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 Oviraptor Size: 5.75" L x 5.5" H (14.5 x 14 cm). Suggested age 3+
NAME: Oviraptor (“egg thief”)
KIND: Saurischia (“lizard hips”)
FOOD: Probably omnivore (plant and meat eater)
WHEN: Late Cretaceous (about 80 million years ago)
WHERE: Central Asia
LENGTH: 6 feet (1.8 m)
WEIGHT: About 80 pounds (35 kg)
SCALE: 1:10
Educational Information
The first skeleton of this dinosaur ever discovered was found atop a nest of eggs thought to belong to the small plant-eater Protoceratops. As a result, the new dinosaur was named Oviraptor, which means “egg thief”. But in 1993, a supposed “Protoceratops” egg was found with an Oviraptor-like baby inside, proving that these kinds of eggs actually belonged to Oviraptor, not Protoceratops. Thanks to this discovery, scientists now think that Oviraptor may be misnamed. It probably didn’t steal eggs – just the opposite, it took care of them!
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