PNSO have announced that their next dinosaur model will be a replica of Camarasaurus.  The new PNSO Camarasaurus model will be coming into stock at Everything Dinosaur in the autumn.  Team members had known about this figure and the shipment of the figure has been organised.  It will be on the same shipment as the recently announced PNSO Baryonyx model. The new sauropod has been named Njor the Camarasaurus.

The new for late 2024 PNSO Camarasaurus figure (Njor). This is the latest sauropod figure to be introduced by PNSO.

PNSO Camarasaurus Model

The PNSO Camarasaurus model demonstrates some remarkable detail.  Fossils ascribed to the Camarasaurus taxon are the most common sauropod fossils found in the Morrison Formation.
Four species are currently recognised. The genus was erected in 1877 (Cope). It is a member of the Macronaria clade. They are differentiated from the diplodocids in several ways. For example, the forelimbs are enlarged in relation to their hindlimbs. The chest and shoulders were held higher than other sauropods. This reached an extreme with macronarians such as Giraffatitan and Brachiosaurus.

The limb proportions in Camarasaurus are not as acute, Camarasaurus is regarded as a basal member of the Macronaria.

The new for 2024 PNSO Njor the Camarasaurus dinosaur figure. A superb replica of a Late Jurassic sauropod.

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The “Big Noses”

The Macronaria means “big noses”.  The bony frames of the nostrils were much larger than the orbits (eye sockets).  It is not known why these dinosaurs had this feature.  The fleshy openings of the nostrils would have been much smaller.  However, in the PNSO Camarasaurus model the nasal area has been raised and made prominent.

The PNSO Camarasaurus figure has an innovative interpretation of the nostrils of a macronarian sauropod.

Whatever, the reason for the large nasal openings in the skull, the macronarians were extremely successful.  Whilst their cousins, the diplodocids declined after the Early Cretaceous and became rare, the “big noses” continued to thrive.  The majority of the Cretaceous sauropods including the titanosaurs represent the macronarian lineage.

The new for 2024 Camarasaurus model measures thirty-five centimetres long.  The head height is a fraction under twenty-four centimetres.

The PNSO Camarasaurus model (Njor) in anterior view.

Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“We are looking forward to the arrival of Njor the Camarasaurus.  PNSO have already introduced several sauropod figures including the diplodocoid Amargasaurus and the macronarian Alamosaurus.”

The PNSO Njor the Camarasaurus model is due in stock at Everything Dinosaur in the autumn (2024).

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