Leyster's Collection (updated 13/09/24)

[Leyster]

@Halichoeres it stands, but for like five seconds, barely the time to take the photo. To keep that pose in my display I have to use a clear acrylic action figures stand. It's my failed attempt to replicate the pose Bistahieversor has in the Molina-Perez & Larramendi's (Eofauna's) book (I'd have posted a picture, if I had found one  )

[crazy8wizard]

@Halichoeres it stands, but for like five seconds, barely the time to take the photo. To keep that pose in my display I have to use a clear acrylic action figures stand. It's my failed attempt to replicate the pose Bistahieversor has in the Molina-Perez & Larramendi's (Eofauna's) book (I'd have posted a picture, if I had found one  )

I know the feeling of this. I tried to get my BOTM T. rex into the pose the Denver Museum of Nature and Science has for their infamous upright kicking Tyrannosaurus, much to my disappointment.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, with the weight of these, combined with the tradeoffs inherent between mobility and friction in the many joints, it's gonna be hard to find a stable pose without support.

[Leyster]

@crazy8wizard @Halichoeres it's the burden of the action figures  And not even static figures of bipedal animals are spared from falling, due to the warping, sadly.


Binomial name: Thalattosuchus superciliosus (de Blainville in Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1852)
Classification: Pseudosuchia->Suchia->Paracrocodylomorpha->Crocodylomorpha->Crocodyliformes->Thalattosuchia*->Neothalattosuchia->Metriorhynchoidea->Metriorhynchidae->Metriorhynchinae
Time: Callovian-Oxfordian (Middle-Late Jurassic)
Formation: Falaises des Vaches Noires (present-day France), Oxford Clay Formation (present-day England).
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2006
Sculptor: Yuko Shimizu
Scale: up to 1:40 for a large specimen, closer to 1:30 for an average one


*exact relationships of Thalattosuchia are unknown

[Concavenator]

@Concavenator sorry for the late answer, I didn't get the notification. I might end up getting the Haolonggood some day, but in the meantime I'll buy the BOTM once it comes out.

No wonder, the BotM Dilophosaurus really looks amazing. And I think it's a good idea they ditched the bases in favor of the PNSO-styled transparent rods. Looking forward to seeing that Dilophosaurus here!

Congrats on the Thalattosuchus too! I just learned the formerly-called Metriorhynchus superciliosus now has its own genus. 

[Halichoeres]

I'm curious how you identified it as superciliosus in particular.

[Leyster]

@Concavenator thank you!

@Halichoeres aside for tooth count, the skull looked closer to Thalattosuchus to me. It's the better represented species, afaik, too, and this suggests it might have been used as reference. But I'm open to being corrected, pseudosuchians aren't my area of expertise.

[Halichoeres]

@Halichoeres aside for tooth count, the skull looked closer to Thalattosuchus to me. It's the better represented species, afaik, too, and this suggests it might have been used as reference. But I'm open to being corrected, pseudosuchians aren't my area of expertise.

Oh, I don't have a contrary opinion, I was merely curious, since the kinds of apomorphies used to separate closely separated genera are usually hard to spot in a model this size. But tooth count is certainly reasonable.

[Leyster]

@Halichoeres Sorry, I didn't phrase it correctly: the skull looks more like M. superciliosus except for the teeth (which dont' fit in any specimen I know of, being too many and too big). Perhaps I should've written "cf. superciliosus", I'll edit the post.

[Concavenator]

L @Leyster My understanding, based on Young et al. 2020, is that the Thalattosuchus genus was erected to include the formerly-called Metriorhynchus superciliosus, implying that the Thalattosuchus genus is monospecific. In that case, wouldn't it be more appropriate to include the "cf." prior to the species' name (cf. Thalattosuchus superciliosus)?

Just asking out of curiosity.

EDIT - Just realized they consider Metriorhynchus to be monospecific too. 

[Leyster]

@Concavenator yeah, sorry, it was late yesterday and got confused with Steneosaurus brevirostris, which was placed in Metriorhynchus, not in Thalattosuchus. I'll edit it (again).

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Spinops sternbergorum Farke et al., 2011
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Ceratopsoidea->Ceratopsidae->Centrosaurinae
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Oldman Formation? Dinosaur Park Formation? (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:20

The PNSO ceratopsian with the most interesting pose, imho. Beautiful paint, too, almos iridescent in some areas. Wanted to get it since long time.

[Concavenator]

1:20? That's pretty large!

Been a good while since the last PNSO ceratopsid (their Torosaurus from March 2022). Wouldn't be surprised if they released one soon, as I feel that's too much time without a new ceratopsid from them.

[Leyster]

@Concavenator more that it wasn't exactly the biggest ceratopsian around 

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (Depéret & Savornin, 1925)
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae->Carcharodontosaurinae
Time: Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Kem Kem Beds (present day Morocco)
Manifacturer and date of release: Dino Hazard, 2021
Sculptor: Hugo Cafasso
Scale: 1:20


Thanks to @Ikessauro for helping me acquiring this figure!

And here is my review!

[Concavenator]

A pity about the outdated, elongated skull but impressive model otherwise. Interesting that they added Concavenator's scutes at the underside of the tail.

I would've loved to see Dino Hazard continue with their figures. Considering their usage of a larger scale, I think smaller creatures would be more befitting than behemoths like Carcharodontosaurus. 

[Leyster]

Yes, it's a pity that the line was so short-lived. I always hope for a revival.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Arizonasaurus babbitti Welles, 1947
Classification: Paracrocodylomorpha>Poposauroidea>Ctenosauriscidae
Time: Anisian (middle Triassic)
Formation: Moenkopi Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Bullyland, 2007
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:12



Thanks to @Mattyonyx for gifting me this figure!

[Leyster]

Oh, look, another Tyrannosaurus. But this time is a (very) immature Tyrannosaurus, so it gets a pass I suppose (NB this post refers to the figure on the foreground. The one on the background is for another post).

Binomial name: Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea->Tyrannosauridae->Tyrannosaurinae
Time: Maastrichtian (late Cretaceous)
Formation: Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Frenchman Formation (present day USA and Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Qualia, 2023
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:33 for the "Chomper" specimen

[Halichoeres]

I love that Arizonasaurus. Bullyland used to be so great!