one is definitely Dakosaurus andiniensis, you can tell from its head.  The Wild Safari figure is definitely NOT D. andiniensis.  Again, you can tell from its head.  The other Dakosaurus species, D. maximus, has a different looking head.  You can see them both here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakosaurus

[sauroid]

do you think the twisty gnarly tree in the center of the island would be one of Safari's new figures for 2016? would be really cool ifever.

[suspsy]

Okay, just for fun, let's compare our mystery metriorhynchid to some possible candidates.

[sauroid]

Geosaurus

[DinoG]

Plesiosuchus!

[Sim]

Okay, just for fun, let's compare our mystery metriorhynchid to some possible candidates.

Great post!  But where is Dakosaurus maximus?   And Suchodus?

[EarthboundEiniosaurus]

You know, I don't think  I ever realized how much longer metriorhynchid back legs could be than the front legs. Is that a broad characteristic of the group?

Also, I like your gif, EarthboundEiniosaurus. What's it from?

In response to your first question, yes, longer hind limbs than forelimbs is a broad trait found throughout most of the metriorhynchidae. As for your second question, firstly, thank you for the compliment! Secondly, I don't believe that the GIF is from anything in particular, it just looked cool   

Thanks,

EarthboundEiniosaurus 

[suspsy]

One more day till Everything Dinosaur does the big reveal!

[Gwangi]

You know, I don't think  I ever realized how much longer metriorhynchid back legs could be than the front legs. Is that a broad characteristic of the group?

Also, I like your gif, EarthboundEiniosaurus. What's it from?

In response to your first question, yes, longer hind limbs than forelimbs is a broad trait found throughout most of the metriorhynchidae. As for your second question, firstly, thank you for the compliment! Secondly, I don't believe that the GIF is from anything in particular, it just looked cool   

Thanks,

EarthboundEiniosaurus

That gif. is from a short film about two warring tribes who construct their cities on the backs of dinosaurs. I cannot recall the name of it though.