Takamas Geoworld Collection

Tiermann is right. The new camera makes bigger photos then the last one, luckily I can change the size on the camera itself for Wiki Photos.

Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurs like Mapusaurus, Concavenator, and Giganotosaurus can thank  Carcharodontosaurus for help describing there group of dinosaurs. Carcharodontosaurus itself was a large dinosaur that was slightly larger then T.Rex. It lived in Africa, and likely encountered another giant Theropod that many are familiar with (Spinosaurus). The name of this dinosaur is based on the Teeth which have lots of serrations that were similar to those found on the teeth of a modern day Great White Shark (which is scientifically known as Carcharodon carcharias).

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This is one of the more common dinosaurs as it is easily recognized by the long tubular crest on its head. It was a Hadrosaur, so the crest was used to call off to others of its kind, especially around mating season. a Study in the 1990s has possibly unlocked what this dinosaur sounded like, after careful examination of the crest with a Cat Scan, and sound affects programming. Other theories regarding the crest in the past were proven false due to the lack of evidence. The name Parasaurolophus means "Near Crested lizard to Saurolophus" which in turn mean that its a close relative to an Asian dinosaur called Saurolophus and the name references it. There are three species to this Genus, and all of them differ from the shape of the crest. P.Walkeri had a crest that was long and unrounded, P.Cyrtocristatus had a short and rounded crest, and the largest species P.Tubicen had the longest, and straightest crest of all three.


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I love that model !!!
Perhaps the species is common in models, - but isn't it fantastic ?
A great model ! I love the colours, and your pictures are great as always !!!

Thankyou also for the useful and interesting info.   

Becklespinax

Not much is known of Becklspinax, in fact, all that is known of it are some fosilized spines that were found in the 1800s. That being said, it is very difficult to determine exactly what kind of dinosaur it is, though most scientists belieave it was a large Theropod, similar to  the Carcharodontosaurs.

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Australovenator

Australovenator is a Rare Theropod from Australia (duh Razz) . It is known from a few bones that make up an arm ,a leg, and right Jaw dentary. A Phylogenic Analysis has shown that It was part of the Allosaur family, specifically, it was a member of the Carcharodontosaur Family and was closely related to Neovenator. It likely preyed on Muttaburasaurus, and  its little cousin Leaellynasaura.

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Like these two!

Congratulations  

Amazing what they can make out from a few bones   

But they are beautyful models

I like all this unusual dnosaur species      

Ouranosaurus

Ouranosaurus lived in a warm environment during its time in the Early Cretaceous of Africa. It was a Primitive Hadrosaur with a very distinct feature. On its back were very tall neural spines whose purpose is unknown. Since it lived in a Warm environment, it would not have been used for absorbing heat from the sun, but maybe it was used to store food and fat like the hump of a modern day camel.  

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Utahraptor

Utahraptor was among the largest of the Dromeosaurs, as it was big enough to take on the Sauropod Astrodon. It lived in the early Cretaceous period in Utah(as its name suggests) and likely hunted in Packs. Right now, there is only one known species from this genus, and it was originally going to be called Speilbergi, after Jurassic Parks Director Steven Spielberg. This name was thought of, because the Velociraptors were oversized but Utahraptor was found a year after the films release, and it was miraculously the same size of the Velociraptors shown in the movie. Unfortunately an agreement was not made for the name, so it is called Utahraptor Ostrommaysorum instead.  Some specimens were found to be over 23 feet long, but they await further studies.

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Congratulation Takama    I love the blue feet  

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Stygmoloch

Stygmoloch

The name of this dinosaur derives from a few things. First off, the appearance of its skull makes it look fierce with a dome shaped head(thats typical of pachycephalasaurs) and a series of SPikes that jutted out from behind it.  Due to this appearance, the dinosaur was given a name that derives from hellish things, for instance, the Styg, part of the name was derived from the river Styx in greek legends, which is a river that the dead must cross to get to the underworld. The Last part of the name, Moloch is shared by a horned Devil from hebrew mythology. In addition to its feirce appearance, the name of the place it was found in also gave inspiration for its name. The Hell Creek Formation is were this dinosaur was found, and when it was alive, it shared its home with Tyrannosaurus Rex (which Likly gave the Stygmoloch its own hell whenever it was chosen to be preyed on)

Like Dracorex, Stygmoloch is sometimes thoght to be a juvinile form of its cousin Pachycephalasaurus, thoguh not every scientists beleaves this to be the case.

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Kikimalou wrote:

Congratulation Takama    I love the blue feet  

    

Wow! A Styx-dino     

Protoceratops

Protoceratops was a primative ceratopsian from the Gobi Dessert in mongolia, it was discoverd during the American Museum of Natural Historys expedition in the 1920s, which also discoverd the fossils of Oviraptor and Velociraptor. Remains of This dinosaur are very abundant, so scientists have  maney diffrent skeletons that came in many sizes and shapes to differentiate the age and sex.  Its most common predetor would likly have been velociraptor, and this is proven by a famous fossil find in the 70s that discoverd the two species frozen in combat, with the Protoceratops biteing the predetors arm with its beak and the velociraptor slashing its prey in the throut at the same time using its signature sickle claws.

In anciant times, when the Greeks made contact with mongolian nomads, they began to write storys about Griffins, and maney historians believe that fossils of protoceratops were the source of there evidence.

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Very nice!!

Ohh! I love that one !!   
Safari Ltd told the story of the combat in their series "Dinosaurs of China", look HERE

Giganotosaurus.

Giganotosaurus is known from  a skeleton that’s about 70% complete. Its most famous attribute was its size, which is greater then that of Tyrannosaurus. Because of some of the bones in its legs, Giganotosaurus was not a runner, which is unnecessary for hunting  its diet of sauropod’s like Andesaurus. Giganotosaurus, is also a member of the Carcharodontosaur family, which includes its cousins Carcharodontosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, and Mapusaurus, a family of dinosaurs that contains  the biggest carnivores that ever walked the Earth.

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Great too

Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus is one of the most famous dinosaurs., mainly because most people call it by the wrong name. During the 1800s there was a bone war between two people, and both found two new sauropod skeletons. One named his Apatosaurus, then the other named his Brontosaurus. Out of the two names, brontosaurus became the most famous. For almost a century the name brontosaurus has been popular with the world, and has even appeared in pop culture quite often, and it was even the mascot of a Gasoline company called Sinclair. However studies have shown that Brontosaurus was actually Apatosaurus with the skull of Camarasaurus for  the head. Due to the rules of Nomenclature (the rules used when naming creatures) the Skeletons should be called Apatosaurus, as it was the first name to be given to the creature thus making the name Brontosaurus invalid. (despite it still being used in every layman’s vocabulary to this day)
Apatosaurus itself, was a member of the same family of Diplodocus, however, unlike Diplodocus, it was shorter in length, and had a larger body. It still had a head that was similar to diplodocus, and it had a strong whip like tail as well.

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Beautiful dinos again

More great additions, thanks for sharing them with us here and at the wiki.

Tiermann wrote:

More great additions, thanks for sharing them with us here and at the wiki.

Yes ! We are very lucky that you are willing to spend so much time and effort showing and telling us about your magnificent dinos    

Im glad I can share this collection with everyone here. Do a google Search for some of these models and all you will get is a Stock photo. Im glad I can show them in there real form, which is sometimes different from the stock photos.

I will admit, that sometimes I already typed facts about a dinosaur in another thread so I copy and paste them here. Sometimes I Edit the material to reflect new discovery's (For instance, The Edmontosaurus post was copied from the Edmontosaurus post in My Safari Thread, but I added the fact that it now has a cocks comb like crest). Whenever I have a new creature that I never posted anywhere before, I write from my knowledge while trying to back it up with my books or some websites that I Trust ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] for instance).

I am also proud to upload to the Wiki. I assume not everyone here is going to get a lot of Geoworld Dinos so I decided to collect the whole line and add them as I get them..

BTW The Wikis Geoworld page has a prehistoric mammals section that was originally called Prehistoric Animals.    I changed that because the Mammals are a separate expedition, plus there will be a new Expedition of other prehistoric creatures that are not mammals or dinosaurs to come out in 2015.

One last thing. Do you guys think its necessary to include the Data cards for each figures page on the Wiki?

I don't think the data cards are necessary. They are a nice thing to have for the collector, and knowing the series has them is good so we should be sure that is mentioned in the main page ( I think it is). For each animal page I think the images you are providing are just right.