Type: Figurine

Review: Corythosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd)

Genus: Corythosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (26 votes)

Corythosaurus was a lambiosaurine hadrosaur that lived during the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous about 75 million years ago. Its bones were discovered in Canada and the USA. It belongs to the same general group of dinosaurs as its slightly more popular cousin, Parasaurolophus.

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Review: Iguanodon (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Schleich Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.7 (13 votes)

The primitive ornithopod dinosaur Iguanodon lived during the Early Cretaceous period in Europe, approximately 125 million years ago. Animals like Iguanodon eventually gave rise to the hadrosaurs of the Late Cretaceous. In the past, numerous remains from all over the globe have been attributed to this genus, spanning from the Late Jurassic all the way until the end of the Cretaceous period, but current research suggests that the only valid species of Iguanodon (I.

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Review: Paraceratherium (Collecta)

Genus: Paraceratherium Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Oligocene Type: Figurine

3.1 (15 votes)

Photographs by PhilSauria
Paraceratherium, also commonly known as Indricotherium or Baluchitherium, was a genus of gigantic hornless rhinoceros-like mammals, belonging to the family of the Hyracodontidae. Their fossils have been found in many parts of Asia, including Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India, Mongolia, and China.

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Review: Paratypothorax (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Genus: Paratypothorax Brand: Bullyland Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (11 votes)

The hognosed Paratypothorax was, at up to 3 meters in length, one of the largest of the aetosaurs. Aetosaurs were a clade of quadrupedal armored archosaurs (“ruling reptiles”) which existed during the Late Triassic. Paratypothorax lived some 210 million years ago in Europe.

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Review: Plateosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Plateosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Prosauropod Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (18 votes)

This Plateosaurus, with “1994” stamped on its tummy, is fast becoming one of the older figures in the Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd. Plateosaurus is from the Triassic of Germany and is classified as a prosauropod dinosaur, that is, a close relative of the later large long-necked sauropods.

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Review: Sphenacodon (Linde)

Genus: Sphenacodon Brand: Linde Classification: Pelycosaur, Reptile (other) Age: Carboniferous, Permian Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3.9 (13 votes)

Photographs by Doug Watson, edited by Dinotoyblog
Here we have the Linde Sphenacodon. In May 2009, Tomhet wrote an excellent recension of Marx´ classic Sphenacodon, also writing that “the two others were almost impossible to find”. Well, almost. Austrian company Linde added plastic toys to their coffee packages.

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Review: Diatryma (Bullyland)

Genus: Diatryma, Gastornis Brand: Bullyland Classification: Bird Age: Eocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine

3.9 (10 votes)

The Bullyland Diatryma is a well done replica of an athletic, robust bird. Bullyland scores with a credible posture, nice colouring and some neat details. On the other hand one can say Bullyland perhaps interpreted Diatryma a little bit too clumsy.

Diatryma, nowadays better known under the name Gastornis, is an extinct genus of large flightless bird that lived during the late Paleocene and Eocene periods of the Cenozoic.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (Linde)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Linde Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3.9 (16 votes)

Photographs by Doug Watson, edited by Dinotoyblog
It is time for the “King”. Today I would like to review the Tyrannosaurus by Linde. Linde produced a coffee substitute herbal tea back in the 1950s and casually added little plastic toys as premiums to the packages.

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Review: Arizonasaurus (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Genus: Arizonasaurus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.6 (20 votes)

Arizonasaurus was a 12 foot long, predatory, long legged Rauisuchian related to modern crocodilians, and it was a top predator in the lower Triassic ecosystem of yep, you guessed it, Arizona roughly 240 million years ago. The name translates simply to “Arizona reptile”. Although to a layperson Arizonsaurus and other Rauisuchians may resemble dinosaurs, they were not.

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Review: Batrachotomus (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Genus: Batrachotomus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (12 votes)

Batrachotomus was a primitive basal rauisuchian, which were a group of crocodile-like archosaurs adapted to a strictly terrestrial lifestyle, and were the dominant predators of the Triassic. Batrachotomus existed around 235 million years ago during the Ladinian Age of the Middle Triassic, and is considered by many paleontologists to be an early form of the more widely recognized rauisuchian genus Postosuchus.

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Review: Beipiaosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Beipiaosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Therizinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (30 votes)

Beipiaosaurus is a therizinosauroid, although it is not included within the family Therizinosauridae because it is more ‘primitive’. Fossils of therizinosaurs have confused palaeontologists for many years. Their fragmentary remains were originally allied with prosauropods because of their long necks, backwards-facing hips, peg-like teeth suited for a herbivorous lifestyle, and other anatomical features.

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Review: Diplodocus (2008) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Diplodocus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (22 votes)

Although the 2008 Diplodocus has been featured several times on this blog already, it has never been reviewed, so it’s time to make amends with a photographic walkaround and short review.

This is Safari’s second attempt at a Diplodocus and this version is a much improved affair.

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Type: Figurine

Review: Corythosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd)

Review: Iguanodon (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Review: Paraceratherium (Collecta)

Review: Paratypothorax (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Review: Plateosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Sphenacodon (Linde)

Review: Diatryma (Bullyland)

Review: Tyrannosaurus (Linde)

Review: Arizonasaurus (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Review: Batrachotomus (The World of Dinosaurs by Bullyland)

Review: Beipiaosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Diplodocus (2008) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

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