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Dinosaurs in spring

May 16, 2026

Now that is spring, some more toy dinosaur photography in fresh green volliage.

The raptor in winter

March 11, 2026

In recent years, with the discovery of fossils in both the arctic regions (mostly Alaska) and the Antarctic, we’ve seen more paintings and videos about dinosaurs adapting to winter with white or almost white feather plumage. So far the dinosaur toy manufacturers have only offered warm weather dinosaur toys and models. When a March snowstorm […]

Triceratops migration

July 4, 2025

A big bull leads a family of triceratops on the summer migration. (Various manufacturers, mostly dollar store, repainted)

Stegosaurus and young

June 16, 2025

An adult stegosaurus and her young in a Jurassic landscape. (generic toy store models)

The last day in the life of a Pachyrhinosaurus

April 20, 2025

The last day in the life of a Pachyrhinosaurus. The Pachyrhinosaurus is probably my favourite among the Ceratopsidae, even though it may not seem as attractive as triceratops or Styracosaurus. That’s because back in 1990, I covered the announcement of the discovery of the Pachyrhinosaurus bone bed near Grand Prairie Alberta in what is called […]

Microraptors

September 13, 2024

Photographs of a pair of toy microraptors, one from PNSO and the second Zabwaka Figurka. The microraptor was a unique four winged dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous, related to later larger Dromaeosauridae like the movie favourite Velociraptor. The microraptors were abundant in the period 125 to 120 million years ago. Examination of the fossils […]

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