CollectA Dinosaur refrence guide

Thank You Rogerio, Kiki and Takama for lessons. Maybe I will look for a book also :)

Kiki, I like links to Your website, indeed lots of information is already there :)

Keleken is very interesting figure by CollectA too, thanks for sharing Takama

interesting figurine again

I love that Kelenken Despite mine is unable to stand on his legs without help

Liliensternus Basic Facts
Liliensternus was one of the apex predators in Triassic Germany. It preyed on Prosauropods like Plateosaurus and thecodonts. So far, only two skeletons and a skull were found. It was determined that it was related to Coelophysis and Dilophosaurus, and it was believed to be as light as the former, but it its uncertain if it had a crest or two like the latter. Thanks to its lighter build, it was capable of running after prey.

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Parasaourolophus Basic Facts.
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. The sound can be heard here. Other theories regarding the crest in the past were proven false due to the lack of evidence. The name Parasaourolophus 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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Nice figurines again And many thanks for the German

Wow, amazing info again. I love the sound of the Parasaurolophus. Hearing it I almost feel like I could really travel in time. Thank You for providing this lesson Takama.

As a figures I like the Liliensternus most of the trio. Two Parasaurolophus'es have something cartoonish or too toyish in their look. :)

I love Liliensternus and parasaurolopus too, - I can almost remember their names

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Nice figurines again     And many thanks for the German      

No proplem.  


Tarbosaurus Walkaround
Tarbosaurus was T-Rexes Asian cousin, and its body plan was  very similar to T-Rex. So much similar in fact that some scientists consider it to be another Tyrannosaurus species. However, there are key differences in the skull that show that Tarbosaurus deserves its own Genus. Tarbosaurus is also one of the largest Tyrannosaurs, coming into 40 feet long, which would bring it close in size to its American relative.

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Pachyrhinosaurus Basic Facts
The meaning of this dinosaurs name is reference to a large boney bump on this dinosaurs nose, was thought to be the base part of a horn that was made out of Keratin that had failed to fossilize over the millions of years that Pachyrhinosaurus was extinct. Some disagree with this claim, but its currently impossible to know for sure. Pachyrhinosaurus is also considered a  herd animal, like its ceratopisan brethren, thanks to a massive Grave yard like bone bed that reveled miles of bones from these creatures, which indicates that the drowned in a flood.

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I like all this very unusual dinosaur species

I like both of them, very nice. Pachyrhinosaurus is interesting species, has "rhino" in it's name, I think many ceratopsians in some ways remind modern rhinos :)

Ampelosaurus Basic Facts
Ampelosaurus was a French sauropod with a armored  back. It was part of the Titanosaur family, which evolved from the large Brachiosaurids in the Jurassic. Different Titanosaurs had different sets of armor. In Ampelosaurus case, the armor was more bumpy with some small spikes on the upper half of the Back.

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Tylosaurus Basic Facts
Tylosaurus was one of the largest of  a Marine Reptile family called Mosasaurs. It is the ancestor of today’s monitor lizards, which have a set of palatine teeth in the back of its mouth. Original Depictions of this creature showed it with just a flatted Tail, but new studies suggest that it may have had a fluke , giving its tail a similar appearance to fish tail. Stomach contents in this large sea monster has showed that it had a variety of creatures in its diet, these range from Little  free diving Seabirds, to other Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs

Tylosaurus can also be seen on this forum from time to time as well. Collecting Dinosaurs, and other Prehistoric Reptiles

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This time I'm not kidding. The name of this dinosaur means wine lizard!
It also has a long neck but that is a normal characteristic of these group of dinosaurs.
So we have a crazy French wine lizard.

Roger wrote:

This time I'm not kidding. The name of this dinosaur means wine lizard!
It also has a long neck but that is a normal characteristic of these group of dinosaurs.
So we have a crazy French wine lizard.

Cheers Next year we will probably find a cheese dinosaur, maybe Camembertosaurus or Roquefortodon ?

I like that Ampelosaurus a lot.

Nice Ampelosaurus and nice Tylosaurus

Very interesting dinos, I like the wine dinosaur Ampelosaurus a lot. It's very pretty figure and nice name

Two new ones from the same Family

Rajasaurus Basic Facts
Rajasaurus was a Abelisaur that was found in India. It lived towards the very end of the dinosaurs, and Coexisted with its fellow Abelisaur cousin Indosuchus. At the time of its discovery, it was one of the more complete dinosaurs from that country, which was actually its own continent during the time it lived. It is also a lucky find, because Dinosaur bones in india are very hard to find because its coverd in Lava thats left over from prehistoric times, and the dense population factors in as a proplem as well.

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Rugops Basic Facts
Like Rajasaurus and Majungasaurus, Rugops was a Abelisaur, but its only known from a bumpy skull, and judgeing by that skull, It was a primative member of its kind, and likely scavenged for food, instead of hunting it like its more advanced relatives.

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Thank you for this new post Takama

It resumes perfectly my feelings about COLLECTA dinos: I'm not a big fan of this rugops... And I love the Rajasaurus

Great models again

You must be careful they do not eat Dino-man
Btw, - perhaps his name is Mr. Takama ?

SUSANNE wrote:

Great models again

You must be careful they do not eat Dino-man
Btw, - perhaps his name is Mr. Takama ?

I think this Rugops (what a funny name btw) just wanted to eat hat of Mr Dino-man

Very interesting dinosaurs and info Takama, thank You for sharing

SUSANNE wrote:

Great models again

You must be careful they do not eat Dino-man
Btw, - perhaps his name is Mr. Takama ?

o his name is Sir Arthur, and hes got some clones

Nice dinosaurs from all over the world

Takama wrote:

o his name is Sir Arthur, and hes got some clones

Hellos, SirS Arthur

I enjoy the movement on Rajasaurus figure. It has a very convincent balance. Name is also nice for an Indian dinosaur, Raja!
Thanks for keeping your good work with CollectA prehistoric figures.

3 of them this time, because one of them alows only 2 Pics


Sarcosuchus Basic Facts
Sarcosuchus Was a giant Crocodile that lived in Africa around 110 million years ago. Being proclaimed the super Croc, it is believed to behave likes its modern decedents, by swimming while keeping there eyes out of the water to look out for its prey before ambushing it on land. (in this case, its prey would be dinosaurs). It also preyed on Large fish, and likely encountered Spinosaurus in the process.

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Ornithocheirus Basic Facts
Ornithocheirus is know from some very fragmentary remains, but the pieces have shown that it was one of the largest Pterosaurs, and was likely able to fly long distances over the ocean. Its most notable feature is the crest on the end of its long toothy beak. When it was first discovered, it was assigned to the Genus Pterodactylus as it was the only known Pterosaur at the time. It was then assigned to Ornithocheirus some time later. The Name of this Genus means bird hand, because Harry Govier Seeley (the man who described it) thought that Pterosaurs were the ancestors of birds, and the hand represented the transition. Of course this is now false, as it was learned that birds evolved from dinosaurs instead.

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Minmi Basic Facts
Minmi is the most well known dinosaur from Australia. It was an Ankylosaur with some very unusual features. First, its spine has little bones called Paravertabra, that may of helped it support its heavy armored body. It also had longer then usual legs for an Ankylosaur, and it was even found that it was capable of moving very fast in a trot. Even if Trotting did not help, the dinosaur would be well protected by its amour, causing a predator to obtain some serius dental issues.

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