Updating our Tylosaurus Notes to Help Customers
With the arrival of the new CollectA Tylosaurus figure, we are busy updating our notes on this enigmatic marine reptile. The new CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Prehistoric Life Tylosaurus figure replaces an earlier Tylosaurus model. Although, the new figure is just twenty centimetres long, model collectors have praised its detail. Just as a manufacturer updates their inventory, so we at Everything Dinosaur have been busy updating the notes we keep on this CollectA figure.
The edentulous and elongated rostrum is a feature of this new Tylosaurus model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
A New CollectA Tylosaurus Model
We think the model is based on the North American species Tylosaurus proriger (pronounced: tie-low-sore-us pro-rig-ah). The shape of the fins and their proportions certainly indicate this species. For example, Konishi et. al (2023) state in their description of Megapterygius that T. proriger is the only other mosasaur known with rear flippers longer than fore flippers. The species of mosasaur is associated with the Santonian to middle Campanian faunal stages of the Cretaceous.
To view the range of CollectA not-to-scale prehistoric animal models in stock: CollectA Prehistoric Life Models.
CollectA Tylosaurus model shown in posterior view. The model has broad rear flippers. Konishi et. al (2023) state in their description of Megapterygius that T. proriger is the only other mosasaur known with rear flippers longer than fore flippers. It is a detailed figure with a forked tongue, tongue sheath and an elongated and edentulous rostrum. In addition, it has a hypocercal tail.
The CollectA figure has an edentulous rostrum tip, a forked tongue, a glottis and a hypocercal tail.
Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“The new CollectA Tylosaurus is an upgrade on the previous CollectA Tylosaurus figure. It has some amazing detail, and the colour scheme is inspired by another member of the Squamata, a banded sea krait.”
Everything Dinosaur’s website: Prehistoric Animal Toys.