Torvoneustes – Frenzy Pack
“Think of the Torvoneustes as sea leopard — sleek, fierce, and perfectly built to dominate the mid-tier predator zone in the ocean” – Dr. Henry Loomis The Torvoneustes was a marine carnivore from the family of the Metriorhynchids, or in other words, it was a fully marine-adapted crocodilian relative. It was terroryzing the seas in […]
Mosasaurus – Bite ‘N Blast
“The Mosasaurus was thought to have hunted near the surface of the water, where it preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into, including turtles, large fish, even smaller mosasaurs” – Sarah The Mosasaurus was terrorizing the seas during the Mesozoic era (70-66 million years ago) and is believed to be one of the […]
Purussaurus
“If you were a Miocene mammal, swimming across a river might’ve been a death sentence. One second, you’re cooling off……next second, you’re inside a prehistoric meat blender.”— Martin Krebs Purussaurus is an extinct genus of a giant caiman that lived during the Miocene Epoch, around 8 to 5 million years ago in what is now […]
Euoplocephalus
“If Spiclypeus was the medieval knight, Euoplocephalus was the armored tank of the Late Cretaceous.“– Alan Grant Euoplocephalus a large herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived living during the Late Cretaceous period around 76 to 70 million years ago at the territory of Canada. As its name (which comes from Greek for “well armoured head”) suggests, […]
Spiclypeus
“That frill is not just for show… Or is it?”– Zora Bennett Spiclypeus is a type of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period around 77-75 million years ago. Spiclypeus was a mid-sized, horned herbivore with a distinctively spiked frill hense the name comes from Latin “spica” means spike and “lypeus” means […]
Nasutoceratops – Wild Roar
“That’s a herbivore. Nasutoceratops.”– Kadasha talking about the Nasutoceratops to her family. Nasutoceratops is an extinct genus of centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur found in Utah, USA during the Late Cretaceous period around 77-75 million years ago. It had a short yet thick snout and large horns above its eyes that extended almost to the end of […]
Maiasaura – Wild Roar
“This dinosaur is large, bulky and has a stubborn disposition. It’s called the Iguanodon. It’s a herbivore with attitude. I’d suggest giving it a wide berth.”—George Lambert The so-called Good Mother Lizard Maiasaura is a genus of herbivorous hadrosaurid or in non scientific slang duck-billed dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 76 […]
Utahraptor
“This is so big and scary. I would prefer to be dealing with Veloricaptors instead this monstrosity!”— Duncan Kincaid Utahraptor was a terrifying beast that lived during the Early Cretaceous or in other words, somewhere around 135–130 million years ago. Just about 30–40 million years before the almighty Tyranosaurus Rex and most of the big […]
Inostrancevia – Strike Attack
“Look at these teeth, mate! Suddenly I do not feel safe in the car anymore.”— Dr. Henry Loomis Inostrancevia was from the family of Therapsida and more precisely a type of gorgonopsid, which were known for their long saber teeth. This predator lived during the Late Permian period, or said in more layman’s terms, somewhere […]
Aucasaurus
“I can not believe this is the first time we include the Aucasaurus in our toy lineup. We need more theropods for our toy lines.”— Simon Masrani Aucasaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period, about 85 to 70 million years ago. Discovered in the Auca Mahuevo fossil site in Argentina (hence it […]