I’m not normally interested in the Mattel Jurassic World mini figures, preferring instead to focus on the Captivz line, but every once in a while, they release something that grabs my attention. Such was the case here with the “mini” Dreadnoughtus, by far the largest figure in the minis line. Even though I have Mattel’s gigantic mainline Dreadnoughtus, I had...
Review and images by bmathison1972; edited by Suspsy Dreadnoughtus schrani is a titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) of present-day South America. Remains of only two individuals have been described to date, both from the Cerro Fortaleza Formation in Argentina. Dreadnoughtus was one of the largest dinosaurs; estimations put its total length at approximately 26 meters and its...
Dreadnoughtus schrani was a species of titanosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It was discovered in 2005 in the Cerro Fortaleza Formation by Kenneth Lacovara and described in 2014. The name Dreadnoughtus translates to “fears nothing,” and what an apt name it is. Lacovara estimates that Dreadnoughtus weighed about 65 tons,...
