Dinosaur Prehistoric Models Carnegie Museum

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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Smilodon

4" L x 3" H. Suggested age 3+.
Smilodon (pronounced /ˈsmаɪləˌdɒn/), sometimes called saber-toothed tiger, is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that lived between approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago in North and South America. They are called "saber-toothed" for the extreme length of their maxillary canines. The La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles trapped hundreds of Smilodon in the tar, possibly as they tried to feed on mammoths already trapped. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has many of their complete skeletons.
Smilodon probably preyed on a wide variety of game including: bison, elk, deer, American camels, horses, ground sloths and the (Jeffersonian mammoth, imperial mammoth, Columbian mammoth, Woolly mammoth), and mastodons.
Modern big cats kill mainly by strangling their victims, which may take a few minutes. Smilodon’s jaw muscles were probably too weak for this and its long canines would have been vulnerable to snapping in a prolonged struggle. Research in 2007 concluded that Smilodon more probably used its great upper-body strength to wrestle prey to the ground, where its long canines could deliver a deep stabbing bite to the throat which would generally cut through the jugular vein and / or the trachea and thus kill the prey very quickly. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)

SAF2797 - $4.50

Smilodon Cub

2.5" L x 2" H. Suggested age 3+.
Smilodon appears in various kinds in popular culture. Several Smilodon appear in the animated film Ice Age, most notably Diego (Denis Leary), one of the main characters, who also appears in the sequel, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. In the 1977 movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, the climax takes place in the citadel of a giant Smilodon. The creature is brought to life by Ray Harryhausen's stop motion effects. The movie Sabretooth featured a Smilodon that was brought back to life from fossilized DNA.
Smilodon has appeared also as one of the main creatures of Impossible Pictures films Walking With Beasts and Prehistoric Park (fourth episode). Strangely, the former depicts Smilodon as living and hunting in groups like lions, but the latter depicts them hunting Toxodon alone.
Smilodon was also featured in the hit ITVseries Primeval, seen in episode 9. A woman named Valerie finds a young smilodon cub in her garage after it stumbled into an anomaly (portal in time) she raised it from a young age, keeping it hidden from the outside world in her house in the forest. However, once the creature grew to a significant size, it escaped and attacked visitors at a nearby amusement park. Although Valerie treated it like her own special companion, after she ordered it to attack Nick Cutter, it turned on her and mauled her to death. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)

SAF2798 - $3.00

Spinosaurus

The distinctive "spines" of Spinosaurus, which were long extensions of the vertebrae, grew up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) long and were likely to have had skin connecting them, forming a sail-like structure, although some authors have suggested that they were covered in muscle and formed a hump or ridge. Multiple functions have been put forward for this structure, including thermoregulation and display. According to recent estimates, Spinosaurus is the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs, even larger than Tyrannosaurus rex and Giganotosaurus. (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 Spinosaurus is scaled at 1:40 and measures 9" L x 5.5" H (23 x 14 cm).

SAF4022 - $10.00

Stegosaurus

A large, heavily built, herbivorous quadruped, Stegosaurus had a distinctive and unusual posture, with a heavily arched back, short forelimbs, head held low to the ground and a stiffened tail held high in the air. Its array of plates and spikes have been the subject of much speculation. The spikes were most likely used for defense, while the plates have also been proposed as a defensive mechanism, as well as having display and thermoregulatory (heat control) functions. Stegosaurus was the largest of all the stegosaurians (bigger than genera such as Kentrosaurus and Huayangosaurus) and, although roughly bus-sized, it nonetheless shared many anatomical features (including the tail spines and plates) with the other stegosaurian genera. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Stegosaurus measures 6" L x 3" H (15 x 7.5 cm). Age 3+

SAF2787 - $3.50

Styracosaurus

Styracosaurus was a large dinosaur, reaching lengths of 5.5 meters (18 ft) and weighing nearly 3 tons. It stood about 1.8 meters (6 ft) tall. Styracosaurus possessed four short legs and a bulky body. Its tail was rather short. It also had a beak and flat cheek teeth, indicating that its diet was herbivorous. Like other ceratopsians, this dinosaur may have been a herd animal, traveling in large groups, as suggested by bonebeds. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Styracosaurus measures 6" L x 3" H (16 x 7.5 cm). Age 3+

SAF2788 - $3.50

Triceratops

Triceratops is an extinct genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event. Bearing a large bony frill and three horns on its large four-legged body, and conjuring similarities with the modern rhinoceros, Triceratops is one of the most recognizable of all dinosaurs. The name Triceratops, which literally means "three-horned face", is derived from the Greek tri - meaning "three", ceras - meaning "horn", and ops - meaning "face". Though it shared the landscape with and was preyed upon by the fearsome Tyrannosaurus, it is unclear whether the two battled the way they are commonly depicted in movies and children's dinosaur books and many cartoons. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Triceratops measures 7" L x 3" H (18 x 7.5 cm). Age 3+

SAF2790 - $5.00

Velociraptor Visible Dinosaur Anatomy Kit

Tyrannosaurus Rex

The famous species Tyrannosaurus rex ('rex' meaning 'king' in latin), commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture around the world. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils of T. rex are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the last three million years of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 68 to 65 million years ago; it was among the last dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event. (Read more about it at Wikipedia)
This Tyrannosaurus Rex measures 7" L x 4.5" H (18 x 11 cm). Age 3+

SAF2789 - $5.50

Tyrannosaurus Rex Visible Dinosaur Anatomy Kit

Plastic Model Kit by 4D Vision.
39 pre-colored pieces. Includes fact guide and step-by-step illustrated assembly instructions. Features skeletal structure and internal organs. Stands 22" high. Assembly required. Ages 8 and up.

FDV26651 - $89.95

Velociraptor Visible Dinosaur Anatomy Kit

Plastic Model Kit by 4D Vision.
29 pre-colored pieces. Includes fact guide and step-by-step illustrated assembly instructions. Features skeletal structure and internal organs. Stands 20" high. Assembly required. Ages 8 and up.

FDV26654 - $79.95

Visible Woolly Mammoth Anatomy Kit

Plastic Model Kit by 4D Vision.
26 pre-colored pieces. Includes fact guide and step-by-step illustrated assembly instructions. Features skeletal structure and internal organs. Detachable Organs and Body Parts. Comes with Display Platform. Fine Detailed Sculpturing with hand painted parts. Stands 10 3/8" high. Assembly required. Ages 8 and up.

FDV26110 - $32.95