Leyster's Collection

Binomial name: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall & Langston 1950
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae
Time: Aptian-Albian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Twin Mountains Formation, Antlers Formation, Cloverly Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 1998 (reissued in 2014 as part of the Terra line)
Sculptor: Greg Wenzel
Scale: 1:38 for NCSM 14345
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Many beautiful models and colors!

Leyster wrote:

Roger wrote:

Looks really close in quality to the Favorite model. However, I think Favorite's looks more expressive and lifelike. Though, I doubt it can justify the price difference.
Do you know the price of the Japanese one?

I think it depends much on the fees as well. A friend of mine paid his around 40 euros including shipping to Italy.

That's actually a good price, I guess.

Roger wrote:

Many beautiful models and colors!

That's actually a good price, I guess.

Well, I suppose so... keep in mind that is more or less the same size of the Safari, which sells for 15 euros and is less shrinkwrapped



Binomial name: Proceratosaurus bradleyi (Woodward, 1910)
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea->Proceratosauridae
Time: Bathonian (middle Jurassic)
Formation: Great Oolite Group (present day England)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:20
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Binomial name: Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson 1994
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda
Time: Sinemurian or Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic)
Formation: Hanson Formation (present day Antartica)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of Safari LTD, 2010
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:25 for FMNH PR1821
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A taxon that is in disperate need of a redescription. At least we got the Dilophosaurus one, that should help clarify its status. The new Dilophosaurus restoration shows a tube-like body, a longer neck and a bigger skull, but we don't know if Cryolophosaurus shared its proportions. Until a better description that hopefully includes the referred material too, this dilophosaurid-like restoration or the more averostran-like Battat are equally valid. Still, for a 2010 model it's really good, at least it's not the allosaur-proportioned-with-strange-crests-thing that is popular even today.

Binomial name: Jinyunpelta sinensis  Zheng et al. 2018
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Ankylosauridae->Ankylosaurinae
Time: Albian? Cenomanian? (early-late Cretaceous)
Formation: Shuhong Quarry of the Liangtoutang Formation Formation (present day USA and Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Vitae, 2020
Sculptor: Cheung Chung Tat
Scale: 1:20 for ZMNH M8960
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I was very tempted to get the red version, just to break the trend of the brown coloured ankylosaurus, but at the end I settled for the standard version because it resembles the statue exposed at the Zhejiang Museum.

Binomial name: Protoceratops andrewsi Granger & Gregory, 1923
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Protoceratopsidae
Time: Santonian?-Campanian (late Cretaceous)
Formation: Djadochta Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Safari LTD, 2009
Sculptor: I don't know if Doug Watson sculpted the unfeathered dinosaurs, too
Scale: 1:26? Not too sure about the measurements I have
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Binomial name: Stegosaurus stenops (Marsh, 1887)
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Stegosauridae->Stegosaurinae
Time: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Morrison Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:40 based on USNM 4934 (the holotype or "roadkill" specimen)
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It might not be the best stegosaurus restoration (it's topped by the Safari and the newer PNSO), but it has it charms and shows well the "brick build" of these animals. Puls, ehi, it's 1:40, is nice to have 1:40 models again.

I don't think Doug sculpted that funny little Protoceratops. I don't know why this stegosaurus is not good but at least, on your picture, it looks a very beautiful model.

Wow ,marvellous stegosaurus , congrats

Roger wrote:

I don't think Doug sculpted that funny little Protoceratops. I don't know why this stegosaurus is not good but at least, on your picture, it looks a very beautiful model.

Well, prior to 2014 we had complete stegosaur skeleton described, so all illustrations were based on composites. It turned out a bit different from the view we had. The current PNSO Stegosaurus represents the latest understanding.

landrover wrote:

Wow ,marvellous stegosaurus , congrats

Thank you!


Binomial name: Albertosaurus sarcophagus Osborn 1905
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea->Tyrannosauridae->Albertosaurinae
Time: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Horseshoe Canyon Formation (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of the Safari LTD, 2004
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:40 based on RTMP 81.10.1
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One of the rare horizontal Carnegies. It could be better, but it could be a lot worse too. Note that the colour of the model is not natural, it had some bad accident involving dark pigments and wax. It didn't bother me enough to try scraping it off and risk ruining the underlying paint.

Binomial name: Sinemys gamera Brinkman & Peng 1993
Classification: Testudinata->Rhaptochelydia->Mesochelydia->Perichelydia->Sinemydidae
Time: Aptian-Albian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Luohandong Formation (present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Goro Furuta
Scale: 1:5, lenght eyeballed from a museum specimen. I guess that, being so small, those spines are really useful!
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A very interesting model!

Very interesting turtle with unusual features. I had no idea something like that existed.

Binomial name: Megalosaurus bucklandii Mantell, 1827
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Megalosauridae->Megalosaurinae
Time: Bathonian (Middle Jurassic)
Formation: Taynton Limestone Formation (present day UK)
Manifacturer and date of release: Collecta, 2021
Sculptor: Matt Geiger
Scale: 1:41 based on OUM J13561
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Binomial name: Confuciusornis sanctus Hou, Zhou, Gu and Zhang, 1995
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Maniraptoromorpha->Neocoelurosauria->Maniraptoriformes->Maniraptora->Pennaraptora->Paraves->Eumaniraptora->Avialae->Pygostylia->Confuciusornithidae
Time: Barremian-Aptian (early Cretaceous)
Formation: Jianshangou Beds of Yixian Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:3 for IVPP V10918
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Another great mini of a rarely made genus.

Binomial name: Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger, 1881
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Cerapoda->Ornithopoda->Iguanodontia->Dryomorpha->Ankylopollexia->Styracosterna->Hadrosauriformes
Time: Barremian-Aptian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Sainte-Barbe Clays Formation (present-day Belgium), Lower Greensand Formation (present-day UK)
Manifacturer and date of release: Safari LTD, 2016
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Scale: 1:40 based on the lectotype (IRSNB 1534)
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I normally don't collect soft toys, but there are always exceptions

Binomial name: Liopleurodon ferox Sauvage, 1873
Classification: Sauropterygia->Eosauropterygia->Pistosauria->Plesiosauria->Pliosauridae->Thalassophonea
Time: Callovian to Kimmeridgian (Middle-Late Jurassic)
Formation: Oxford Clay Formation (present-day UK and France)
Manifacturer and date of release: Recur, 2020
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:19 for NHMUK R3536. Yes, it's never too late to repeat that the 25 meters Liopleurodon never existed.
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And here is my review!

Beautiful Liopleurodon!

Caracal wrote:

Beautiful Liopleurodon!

Yeah I have to admit it surprised me. Recur has some interesting offers, I saw a lemon shark which looked nice too.


Binomial name: Wuerhosaurus homheni Dong, 1973
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Stegosaurinae
Time: Aptian/Albian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Tugulu Group (present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Vitae, 2018
Sculptor: Cheung Chung Tat
Scale: apparently 1:58, but I was unable to obtain the ilium measurement and had to calculate it from a Tracy Ford drawing, and I was told he's not the most trustworthy author. If anyone has Wuherosaurus measurements, please let me know.
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I'm not entirely sure about the shoulder spikes (even if Galton & Upchurch chapter in "The Dinosauria 2nd Edition" mentions them) and the plate is broken so we don't know the exact shape, and I would have preferred the hindlimb to have the correct number of claws (but kudos for putting four fingers as it should be).

Binomial name: Sinosauropteryx prima Ji & Ji 1996
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria?->Compsognathidae?*
Time: Barremian-Aptian (early Cretaceous)
Formation: Jianshangou Beds and Dawangzhangzi Beds of the Yixian Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:6 for NIGP 127587
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*this, if Compsognathidae ever exists

I still hope to get the Kaiyodo in the future, what lacks in accuracy it has in grace.

I'm falling back with posting!

Binomial name: Dilong paradoxus Xu et al. 2004
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Tyrannosauroidea->Pantyrannosauria
Time: Aptian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Jianshangou Bed of Yixian Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of the Safari LTD, 2006
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:10 for IVPP V14243
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