Adobe CS5 - Part 40

31 12, 2022

Favourite and Most Popular Blog Posts of 2022 (Part 2)

By Mike|2024-01-02T06:45:55+00:00December 31st, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

Today, we continue our look back at the most popular blog posts that Everything Dinosaur published this year. Yesterday, we reviewed January through to June, and now we turn our attention to the favourite blog posts from the last six months.

Heatwaves in England made working outside extremely arduous and palaeontologists had to deal with the oppressive heat as they explored a fossil site exposed in a farmer’s field in Gloucestershire. The dedicated team unearthed some spectacular specimens including some superb Jurassic fish fossils.

Fossil fish skull — *A three-dimensional fish skull (Pachycormus spp.) from a limestone concretion found at Court Farm. Note the small ammonite located in association with the skull. Picture credit: Dean Lomax.*

To read the blog post: Fossil Fish Down on the Farm.

Giant Sauropod

It may have been hot in England, but we suspect Portugal in August was hotter still as a team of researchers struggled to unearth the fossilised remains of a sauropod dinosaur that had been discovered in the back garden of a house in Leiria district (central Portugal).

Favourite Blog Posts. — *Portugal sauropod discovery. Picture credit: Instituto Dom Luiz (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal).*

To read Everything Dinosaur’s blog post: Giant Sauropod in the Garden.

In September, Everything Dinosaur blogged about “April”, not the month but a remarkable Tenontosaurus fossil skeleton nicknamed “April” that was being restored ready for a new dinosaur gallery at the Manchester Museum.

*The fossilised remains of April the Tenontosaurus laid out in anatomical position. Picture credit: The University of Manchester.*

The refurbished Manchester Museum complete with “April” is due to open in February 2023.

To read about “April” the Tenontosaurus: “Bring Back “April”.

Pterosaur Research

The first accurate skeletal reconstruction of a fossil specimen discovered in Scotland more than a century ago, provided new information on the evolutionary history of pterosaurs. Our blog about the research went live early in October.

An early ancestor of the Pterosauria — *A tiny reptile measuring approximately 20 cm in length, Scleromochlus is now thought to be an early ancestor of the Pterosauria. Picture credit: Gabriel Ugueto.*

To read our post: Unravelling the Ancestry of the Pterosauria.

November was a time to blow our own trumpet to some extent as Everything Dinosaur won the Excellence in Customer Service Award. We posted about our success and included a Papo green Styracosaurus dinosaur model in the photograph that showed our trophy.

We felt honoured and humbled to win this prestigious award. For the full story: Everything Dinosaur Wins Award.

To visit the Papo section of Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Papo Dinosaur Models.

Favourite Blog Posts

Drawing our two-part feature on favourite blog posts of 2022 to a close, we come to December and in this month we blogged about new Rebor replicas, future PNSO dinosaurs, Beasts of the Mesozoic replicas and CollectA figures. However, just as we began 2022 looking at research highlighting stomach contents in a long extinct animal we returned to that subject in December, covering the discovery of a small mammal’s foot found inside the body cavity of a Microraptor (M. zhaoianus). This study, led by Dr David Hone (Queen Mary University of London), demonstrated that Microraptor was a generalist – feeding on a wide variety of small creatures including mammals.

Dinosaur eating a mammal. — *A life reconstruction showing the Microraptor with the mammal’s foot. Picture credit: Ralph Attanasia.*

To read our blog post about the Microraptor discovery: Microraptor Eating a Mammal.

Team members at Everything Dinosaur look forward to producing more blog posts in 2023.

To visit Everything Dinosaur’s website: Everything Dinosaur.

30 12, 2022

Favourite and Most Popular Blog Posts of 2022 (Part 1)

By Mike|2024-01-02T06:46:13+00:00December 30th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

At this time of year, Everything Dinosaur looks back on their favourite blog posts of 2022. The weblog posts that team members have created, and we list the favourite articles of 2022. This is quite a challenge given the enormous number of subjects that we have covered in the last twelve months. Our blog looks at advances in the Earth sciences, fossil finds, dinosaur research, new prehistoric animal models, provides book reviews and covers all sorts of stories and features associated with dinosaur models and model collecting.

So, without further fuss here is a countdown of our favourite and most popular articles from January to June 2022.

Favourite Blog Posts

In January, team members posted up several videos of the recently introduced Rebor Smilodon replicas. These popular models, proved to be excellent figures to highlight on Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube channel. These short videos gave viewers the opportunity to see these exciting models in close detail.

To view the Rebor Ice Age Smilodon video showcase: Rebor Smilodon Ice Age Video Showcase.

To visit Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube channel (please subscribe): Everything Dinosaur on YouTube.

Crocodile Eats Dinosaur

February may have been the shortest month, but there was no shortage of interesting fossil discoveries to write about. One of the most popular articles dealt with the discovery of a crocodile fossil from Australia that preserved the remains of its last meal – a small dinosaur.

Confractosuchus sauroktonos attacks a juvenile ornithopod. — *A life reconstruction of Confractosuchus sauroktonos capturing the juvenile ornithopod. Picture credit: Dr Matt White/Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.*

Predator prey interactions are extremely rare in the fossil record, and this is the first documented instance of a crocodilian eating a dinosaur from Australia.

The world of palaeontology was rocked in March when a paper was published postulating that the species known as Tyrannosaurus rex was actually three! The paper caused a lot of controversy and debate as the fossils of arguably the most iconic dinosaur of all were divided into three.

To read our blog post: Are There Three Tyrannosaurus Species?

Remarkable Bryozoans

Back in time we went in April, all the way back to the Cambrian. A newly published paper proposed that the bryozoans, an ancient group of miniature, aquatic invertebrates had their origins in the Early Cambrian. Remarkably, these tiny animals are an important constituent of modern marine ecosystems and are largely unchanged over 500 million years.

Bryozoan fossil from the Early Cambrian. — *Protomelission gatehousei from the Cambrian Wirrealpa Limestone, South Australia. Picture credit: Zhang et al.*

“Prehistoric Planet”

In May, the spectacular five-part, television documentary series “Prehistoric Planet” aired on Apple+ TV. Everything Dinosaur team members were given the opportunity to view all the programmes and this series has gone onto win many accolades and awards. Our congratulations to all those involved. “Prehistoric Planet” was one of the television highlights of the year.

We blogged about the programmes, and we think this series was far superior to the big film that came out later in the summer – “Jurassic World Dominion”.

The “White Rock Spinosaurid”

As we moved into the middle of the year, news broke of yet another theropod dinosaur discovery from the Isle of Wight. Fragmentary fossils found on the island, hinted at a ten-metre-plus spinosaurid that could represent the largest carnivorous dinosaur discovered to date in Europe.

*Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid. Picture credit: University of Southampton/Anthony Hutchings.*

Nicknamed the “White Rock spinosaurid”, after the geological layer in which the fossils were found, the discovery demonstrated that even in areas that have been extensively mapped, explored and visited by thousands of holidaymakers every year, the rocks still hold surprises. Better still, a researcher on the paper Dr Darren Naish, played a pivotal role in “Prehistoric Planet” acting as one of the scientific advisors.

To read our blog post: Huge Carnivorous Dinosaur from the Isle of Wight.

Favourite Blog Posts

That’s the first part of our two-part feature listing our favourite weblog posts of 2022. Tomorrow, we shall take a look at the blog posts from July through to the end of the year.

To visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Everything Dinosaur.

28 12, 2022

Beautiful Rebor Triceratops Dinosaur Models

By Mike|2024-02-08T08:38:32+00:00December 28th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

The new Rebor Triceratops dinosaur models have arrived at Everything Dinosaur! A fabulous pair of 1/35th scale horned dinosaurs, there is the Rebor male Triceratops Trident King and the Rebor Triceratops Trident Horn of Doom, complete with its broken and healed brow horn.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Rebor Triceratops Dinosaur Models

These beautifully crafted figures are the first adult Triceratops models to be made by Rebor since the famous “Fallen Queen” Triceratops replica which was originally introduced in 2015 with a second colour variant launched two years later.

A spokesperson for Everything Dinosaur exclaimed:

“These are amazing Rebor models, and each figure does have an articulated lower jaw. We are currently contacting all our customers who wanted to be notified when these remarkable horned dinosaurs arrived.”

Rebor male Triceratops Trident King model. — *The Rebor male Triceratops Trident King 1:35 scale replica. The model measures around 32 cm in length. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Scale Models of Horned Dinosaurs

Scale models of horned dinosaurs are extremely popular with dinosaur fans and model collectors. Triceratops is perhaps, the most popular ornithischian dinosaur of all. These two ceratopsians, the Rebor male Triceratops Trident Horn of Doom and the Rebor male Triceratops Trident King are going to be gracing the model collections of lots of fans of prehistoric animal replicas.

Rebor male Triceratops Trident Horn of Doom dinosaur model. — *The Rebor male Triceratops Trident Horn of Doom, a 1:35 scale dinosaur model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

The picture (above) shows the Rebor male Triceratops Trident Horn of Doom variation. The right brow horn has been broken and is healed. Such an injury could have been caused during intraspecific combat or perhaps when fending off an attack from a Tyrannosaurus rex.

To view the range of Rebor prehistoric animal models and figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Rebor Replicas.

27 12, 2022

New Rebor Oddities Extinction Models

By Mike|2024-02-08T08:38:51+00:00December 27th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases, Product Reviews|0 Comments

The limited-edition Rebor Oddities Extinction models are now in stock at Everything Dinosaur. Two fantastic collectables featuring a Velociraptor. The Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Renaissance bronze version and the Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Victorian neoclassical marble have arrived at Everything Dinosaur.

Rebor Extinction Bronze. — *Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Renaissance bronze figure. A thinking Velociraptor contemplates its existence in the Everything Dinosaur warehouse. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Rebor Oddities Extinction Models

Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Victorian neoclassical marble and bronze version. A wonderful pair of limited-edition and highly detailed replicas of a Velociraptor in contemplation cast in elastic resin and polystone. The fantastic Rebor Oddities “Extinction” replicas. These figures are highly-prized collector’s items.

Holding a human skull, the Velociraptor is in deep thought sat upon a pile of books. Such is the detail in this fantastic replica that there are twenty-three books listed, one for each of our twenty-three pairs of chromosomes. The books are a combination of fiction and non-fiction and team members at Everything Dinosaur wrote a blog post in the autumn outlining the contents of this dinosaur’s extensive library.

To read our earlier article and to see the list of books featured in this remarkable statue: The Rebor “Extinction” Library.

Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Victorian Neoclassical Marble

Each display piece has been skilfully crafted, and we congratulate the design team at Rebor for producing such an inspirational pair of figures. These are certainly dinosaur models with a difference. Our personal favourite is the Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Victorian neoclassical marble figure, although we suspect both these incredible figures will prove to be extremely popular amongst collectors.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented.

“These are very innovative figures and quite striking. We have had lots of enquiries, not just from dinosaur fans and collectors but also from academics conducting research into various aspects of the human condition. Over the next day or so, we will be emailing all those who enquired and ensuring that they know that these limited-edition figures are available.”

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the Rebor Oddities Extinction models (whilst stocks last) and the rest of the Rebor range of figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Rebor Figures and Models.

25 12, 2022

Merry Christmas from Everything Dinosaur

By Mike|2022-12-24T09:09:03+00:00December 25th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Press Releases, Teaching|0 Comments

It is that time of year, time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas on behalf of all of us at Everything Dinosaur. Season’s greetings to you all. We will still be working over much of the holiday season and of course we will be answering emails and helping our customers as much as we can.

Everything Dinosaur

It will be business as usual once the Bank Holidays are over. We will be back at work sending out all the Beasts of the Mesozoic Kickstarter items to customers in the UK and Europe. A special thank you to all those customers who sent us prehistoric animal themed Christmas cards, gifts and drawings, they certainly have brightened up the offices and the warehouse.

Back to School and to Museums

At this time of year our thoughts turn to all the amazing people that we have met as we continue our adventures. We have been busy helping science communicators and teaching teams sending out lots of free information and providing advice. For teachers and teaching assistants it has been a very busy autumn term. We hope that everyone has a very happy Christmas gets time to relax and unwind and we look forward to an exciting spring term with us continuing to support teaching work in schools.

We plan to visit a few more museums in 2023 and we are looking forward to the opening of the newly refurbished Manchester Museum that is due to re-open in February of next year.

To read about the refurbishment of Manchester Museum: Manchester Museum – Bring Back April.

For those of you tucking into turkey, goose or chicken on the 25th, click the link below to see the article we wrote a few years ago that shows how your Christmas dinner has a close affinity with dinosaurs: Christmas Dinner Links Dinosaurs to Birds.

On behalf of Everything Dinosaur, we wish everyone a happy Christmas.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Everything Dinosaur.

23 12, 2022

New Study Suggests Tooth Shape Helps Shape Dinosaur Diet

By Mike|2024-02-08T08:39:48+00:00December 23rd, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page, Palaeontological articles|0 Comments

Recently published research examining tooth shape in early members of the Dinosauria has provided new information on dinosaur diet. The very earliest known dinosaurs included carnivores, herbivores as well as omnivores. Early dinosaurs were already developing adaptations to exploit a wide variety of feeding strategies.

Picture credit: Gabriel Ugueto

Dinosaur Diet

Writing in the academic journal “Science Advances”, the scientists from the University of Bristol developed computer models to test the function and bite force of the teeth of a variety of early dinosaurs. These results were then compared with the data from extant lizards so that the diet could be inferred. The study shows that many groups of plant-eating ornithischian dinosaurs were ancestrally omnivorous and the ancestors of the huge sauropods, dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Dreadnoughtus and Argentinosaurus were carnivores.

The scientists conclude that the ability of the Dinosauria to diversify their diets early in their evolution probably explains their evolutionary and ecological success.

Studying the Earliest Dinosaurs

The Dinosauria dominated terrestrial ecosystems for much of the Mesozoic. However, their origins and how they came to out compete other tetrapods during the Middle to Late Triassic remains the subject of intense debate. Over a few million years, the dinosaurs seem to have rapidly diversified and moved from being essential “bit-part” players in terrestrial ecosystems dominated by other types of archosaur and synapsid to becoming the dominant group.

Analysis of trackways discovered in the Southern Alps suggests a link between extensive faunal turnover leading to the dominance of the Dinosauria and the Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE), a period of major climate change and a shift in the types of flora.

The diversification of the dinosaurs. — *The diversification of the dinosaurs coincides with the Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE). Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To read more about this research into the impact of the Carnian Pluvial Episode on terrestrial ecosystems: Dinosaurs – In with a Bang and Out with a Bang.

A Wide Diversity of Different Skull and Tooth Shapes

Commenting on the implications of this study, lead author Dr Antonio Ballell stated:

“Soon after their origin, dinosaurs start to show an interesting diversity of skull and tooth shapes. For decades, this has made palaeontologists suspect that different species were already experimenting with different kinds of diets. They have compared them to modern lizard species and tried to infer what they ate based on the similarities in their teeth.”

Tooth morphology yields data on dinosaur diet. — Dinosaur skull shape and tooth morphology mapped over time. The three main dinosaur lineages, Sauropodomorpha, Ornithischia and Saurischia are represented from the Late Triassic to the Early Jurassic. Sauropodomorphs that were ancestral to the giant plant-eaters such as Apatosaurus and Dreadnoughtus were originally carnivorous, whilst ornithischian dinosaurs regarded as predominately herbivorous, started off as omnivores. Picture credit: Ballell, Benton and Rayfield.

Dr Ballell, based at the University’s School of Earth Sciences added:

“We investigated this by applying a set of computational methods to quantify the shape and function of the teeth of early dinosaurs and compare them to living reptiles that have different diets. This included mathematically modelling their tooth shapes and simulating their mechanical responses to biting forces with engineering software.”

A Plateosaurus dinosaur model. — *A rearing Plateosaurus. The study confirmed that the large, Late Triassic Plateosaurus was in all probability a herbivore.*

The Plateosaurus replica (above), is part of the CollectA not-to-scale range of prehistoric animal models.

To view this range: CollectA Prehistoric Life Models and Figures.

Predicting Dinosaur Diet

Co-author of the paper, Professor Mike Benton explained:

“With this battery of methods, we were able to numerically quantify how similar early dinosaurs were to modern animals, providing solid evidence for our inferences of diets. Theropod dinosaurs have pointy, curved and blade-like teeth with tiny serrations, which behaved like those of modern monitor lizards. In contrast, the denticulated teeth of ornithischians and sauropodomorphs are more similar to modern omnivores and herbivores, like iguanas.”

Innovative Machine Learning

This innovative research used machine learning models to group the earliest dinosaurs into different diet categories based on their jaw mechanics and tooth shape. For example, Thecodontosaurus, a dinosaur which roamed the Triassic archipelago where Bristol now stands, had teeth well adapted for feeding on plants.

Senior co-author, Bristol University’s Professor Emily Rayfield commented:

“Our analyses reveal that ornithischians, the group that includes many plant-eating species like the horned dinosaurs, the armoured ankylosaurs and the duck-billed dinosaurs started off as omnivores. Another interesting finding is that the earliest sauropodomorphs, ancestors of the veggie long-necked sauropods like Diplodocus, were carnivores. This shows that herbivory was not ancestral for any of these two lineages, countering traditional hypotheses, and that the diets of early dinosaurs were quite diverse.”

The Evolution of Different Diets

The researchers postulate that the ability for the Dinosauria to evolve different dietary habits may have played a key role in the ecological and evolutionary success.

Everything Dinosaur acknowledges the contribution of a media release from Bristol University in the compilation of this article.

The scientific paper: “Dental form and function in the early feeding diversification of dinosaurs” by Antonio Ballell, Michael J. Benton and Emily J. Rayfield published in Science Advances.

22 12, 2022

Splendid Pachyrhinosaurus and Torosaurus models

By Mike|2024-02-08T08:40:15+00:00December 22nd, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

The new for 2023 Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Pachyrhinosaurus and Torosaurus models have arrived at Everything Dinosaur. These two, articulated horned dinosaur figures are part of the new for 2023 fourth wave of Beasts of the Mesozoic ceratopsians.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Pachyrhinosaurus and Torosaurus Models

The Pachyrhinosaurus (P. lakustai) and the Torosaurus (T. latus) have twenty points of articulation and are supplied with a product card and for Everything Dinosaur customers, they will of course receive one of our fact sheets, packed full of helpful information about these Late Cretaceous, North American dinosaurs.

Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans's Choice Pachyrhinosaurus model. — *The new for 2023 Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai articulated horned dinosaur model is in stock at Everything Dinosaur. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai

The Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai is the second species of Pachyrhinosaurus to have been formally named and described (Currie, Langston and Tanke in 2008). This is (appropriately), the second version of this horned dinosaur to be introduced into the popular Beasts of the Mesozoic model range.

Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans's Choice Torosaurus latus — The Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Torosaurus latus has twenty points of articulation and this new for 2023 horned dinosaur figure is now in stock at Everything Dinosaur. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

The Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Torosaurus latus

The Beasts of the Mesozoic Fans’ Choice Torosaurus latus is the slightly larger of the two new ceratopsian figures. It measures 45.7 cm in length (18 inches), whilst the centrosaurine replica P. lakustai measures 38.1 cm (approximately 15 inches).

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that they were delighted to have received these exciting figures into stock, slightly earlier than anticipated.

The spokesperson added:

“We shall be busy over the festive season, packing orders and despatching parcels as quickly as we can. We have arranged an extra early start tomorrow morning, so that we can get packed as many orders as possible.”

To view the Beasts of the Mesozoic model range in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Beasts of the Mesozoic Articulated Models and Figures.

20 12, 2022

Everything Dinosaur and the Festive Season

By Mike|2022-12-20T16:49:28+00:00December 20th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members will be working over most of the holiday season. Staff will be responding to emails and providing customer service throughout the festive season. Plans are in place to provide a level of service to our customers over the holidays.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

In between eating mince pies, preparing Christmas dinner and pulling crackers we will be monitoring the website, this blog and our other social media platforms, and whilst our response may not be as quick as usual at this time of year, we will do our best to maintain our customer service standards.

Everything Dinosaur

A spokesperson from the award-winning UK company commented:

“We are expecting a number of deliveries into our warehouse over the festive period. This is a consequence of the problems with global logistics at the moment. We want to get shipments safely delivered to our warehouse, so we expect to be working over the festive period. We also recognise that with the disruption caused by the industrial action in the UK, we need to put extra resources in place to help support our customers, should a parcel be mislaid.”

Award-winning Customer Service

Everything Dinosaur has built up a strong reputation for its customer service. The company has won numerous awards from Feefo, the independent customer ratings business and recently Everything Dinosaur was awarded the prestigious excellence in customer service from the South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce.

*Everything Dinosaur has won the Excellence in Customer Service Award at the annual South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.*

Wishing all our customers and blog followers the compliments of the season.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Everything Dinosaur.

19 12, 2022

New CollectA Models for 2023 (Part 3)

By Mike|2022-12-19T12:10:53+00:00December 19th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members have produced a short video review of the new for 2023 CollectA Mosasaurus and CollectA Shastasaurus marine reptile models. These exciting prehistoric animal figures are going to be in stock at Everything Dinosaur in early 2023.

Everything Dinosaur takes a look at the new CollectA marine reptile models (1/40th scale Mosasaurus and the Age of Dinosaurs Popular Shastasaurus figure). A video review of the new for 2023 CollectA models (part 3).

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This short video (duration 13:12), is one of a series of YouTube videos created by the UK-based, mail order company that highlight the new prehistoric animal model introductions from CollectA due out next year (2023). In this video, we focus on the CollectA Mosasaurus and CollectA Shastasaurus figures, the third set of new models to be announced.

New CollectA Marine Reptile Models — *New CollectA models for 2023. The 1:40 CollectA Deluxe Mosasaurus (top), and the Age of Dinosaurs Popular ichthyosaur replica Shastasaurus (bottom).*

Video Contents
0:00 – Two New Marine Reptiles!
0:32 – New CollectA Models – Part 3.
1:38 – Subscribe!
1:48 – CollectA 1:40 Mosasaurus!
4:52 – Shastasaurus Model.
10:15 – In Stock Early 2023!
11:11 – Question of the Day!
12:07 – Buy CollectA Models.
12:45 – New Models Blog Post!

To visit Everything Dinosaur on YouTube (we recommend you subscribe): Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube Channel.

CollectA Mosasaurus and CollectA Shastasaurus

In these short videos, Everything Dinosaur has discussed the first six new CollectA prehistoric animal models for 2023. In this video, we focus on the CollectA Deluxe 1:40 scale Mosasaurus and the Age of Dinosaurs Popular Shastasaurus figure.

Since these two models are replicas of marine reptiles, we ask the question: “What other prehistoric marine animal would you like CollectA to make a model of?”

Suggestions from viewers will be sent onto our chums at CollectA, permitting dinosaur fans and collectors of prehistoric animal figures to make a contribution to the ideas circulating at CollectA about potential new figures in the future.

To view the range of scale prehistoric animal models available from Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Models.

To view the CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular range, a collection of not-to-scale prehistoric animal models: CollectA Age of Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Life Models.

18 12, 2022

The Spectacular Nanmu Studio Ankylosaurus

By Mike|2024-02-08T08:41:29+00:00December 18th, 2022|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members took time out of their busy schedule to take some photographs of the Nanmu Studio Ankylosaurus dinosaur model. This armoured dinosaur replica is part of the Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series range and it has been given the name “Mace” in recognition of that powerful tail club that is associated with this Late Cretaceous genus.

A Model of an Armoured Dinosaur

Designed for discerning model collectors (aged fifteen years and above), the Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series Ankylosaurus is the second member of the Thyreophora to be added to this range. The other armoured dinosaur in this series is the Stegosaurus figure (Pike).

Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series Ankylosaurus (Mace Red) — *A dorsal view of the Nanmu Studio Ankylosaurus Mace in the red colouration. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Nanmu Studio Ankylosaurus

The Nanmu Studio Ankylosaurus model measures a fraction under twenty-five centimetres in length and the armour along the centre of the dinosaur’s back is around seven centimetres off the ground. Dinosaur fans and model collectors have praised this 1:35 scale replica, commenting on the superb paint scheme in the red colour variant and highlighting the skilfully crafted head.

A spokesperson for Everything Dinosaur, a UK-based, mail order company commented:

“The Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series Ankylosaurus figure has proved to be extremely popular with fans of prehistoric animals and model collectors. We hope the photographs we took of this figure provide some guide with regards to the amazing detail of this dinosaur figure.”

To view the extensive range of Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series scale models and replicas including Mace the Ankylosaurus and Pike the Stegosaurus (whilst stocks last): Nanmu Studio Jurassic Series Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Models.