For over 25 years, Safari Ltd.® has been proud to provide this premier line of scale model, dinosaur collectibles. These award winning dinosaur replicas are authenticated by the paleontologists of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, who houses the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in the world. Each Carnegie dinosaur can have up to 25 steps of hand painting to ensure the highest quality in the world marketplace. The scale of these dinos are either 1:20 or 1:40. Detailed educational information in 5 languages are provided with each replica. All our products are phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested to safeguard your child's health. Safari Ltd.® takes pride in providing breathtaking, innovative and value priced figures for now over 3 generations. Each January, Safari Ltd.® introduces 2 new Carnegie models to encourage the collectability of such an intriguing line. Featured is our Carnegie Collection Kronosaurus Size: 13" L x 6" H (33 x 15 cm). Suggested age 3+
NAME: Kronosaurus (“Kronos [a mythical giant] lizard”)
KIND: Plesiosauria (“near lizards”)
FOOD: Carnivore and piscivore (meat and fish eater)
WHEN: Early Cretaceous (about 110 million years ago)
WHERE: Australia, possibly South America
LENGTH: About 33 feet (10 m)
WEIGHT: About 8 tons (7,300 kg)
SCALE: 1:30
Educational Information
Kronosaurus was a huge, powerful meat-eater that lived in the shallow seas that flooded parts of what is now Australia during the Cretaceous Period. It is not a dinosaur, but instead is one of the most massive known plesiosaurs – a group of seagoing reptiles that includes both long- and short-necked species. The immense head of Kronosaurus was over eight feet (2.4 meters) long, about one-quarter of the creature’s total length. This head was much longer than that of the biggest known meat-eating dinosaurs, such as Giganotosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex. A maneuverable swimmer, Kronosaurus fed on other marine reptiles, fishes, and aquatic invertebrates.
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