The Unique Species Specimen Discussion Thread

[SBell]

Silver Dolphin the book company makes the Groovy tubes.

Nope, it's Innovative Kids. Silver Dolphin made the Prehistoric Mammal set (the put-together ones), as well as a number of other skeleton ones like Totally Dinosaurs.

An example of their different titles is here (in the bottom, with suggested titles): http://www.book-info.com/isbn/1-57145-425-X.htm

[Roselaar]

Deltadromeus is off the list. Just found out there's a Dinosaur King figure (Series 2) of this animal available. Though not widely.

[Halichoeres]

Couple of things:

I still have never seen a photo of the Kaiyodo Mesosaurus. People aren't perhaps thinking of the Metriorhynchus?

The reference thread (what a task, Roselaar, kudos for undertaking it) has a few entries with typos in them:

Brachipposideros
Megalibgwilia
Notoryctes
Phoeniconotius
Rhizophascolonus

which gave me a bit of a hard time when I was trying to decide whether to start collecting Yowies.

edit: I see there is a photo of the purported Mesosaurus in the reference thread. I had not seen this figure before, and it looks rather like a mosasaur, but I stand provisionally corrected.

[Roselaar]

The names of the Yowies are taken directly from the Yowies sets themselves, which of course doesn't mean they're free from errors. I'll look into it when I have more time.

Finding pics of figures, especially rare ones, is the hardest part, and as you can see, I still have failed to find any in some cases. Any help forum members can offer in this regard is obviously most appreciated.

[Halichoeres]

The names of the Yowies are taken directly from the Yowies sets themselves, which of course doesn't mean they're free from errors. I'll look into it when I have more time.

That didn't occur to me, but makes a great deal of sense. I would expect a candy company to err on genus names more frequently than a paleontology enthusiast.

[SBell]

The names of the Yowies are taken directly from the Yowies sets themselves, which of course doesn't mean they're free from errors. I'll look into it when I have more time.

Finding pics of figures, especially rare ones, is the hardest part, and as you can see, I still have failed to find any in some cases. Any help forum members can offer in this regard is obviously most appreciated.

Now that I'm looking, there's no way that is a Mesosaurus.

This is a Mesosaurus skeleton (drawing):



That looks like the Kaiyodo Dinoland mosasaur.

[Manatee]

How about the CollectA Medusaceratops, Xiongguanlong, and Daxiatitan? They're all unique as far as I'm aware.

[Roselaar]

How about the CollectA Medusaceratops, Xiongguanlong, and Daxiatitan? They're all unique as far as I'm aware.

Good point, this thread needs an update on this year's releases. Anybody know whether these are indeed unique? I'm not aware of any other representations of these species. Same goes for Temnodontosaurus and Guidraco.

As for the Mesosaurus, it's not impossible I'm in error over that model. I only know there supposedly is a Kaiyodo Dinoland Mesosaurus though. I just can't find any pics of it, or of the Mosasaurus from the same line. Any help people could offer with this one would be greatly appreciated.

[SBell]

As for the Mesosaurus, it's not impossible I'm in error over that model. I only know there supposedly is a Kaiyodo Dinoland Mesosaurus though. I just can't find any pics of it, or of the Mosasaurus from the same line. Any help people could offer with this one would be greatly appreciated.

If it is, they uncharacteristically  missed the mark badly. The model actually looks like a very old school mosasaur, like the one in the diorama set that was available about ten years ago (ca't remember the mural it's based on--Zallinger? Knight?).

[Ikessauro]

A model representing the Brazilian spinosaur Oxalaia quilombensis has been done by Guilherme Bilinski. Heavily spired by the "new spino" but still, an Oxalaia.

[Roselaar]

A model representing the Brazilian spinosaur Oxalaia quilombensis has been done by Guilherme Bilinski. Heavily spired by the "new spino" but still, an Oxalaia.

Very nice! Definitely a unique species, I had never even heard of it. 
Is this model available for commerical purchasing? If so, does Bilinski have a company name, or just his own?

[Roselaar]

Added Oxalaia, Medusaceratops, Temnodontosaurus, Guidraco, Xiongguanlong and Daxiatitan. Removed some spelling errors.

[Ikessauro]

Guilherme Bilinski is a young sculptor from BRazil, he sells his models via his page on Facebook, Bilinski Art.

[Roselaar]

Guilherme Bilinski is a young sculptor from BRazil, he sells his models via his page on Facebook, Bilinski Art.

Thanks for that addition. I'll change it to Bilinski Art, might help collectors track his models down more easily.

[Ikessauro]

Guilherme Bilinski is a young sculptor from BRazil, he sells his models via his page on Facebook, Bilinski Art.

Thanks for that addition. I'll change it to Bilinski Art, might help collectors track his models down more easily.

Actually his pages name now is Guilherme Bilinski - Art
https://www.facebook.com/GuilhermeBilinskiArt?ref=ts&fref=ts

[Roselaar]

Okay, I'll change it again.

[Halichoeres]

I looked up a couple of papers on Australian sarcopterygians and I am now pretty confident that the "Ducabrook Rhizodont" from Yowie Lost Kingdoms Series B is meant to represent the genus Strepsodus. I'm not sure if you have it on the list under a different name, but I think this is the closest to a "correct" name. I also think that the "Queensland Pterosaur" represents what is now called Aussiedraco (although the material was originally referred to Ornithocheirus).

[SBell]

I looked up a couple of papers on Australian sarcopterygians and I am now pretty confident that the "Ducabrook Rhizodont" from Yowie Lost Kingdoms Series B is meant to represent the genus Strepsodus. I'm not sure if you have it on the list under a different name, but I think this is the closest to a "correct" name. I also think that the "Queensland Pterosaur" represents what is now called Aussiedraco (although the material was originally referred to Ornithocheirus).

I would have to check, meaning I'd have to find the paper, but I think the rhizodont was named as Barameda on its paper. Doesn't mean it's absolutely correct, of course.

[Halichoeres]

I looked up a couple of papers on Australian sarcopterygians and I am now pretty confident that the "Ducabrook Rhizodont" from Yowie Lost Kingdoms Series B is meant to represent the genus Strepsodus. I'm not sure if you have it on the list under a different name, but I think this is the closest to a "correct" name. I also think that the "Queensland Pterosaur" represents what is now called Aussiedraco (although the material was originally referred to Ornithocheirus).

I would have to check, meaning I'd have to find the paper, but I think the rhizodont was named as Barameda on its paper. Doesn't mean it's absolutely correct, of course.

I didn't notice that one in the reference thread! They are both Australian rhizodonts, but Barameda was described (Long 1989 J. Vert. Palaeontol. 9: 1) from a formation in Victoria. The Ducabrook formation is in Queensland, which is why I think it refers to Strepsodus.

[Halichoeres]

I looked up a couple of papers on Australian sarcopterygians and I am now pretty confident that the "Ducabrook Rhizodont" from Yowie Lost Kingdoms Series B is meant to represent the genus Strepsodus. I'm not sure if you have it on the list under a different name, but I think this is the closest to a "correct" name. I also think that the "Queensland Pterosaur" represents what is now called Aussiedraco (although the material was originally referred to Ornithocheirus).

I would have to check, meaning I'd have to find the paper, but I think the rhizodont was named as Barameda on its paper. Doesn't mean it's absolutely correct, of course.

I didn't notice that one in the reference thread! They are both Australian rhizodonts, but Barameda was described (Long 1989 J. Vert. Palaeontol. 9: 1) from a formation in Victoria. The Ducabrook formation is in Queensland, which is why I think it refers to Strepsodus.

Whoops, sorry, I completely misread your post. You meant the paper insert from the candy egg. I just looked at mine and it only says "rhizodontid family," which is pretty unhelpful given how diverse the rhizodontids were during the late Paleozoic.