Museum Authenticated Prehistoric Replicas

Not mere toys, but an educational series of hand painted replicas that reveal the prehistoric world. These replicas are molded in heavy vinyl, then hand painted in amazing detail. All of the Carnegie series replicas are made to the same 1:40 scale to accurately illustrate the relative size of these magnificent creatures.

Note: The illustrations are photos of actual models, but the sizes as shown in these pictures are NOT to scale.

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Acrocanthosaurus Allosaurus Allosaurus

Acrocanthosaurus

Acrocanthosaurus was a bipedal predator. As the name suggests, it is best known for the high neural spines on many of its vertebrae, which most likely supported a ridge of muscle over the animal's neck, back and hips. Acrocanthosaurus was one of the largest theropods, approaching 12 meters (40 ft) in length, and weighing up to about 2.40 metric tons (2.65 short tons). Large theropod footprints discovered in Texas may have been made by Acrocanthosaurus, although there is no direct association with skeletal remains. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Acrocanthosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 7.5 L x 3.5" H (19.5 x 9 cm).

SAF4039 - $8.00


Allosaurus

As the prominent large predator in the Morrison Formation, Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain, probably preying on contemporaneous large herbivorous dinosaurs. Potential prey included ornithopods, stegosaurids, and sauropods. While it is often thought of as preying on sauropod dinosaurs in groups, there is little evidence for cooperative social behavior in this genus, and individuals may have been aggressive toward each other instead. It may have attacked large prey by ambush, using its upper jaws like a hatchet. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Allosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 9.5" L x 4.5" H (24 x 11 cm).

SAF4007 - $8.00


Allosaurus

As the prominent large predator in the Morrison Formation, Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain, probably preying on contemporaneous large herbivorous dinosaurs. Potential prey included ornithopods, stegosaurids, and sauropods. While it is often thought of as preying on sauropod dinosaurs in groups, there is little evidence for cooperative social behavior in this genus, and individuals may have been aggressive toward each other instead. It may have attacked large prey by ambush, using its upper jaws like a hatchet. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Allosaurus measures 6" L x 4" H (14.5 x 10 cm). Age 3+

SAF2780 - $5.00



Andrewsarchus Apatosaurus Apatosaurus Adult

Andrewsarchus

4.75" L x 2" H. Suggested age 3+.
Andrewsarchus mongoliensis (pronounced ANN-drew-SARK-us), (Andrews + Greek ἀρχός, "ruler"), was a basal, heavily-built, wolf-like, hoofed mammal that lived during the Eocene epoch, roughly between 45 and 36 million years ago. It walked on four short legs and had a long body, a long tail, and feet with hoofed toes. It had a long snout with large, sharp teeth and flat cheek teeth that may have been used to crush bones. Because Andrewsarchus is only known from a skull and a few bones found, whether it was an active predator or merely a large scavenger is open to debate, as is its exact time range.
Andrewsarchus is named for the famous explorer and fossil hunter Roy Chapman Andrews. It was discovered in June 1923 by Kan Chuen Pao, a member of Andrews' expedition, on a site in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia known as Irdin Mahna [variants: Erdeni-Mandal and Erdenemandal ('jeweled mandala')] on the third Asiatic expedition that was led by Andrews and sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History.
Andrewsarchus possessed some of the strongest jaws ever evolved in a land mammal, able to bite through large bones if needed. To judge from its immense jaws, and the coastal location of the fossils, Andrewsarchus may have fed on beached primitive whales, shellfish and hard-shelled turtles, and contemporary large mammals at various periods during its existence. Toward the end of the Eocene very large mammals (such as the brontotheres) had evolved in the region of Central Asia. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)

SAF2829 - $4.50


Apatosaurus

An article that appeared in the November 1997 issue of Discover Magazine reported research into the mechanics of Apatosaurus tails by Nathan Myhrvold, a computer scientist from Microsoft. Myhrvold carried out a computer simulation of the tail, which in diplodocids like Apatosaurus was a very long, tapering structure resembling a bullwhip. This computer modeling suggested that sauropods were capable of producing a whip-like cracking sound of over 200 decibels, comparable to the volume of a cannon. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Apatosaurus measures 9" L x 7.5" H (23 x 19 cm). Age 3+

SAF2781 - $6.50


Apatosaurus Adult

Early on, it was believed that Apatosaurus was too massive to support its own weight on dry land, so it was theorized that the sauropod must have lived partly submerged in water, perhaps in a swamp. Recent findings do not support this. In fact, like its relative Diplodocus, Apatosaurus was a grazing animal with a very long neck and a long tail that served as a counterweight. Fossilized footprints indicate that it probably lived in herds. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted adult Apatosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 22" L x 5" H (56 x 12.5 cm).

SAF4003 - $25.00



Apatosaurus Baby Baby Louie Dino Egg Baryonyx

Apatosaurus Baby

Early on, it was believed that Apatosaurus was too massive to support its own weight on dry land, so it was theorized that the sauropod must have lived partly submerged in water, perhaps in a swamp. Recent findings do not support this. In fact, like its relative Diplodocus, Apatosaurus was a grazing animal with a very long neck and a long tail that served as a counterweight. Fossilized footprints indicate that it probably lived in herds. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted baby Apatosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 6.5" L x 3.5" H (16.5 x 9 cm).

SAF4004 - $6.00


Baby Louie Dino Egg

Researched and authenticated by The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana, Baby Louie is a replica of one of the best fossil dinosaur babies in the entire world. Size 4.75" long

SAF9702 - $5.50


Baryonyx

Baryonyx is one of the few known piscivorous (fish-eating) dinosaurs, with specialized adaptions like a long low snout with narrow jaws filled with finely serrated teeth and gaffe hook-like claws to help it hunt its main prey. Baryonyx had a large claw on the thumb of each hand, which measured at about 35 cm (14 in). Its long neck was not as strongly S-curved as in many other theropods. The skull was set at an acute angle, not the 90° angle common in similar dinosaurs. The long jaw was distinctly crocodilian, and had 96 teeth, twice as many as its relatives. Sixty-four of the teeth were placed in the lower jaw (mandible), and 32 large ones in the upper (maxilla). (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Baryonyx is scaled at 1:40 and measures 9" L x 4" H (23 x 10 cm).

SAF4033 - $8.00



Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus Camarasaurus

Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs of the Jurassic era; it lived on prairies filled with ferns, bennettites and horsetails, and it moved through vast conifer forests and groves of cycads, seed ferns and ginkgos. Some of its contemporary genera included Stegosaurus, Dryosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus. While it is speculated that groups of Brachiosaurus moved in herds, fully grown individuals had little to fear from even the largest predators of the time, Allosaurus and Torvosaurus, on account of their sheer size. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Brachiosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 22" L x 13.5" (56 x 34 cm).

SAF4002 - $30.00


Brachiosaurus

For many decades, Brachiosaurus was the largest dinosaur known. It has since been discovered that a number of giant titanosaurians (Argentinosaurus, for example) surpassed Brachiosaurus in terms of sheer mass. More recently, another brachiosaurid, Sauroposeidon, has also been discovered; based on incomplete fossil evidence, it too is likely to have outweighed Brachiosaurus. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Brachiosaurus measures 9" L x 8" H (23 x 20.5 cm). Age 3+

SAF2782 - $7.50


Camarasaurus

The arched skull of Camarasaurus may have contributed to the name 'chambered lizard'. The skull was remarkably square and the blunt snout had many fenestrae, though it was sturdy and is frequently recovered in good condition by paleontologists. The huge nostrils, positioned in front of the eyes, probably contained a large area of moist membrane to cool the brain in the hot climate of the Jurassic.. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Camarasaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 15" L x 7" H (37 x 18 cm).

SAF4041 - $22.00



Carnotaurus Caudipteryx Ceratosaurus

Carnotaurus

Carnotaurus was a medium-sized theropod, about 9.0 m (30 ft) in length, 3.5 m (10 ft 7 in) tall at the hips, and weighing about 1,600 kg (1.76 tons). The most distinctive features of Carnotaurus are the two thick horns above the eyes, and the extremely reduced forelimbs with four fingers.[2] It had a small skull, a thick chest, and a thin tail. The eyes of the Carnotaurus faced forward, which is unusual in a dinosaur, and may indicate binocular vision and depth perception. There is a rather puzzling contrast between Carnotaurus’ deep, robust-looking skull and its shallow, slender lower jaw. So far no-one has worked out what this might imply about its methods of feeding. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This replica has been researched and authenticated by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hand-painted Carnotaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 6" L x 3.5" H (15 x 9 cm).

SAF4028 - $6.00


Caudipteryx

6.5" L x 5.25" H. Suggested age 3+.
Caudipteryx, like many other maniraptorans, has an interesting mix of reptile- and bird-like anatomical features. Caudipteryx had a short, boxy skull with a beak-like snout that retained only a few tapered teeth in the front of the upper jaw. It had a stout trunk, long legs and was probably a swift runner. On the hands it had symmetrical, pennaceous, feathers that had vanes and barbs, and that measured between 15–20 centimeters (6–8 inches). These primary feathers were arranged in a wing-like fan along the second finger, just like primary feathers of birds and other maniraptorans. No fossil of Caudipteryx preserves any secondary feathers attached to the forearms, as found in dromaeosaurids, Archaeopteryx and modern birds. Either these arm feathers are not preserved, or they were not present on Caudipteryx in life. An additional fan of feathers existed on its short tail. The shortness and symmetry of the feathers, and the shortness of the arms relative to the body size, indicate that Caudipteryx could not fly. Caudipteryx is thought to have been an omnivore. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)

SAF4212 - $11.50


Ceratosaurus

Ceratosaurus lived alongside dinosaurs such as Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and Stegosaurus. It may have competed with Allosaurus for prey, though it was smaller at around 6 to 8 meters (20-27 feet) in length, 2.5 meters (8 feet) tall, and weighing 500 kg up to 1 tonne; it would have occupied a distinctly separate niche from its larger cousin which is estimated to have grown up to 12 metres in length with the largest definitive specimen of 9 metres. Ceratosaurus had a longer, more flexible body, with a deep tail shaped like that of a crocodilian. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Ceratosaurus measures 5.5" L x 3" H (14 x 7.5 cm). Age 3+

SAF2784 - $3.50



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