Takamas Geoworld Collection

Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus (meaning Broad Lizard, Not Flat Lizard as it is sometimes cited) is a common sauropodamorph dinosaur from the Triassic sediments of Germany. For a long time, it was thought that this dinosaur primarily a quadruped that could switch to be a biped if needed. However, new studies in 2007 show that the front limbs were incapable of being pronated. Making a strictly bipedal creature. Although they were useless for walking, the front limbs had some strong grasping hands. As of now, there are only two species that are validated in this Genus. Plateosaurus Gracilis and Plateosaurus Engelhardti are those species. There were several others, but they turned out to be juveniles of the two valid species. It also had a small rectangular side shaped skull with lots of bluntly serrated teeth which were capable of stripping away leaves from branches.

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This one has a lot of charm !   

I can't say exactly why, but I like this model ever so much    

It has a bad habit of toppling forwards, Even though its a tripod figure, it has a mind of its own and it decides when it wants to stand one its own. (notice in the second picture, I had it lean against the wall)

  

Tsintaosaurus

Tsintaosaurus was originally described as the unicorn dinosaur because its skull had a Rod shaped crest that pointed upwards on its head. In 2013 new material was discovered, and it turned out the Crest was incomplete [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
The complete crest was roundish and sort of resembled a Popes hat.

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Nice dino again Takama :) Thank you!

Interesting

Beautyful and interesting model   

I surely looked strange with that kind of "horn", - almost a shame it was not true

But it makes the model interesting as a piece og dino-history    

Takama wrote:

It has a bad habit of toppling forwards, Even though its a tripod figure, it has a mind of its own and it decides when it wants to stand one its own. (notice in the second picture, I had it lean against the wall)

Arrrh! What a shame !!!  

Lambeosaurus

Lambeosaurus was one of many Hadrosaurs that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous period. There are currently two species that make up this genus, though some more species are still up for debate. Lambeosaurus Lambi and Lambeosaurus magnicristatus are these two species, and they can be distinguished by the shape of there head crests. L. Lambi had a hatchet shaped crest (as seen on this model), and L. Magnicristatus, which had a rounder type crest that’s similar to Corythosaurus.
The name Lambeosaurus was given to this dinosaur because of Lawrence Lambi, the man who studied the first material of this dinosaur, and has nothing to do with Lambs.

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Argentinosaurus

Despite being known from only fragmentary remains, Argentinosaurus Is arguably one of the largest dinosaurs that we know of for sure, as  It Stood more then 98 feet long (based on common Estimates). It was likely prey for very large carnivores like  Mapusaurus.

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Eustreptospondylus
A single, and possibly immature skeleton is all that was found of Eustreptospondylus. It was one of the victims in Megalosaurus’s waste basket, which means it was assigned to that genus, but it turned out to be its own even though there both related. Eustreptospondylus is the most well preserved theropod dinosaur in Europe, and its skull was used as a basis for when museums mount reconstructions of Megalosaurus. This dinosaur is also notable for being found in sediment that appeared to be part of the ocean floor. Since Europe was nothing but small islands and shallow seas at the time Eustreptospondylus was alive, It was suggested it swan from island to island, and fed on carcass on the beach, but it is also possible that it was a carcass itself that got swept away into the bottom of the ocean.
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Baryonyx

Baryonyx was the first Spinosaurid that we truly understood. It was discovered in England, and known to be a fish eater with a large hook like claw on its hands. Even though it preferred fish, there is evidence that it occasionally feasted on the flesh of other dinosaurs as well, With the fossilized bones of a iguanodon in the stomach region of a Baryonyx skeleton. This information has been applied for all other spinosaurs‘, which means they also preferred fish, but would only go for meat on occasion and when times are tough.
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MORE beautyful models !   

98 feet long ! That is app 30 meters ! Twice as long as my house ! Those Argentinosaurusses were REALLY huge !  

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MORE beautyful models !   

I agree

Me too! The blue, big one is wonderful  

Pachycephalasaurus

Pachycephalasaurus is believed to be the largest of its kind. However, its mostly known from its Thick domed skull. For the longest time, many think that Pachycephalasaurs(and its Kin) used its thinck skull to charge at eachothers heads during mateing time. However studys of the neck have shown that it was unable to withstand the force apon impact. A alternative theory is that they used it for flank butting there oponets. Either way there is evedence of some type of trauma on some Pachycephalasaurus skulls, and it is beleved to be the result of agnostic behavior.
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Oviraptor

Oviraptor was discovered during an expedition that was originally sent to find Human fossils but in the end, they came out with dinosaurs instead. When Oviraptor was found during that Expedition, they thought it was an egg thief, because it was next to a nest. However, years later it was learned that the nest belonged to the Oviraptor. This new information was backed up with further discoveries, including one of a fossilized individual brooding her nest
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I love that Pachycephalasaurus, - except the name is SO hard to remember   

The oviraptor is very cute, - I suppose it was only to look at   

Falcarius

Therizinosaurs may be theropods, but they evolved to live on a diet of vegetation. Falcarius is believed to be the missing link between meat eating theropods and themselves. It had a longer tail then most other Therizinosaurs, and it did not poses the huge claws that are often found on more advanced members of the family. it stood 13 feet long.

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Also nice figurine

A PINK dino   

You have here a very interesting line of prehistoric figures.
This last falcarius is particularly interesting. :)

Roger wrote:

You have here a very interesting line of prehistoric figures.  
This last falcarius is particularly interesting. :)

Thanks. I started collecting this when I was almost done with the CollectA collection.

Are they easy to find in USA ?
Searching the net, I have not been able to find a net shop, where they have them, only a few of the skeletons   

They are Indeed easy to obtain in the USA. Amazon, Ebay, TGF Toys, and a independent shop called DeJankins, all have them for sale. I cant find any of them in stores(Except for five at Hobby Lobby) The range from $8-$11 dollars, depending on were you shop

Thankyou

I tried again and found very few on amazone.uk, - the price is almost half in USA ! About the same in £ and $   

Except for those I can't find a net shop in Europe   
Strange, - it is an Italian brand !   

Dromaeosaurus

Dromaeosaurus is the very first of its kind to be found and It gave its name to a family of dinosaurs that maney peopl recognized today as raptors.  Dispite this, Dromaosaurus is a poorly known species, and maney of the skeleton mounts of this creuter were based on the findings of other Dromeosaurs like Velociraptor and Deinonychus.

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