Leyster's Collection

Roger wrote:

Welcome back to the collecting hobby and your return with two wonderful models. Even if the last one is just neck and tail, 69 cm is quite impressive.

Thank you, and yes it might look slender but it takes its space on the shelf


Binomial name: Pinacosaurus cf. grangeri*
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Ankylosauridae->Ankylosaurinae->Ankylosaurini
Time: Santonian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Djadokhta Formation, Alagteeg Formation (present-day Mongolia), Bayan Mandahu Formation (present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2021
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:17 for AMNH 6523 (? the skull is flattened, hard to check measurements)
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*currently asian ankylosaurs are a bit of a mess, with lots of undescribed specimens, chimeric restorations, and so on. Pinacosaurus as we imagine it is based on juvenile remains. The skull do not feature the big squamosal horn of P.mephistocephalus, resembling instead AMNH 6523 (holotipe of P.grangeri), which MIGHT be adult or near-adult. Body appears to be based on MPC 100/1305, which might or might nor be Pinacosaurus at all (it's the body usually attached to Saichania's skull).

This is officially my favorite PNSO model.

After your explanations I couldn't understand why it is your favorite PNSO model but considering you have a good number of htem, it is a relevant comment.

Roger wrote:

After your explanations I couldn't understand why it is your favorite PNSO model but considering you have a good number of htem, it is a relevant comment.

Well, it's nicely sculpted and it represent a genus rarely made in model form, plus I found it quite charming.



Binomial name: Dimetrodon grandis (Romer & Price, 1940)
Classification: Eupelycosauria->Sphenacodontia->Sphenacodontoidea->Spenacodontidae->Sphenacodontinae
Time: Kungurian (Early Permian)
Formation: Clear Fork Group of the Arroyo Formation, Garber Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Takashi Kinoshita
Scale: 1:40 for UCRC 1002
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Binomial name: Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria & Salgado 1995
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae->Carcharodontosaurinae->Giganotosaurini
Time: Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Candeleros Formation (present day Argentina)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2023
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:33 for MUCPv-Ch1
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Thanks for your explanation about your favorite. That's a nice looking one too.

Impressive model!

Over the last months I accumulated a small collection of animals more in line with the usual content of this forum. Since modern animals are not my main aim, I chose them mostly to have some popular species in the same scale as the dinosaurs I collect (with some exceptions if they're animals I really like or something like that), ofter referring to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s great collection [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. So I will more or less post them sporadically along with dinosaurs and other prehistoric taxa.



Binomial name: Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Classification: Placentalia->Boreoeutheria->Laurasiatheria->Scrotifera->Ferungulata->Ferae->Carnivora->Feliformia->Felidae->Pantherinae
Time: Gelasian/Clabrian (Pleistocene) - Recent
Formation: historically through much of the African continent, Balcanic Europe, southern Asia up to India, now restricted to sub-saharan Africa with a relic population in India
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2018
Sculptor: Kiyama
Scale: 1:32 following Haas, Hayssen & Krausman (2005)
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Binomial name: Glyphoderma kangi Zhao et al., 2008
Classification: Sauropterygia->Placodontiformes->Placodontia->Cyamodontoidea->Placochelyidae
Time: Ladinian (early Triassic
Formation: Falang Formation (present-day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2016
Sculptor: somebdoy in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:10
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Very cool

I love this guy. :) I had to get one a few months ago and I adore it, alongside his other weird turtle-y friends.

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Binomial name: Ovibos moschatus(Zimmermann, 1780)
Classification: Placentalia->Boreoeutheria->Laurasiatheria->Scrotifera->Ferungulata->Paneuungulata->Ungulata->Artiodactyla->Artiofabula->Cetruminantia->Ruminantiamorpha->Ruminantia->Pecora->Bovidae->Aegodontia->Caprinae->Ovibovini
Time: Pleistocene - Recent
Formation: historycally much of the northern emisphere, but it went extinct in Eurasia more or less 500 years BC. Since then it was reintroduced in Norway and Russia.
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2019
Sculptor: Shinobu Matsumura
Scale: 1:32 for an average specimen

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Binomial name: Meraxes gigas Canale, Apesteguía, Gallina, Mitchell, Smith, Cullen, Shinya, Haluza, Gianechini & Makovicky, 2022
Classification:Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae->Carcharodontosaurinae->Giganotosaurini
Time: Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Huincul Formation (present day Argentina)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2023
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:30

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Great to see the first non-extinct animals here. The Kaiyodo musk ox is fantastic. I think the lion is OK too but there are better lions with a similar size, mainly by vintage companies.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] about 1:32 lions, I saw the Kitan not long ago and it looks really nice.

Yes, the Kitan on the rock looks good, but it's too small for 1/32 scale.

If you are looking for a recent model, the Mojo Mini lion is a possibility. It is quite small for 1/32 scale, better for 1/35. It's no longer in production but still for sale in some places. For a larger figure, the Eikoh lying lion is a possibility (probably best for 1/30 scale).

If you don't mind an older model, the Britains male lion is excellent and could also be used for 1/30 scale. Still easy to find.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Eikohs are nice (i really like their elephant), but quite complicated to get, sadly.



Binomial name: Chimaera phantasma Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Classification: Holocephali->Holocephalimorpha->Chimaeriformes->Chimaeroidei->Chimaeridae
Time: The genus is known since the Eocene, not sure about the species.
Formation: Pacific Ocean
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Scale: 1:10 for an average specimen
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Binomial name: Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis Gilmore, 1931
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Pachycephalosauria
Time: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Lance Formation, Hell Creek Formation (present-day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2021
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:24 for AMNH 1695
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Since this very little known shark is trending due to a certain movie release...

Binomial name: Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1843)
Classification: Elasmobranchii->Selachimorpha->Galeomorphii->Lamniformes->Lamnoidea->Otodontidae
Time: Aquitanian? (early Miocene) to Zanclean (early Pliocene)
Formation: almost worldwide distribution.
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2016
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: good luck with extimating this! 
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The one above is probably the most unquestionably accurate angle of the PNSO model you can get.

Over the years there have been many, many papers on the exact size and shape of this creature (which is way more famous than well known). I'm not overly impressed with the PNSO model (the heavily textured body goes against all I know about pelagic predators), but alas, I got it for a very small price so it's ok, I guess. I think their 2019 version is more accurate, but I'm trying to collect Cenozoic creatures more or less at the same scale and it'd look quite out of place. Even if around the 1:32 scale I'm collecting is on the smaller side of the extimates, it's still big enough to very well devour everything else on the 1:32 shelf.

Also our review of megatooth shark figures on Paleo-Nerd