Our thanks to William who sent into Everything Dinosaur a review of the PNSO Megalosaurus model. This dinosaur fan and model collector had been looking forward to this introduction. He purchased two models, and commented:
“I had heard rumours that PNSO might introduce a Megalosaurus. I thought we might get a model in 2024, the bicentenary of the scientific description of this dinosaur. However, PNSO introduced it this summer and I was happy. I decided to buy not one, but a pair of Megalosaurus bucklandii.”
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PNSO Megalosaurus Model
The reviewer comments that “Edward” is posed in a neutral standing position, looking forward. The model’s colouration is praised, and the toothy, articulated jaw highlighted. William explains that this is the dinosaur he imagined when reading about big theropods like Megalosaurus when he was a child.
William added:
“We have a true and accurate model of Megalosaurus bucklandii. The PNSO Megalosaurus model “Edward” is the crowning glory of my collection.”
To view the PNSO range of prehistoric animal figures available from Everything Dinosaur: PNSO Age of Dinosaurs Models.
The Discovery of Megalosaurus
As well as providing a review of the PNSO figure, the reviewer summarised the history of the Megalosaurus fossil discoveries.
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He explained that the lower jawbone was unearthed in an Oxfordshire quarry. This fossil and other material came into the possession of the Reverend William Buckland, the resident Professor of Geology at the University of Oxford. Examining the fossil, he realised that the fossil represented a reptile as the teeth erupted from sockets in the jaw. It was Buckland’s friend William Conybeare who named the fossil Megalosaurus.
At a meeting of the Geological Society of London on the 20th of February, 1824 the specimen was described. On that fateful day, the world was introduced to Megalosaurus and our fascination with the “terrible lizards” commenced.
Our thanks to William for sending to Everything Dinosaur his review of the PNSO Megalosaurus model.
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