Our thanks to dinosaur fan and prehistoric animal model collector Luke who sent into Everything Dinosaur some wonderful prehistoric animal model photographs.  He had recently acquired a Haolonggood Shantungosaurus figure, and the photographs give an impression of the size of this hadrosaur. The Haolonggood model is in 1:35 scale.  The photographer carefully selected other models and photographed them next to the Shantungosaurus. These images provide dinosaur fans with an impression of just how big Shantungosaurus was.  For example, in the first image the Shantungosaurus is shown next to an African elephant model. The human figure provides additional scale.

Shantungosaurus compared to a model of an African elephant. The human figure provides an effective scale. Picture credit: Luke.

Picture credit: Luke

Comparing Prehistoric Animal Model Sizes

Shantungosaurus (S. giganteus), is the largest hadrosauroid known to science.  Size estimates vary but it could have reached lengths in excess of seventeen metres.  Furthermore, this huge herbivore could have weighed in excess of fifteen tonnes.

The comparison with the Rebor Diplodocus provides further evidence of the size of Shantungosaurus.  The Diplodocus model is also a 1:35 scale figure.  The Diplodocus is longer, but the Haolonggood Shantungosaurus figure gives the impression that in reality it would have been a heavier animal.  Hadrosaurs are perceived by many people as being little more than tyrannosaur food. However, many taxa were bigger than the largest tyrannosaurs.

The Haolonggood Shantungosaurus hadrosaur model compared to the Rebor Diplodocus figure. Picture credit: Luke.

Picture credit: Luke

Moreover, Shantungosaurus is not the only massive hadrosaur. Within the hadrosaur subfamily the Saurolophinae there were other giants. For example, the closely related taxon Edmontosaurus, which is known from North America, may have reached lengths in excess of twelve metres.  The cleverly composed photograph showing the PNSO Zabad the Edmontosaurus adjacent to the Haolonggood Shantungosaurus model gives an impression of the size of these two dinosaurs.

To view the range of Haolonggood prehistoric animal figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Haolonggood Dinosaur Models.

The Haolonggood Shantungosaurus dinosaur model compared to the PNSO Edmontosaurus. Picture credit: Luke.

Picture credit: Luke

Shantungosaurus Compared to Edmontosaurus

The photograph (above) shows the Haolonggood Shantungosaurus (foreground) with the PNSO Edmontosaurus figure (background).  Once again, the inclusion of a human figure provides an additional scale reference.

Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“Thank you Luke for providing such an excellent set of photographs.  These images help to convey the approximate size of dinosaurs in relation to each other.  For example, the photographs help to convey the huge mass of Shantungosaurus. It dwarfs the African elephant, and the human figure is tiny when compared next to this hadrosaur.”

Thank you for sharing your excellent photographs.

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