Gecko08’s Favorite Figures: An Extinct Species Reference List

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Welcome to my reference list! This list will be about my forever-expanding collection of extinct species figures. I will go through this list the way I though would be the most reasonable. In order of time period. Before we get started, I want to explain that this is my collection and your collection is probably different. In that case, what you see here might convince you to pursue collecting dinosaurs and I wish you good luck if that’s the case. These are my first ones on the list. Now let’s get started!

Cambrian (you’ll find that I like to use species names)

Anomalocaris canadensis (Favorite & Flormoon)
Marrella splendens (Favorite)
Opabinia regalis (Favorite & ROM Primeval Predators & Flormoon)
Olenoides serratus (Favorite & ROM Primeval Predators & Flormoon)
Pikaia gracilens (Favorite & ROM Primeval Predators)
Wiwaxia corrugata (Favorite & ROM Primeval Predators)
Alalcolmenaeus camrbicus (unknown company)
Haikouichthys ercaicunensis (unknown company)
Thaumaptilon walcotti (Safari)
Anomalocaris saron (Safari)
Vauxia gracilenta (Safari)
Sanctacaris uncata (Safari)
Naraoia compacta (Safari)
Tricrepicephalus tripunctatus (Safari)
Ottoia prolifica (Safari)
Sidneyia inexpectans (Safari)
Peytoia nathorsti (ROM Primeval Predators)
Redlichia rex (Collecta)

Ordovician

Cameroceras trentonese (Flormoon)
Orthoceras regulare (Collecta)
Asaphus cornutus (Paleocasts)
Asaphus kowalewski (Paleocasts)
Phacops rana (Paleocasts)

Silurian

Paralejurus sp (Paleocasts)
Eurypterus remipes (Paleocasts)
Acutiramus macropthalmus (Flormoon)
Maurotarion Christyi (Paleocasts)

WOW ! I do not know any of those Shocked

Do you have any pictures of them ? Very Happy

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Here they are: Cambrian vertebrates and invertebrates

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Anomalocaris canadensis
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 1:10
Release Date: 2016

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Marrella splendens
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 3x life size
Release Date: 2016

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Opabinia regalis
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2016
Don’t worry, the ROM Primeval Predators Opabinia is coming in the be with his favorite counterpart, but the shipping is taking its sweet time.

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Olenoides serratus
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2016

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Pikaia gracilens
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2016

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Wiwaxia corrugata
Company: Favorite Co
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2016

I’m going to post photos of the Royal Ontario Museum Primeval Predators kit when it arrives.

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WHat amazing, strange creatures affraid

Are they our ancestors ? Shocked

Well, a few generations back, but ... Laughing

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As the story and the fossil record goes, Haikouichthys ercaicunensis and Pikaia gracilens are the first vertebrates so they’re related to all living and extinct vertebrates after the Cambrian. But the Arthropods (every other animal in the list) are related to modern day insects and spiders.

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Very interesting beasts

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"Our planet is in crisis. The monster of this earth, is not a tiger nor a lion or shark. It's us we've destroyed the planet." (My own quote)

Thank you advicot

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I'll be curious to hear of your ROM experience. I went to order them a few months ago, but haven't been able to get ahold of them since.

I love these models representing creatures from very remote era when this planet was completely different from what it is today. We have a few enthusiasts of these models on forum.

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Alalcomeneus cambricus
Company: Unknown
Scale: 0:075
Release Date: ?

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Haikouichthys ercaicunensis
Company: Unknown
Scale: 1:0.5
Release Date: 2016

I’m going to post photos of the Royal Ontario Museum Primeval Predators kit when it arrives.

I'm ignorant in any prehistoric matter (and don't know these two species), but, judging by thes images, looks like that advanced caridean malacostraceans and actinopterygid fishes were already present on Earth during Cambrian?? scratch

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My collection:

(Details):

Total: 307

Uhh... I didn’t have any other figures......

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pipsxlch wrote:: I'll be curious to hear of your ROM experience. I went to order them a few months ago, but haven't been able to get ahold of them since.

Thank you pipsxlch, I read that my order will ship this Wednesday so I’ve got a lot to look forward to.

Very very nice collection

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Oh I’m just getting started....

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Alalcomeneus cambricus
Company: Unknown
Scale: 0:075
Release Date: ?

I'm ignorant in any prehistoric matter (and don't know these two species), but, judging by thes images, looks like that advanced caridean malacostraceans and actinopterygid fishes were already present on Earth during Cambrian??

This is a generic green shrimp figure that has been repurposed as A. cambricus.

Thank you bmathison! You took the words out of my mouth! I have to do that because Cambrian fauna (including A cambricus) in quite underrepresented. Cases like this occur when other figures are good stand ins.

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I think that the Favorite Co Burgess figures are better than the ROM figures, but that gem of a Peytoia in the ROM set brings up the other figures and makes the whole set worth getting. I went to the shop and I can’t find it anymore! I guess I bought the last one........sorry.......but maybe it’ll be back in stock.

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Update: the ROM figures will be here Friday!
Cambrian inverts (these are from the Safari Cambrian tube which is sadly discontinued but you can still get them here and on eBay: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Thaumaptilon walcotti
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
The figure is actually labeled Charniodiscus so I was going to label it here as C. arboreus, but my good friend Halichoeres let me know that Charniodiscus was from the Edicarian and explained that the figure matched T. walcotti a lot better.
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Anomalocaris saron
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:10
Release Date: 2013
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Vauxia gracilenta
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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Sanctacaris uncata
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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Naraoia compacta
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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Tricrepicephalus tripunctatus
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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Ottoia prolifica
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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Sidneyia inexpectans
Company: Safari
Scale: 1:1
Release Date: 2013
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This is my first Collecta figure from the Cambrian.
Redlichia rex
Company: Collecta
Scale: 1:4
Release Date: 2020

Both sets make great dioramas! And hopefully the Primeval Predators kit will make a great diorama too....
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pipsxlch wrote:: I'll be curious to hear of your ROM experience. I went to order them a few months ago, but haven't been able to get ahold of them since.

My purchase of figures from the ROM was very complex. We went through with it the first time, but the credit company that I was using blocked the transaction because it wasn’t from America. Then we called the company that they let it go through, but we had to order it again. I finally decided to just order the set off the phone and it went through.

Nice again

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Very interesting creatures

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"Our planet is in crisis. The monster of this earth, is not a tiger nor a lion or shark. It's us we've destroyed the planet." (My own quote)

I’ll be getting the rom figures tomorrow so you will be seeing them soon. But once I’m done with the Cambrian...what figures am I going to use for the Ordovician?

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Just a heads up for all of you cameroceras fanboys out there (me included, I’ve always wanted a Cameroceras) here’s your chance! [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] It’s says Orthoceras, but it looks like Cameroceras to me!
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It’s about 7 inches long, putting it at 1:34 scale. I’ve always had a soft spot for Paleozoic figures (especially the underused Ordovician). If you act fast you can get it for $8.99! I got one and I can’t wait!

It's a knock-off of Colorata's Cameroceras. That's a shame.

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