Prehistoric Toys and Models Gallery
Welcome to my paleontological and zoological gallery that streches from sponges to humans – all represented in the form of toys and models! Within these pages I have picked one member of each species as a “representative” to be scientifically classified.
Click on the image below to see members of each group classification. The models below are organized by their scientific organization, to see them organized on the geologic time scale click here.
INVERTEBRATES
Animals lacking a backbone. Examples include sponges, coral, worms, clams, snails, squid, insects, sea stars, sand dollars, and sea urchins to name a few.
Porifera
Sea Sponges
Cnidarian
Coral, Sea Jellies, and Anemones
“Worms”
Various Worm Types
Mollusca
Clams, Snails, and Squid
Arthropoda
Trilobites, Crustaceans, Arachnids, and Insects
Echinodermata
Sea Stars,SeaUrchins, and Sea Cucumbers
VERTEBRATES
Animals with backbones. This grouping includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Early Chordates
Simple and Jawless Fish
Placoderms
Jawed Armored Fish
Chondrichthyes
Sharks, Rays, Skates, and Ratfish
Ray-Finned Fish
Tuna, Eels, Sea Horses, and Salmon
Lobe-Finned Fish
Coelacanth, Lungfish, and Tiktaalik
Amphibians
Frogs and Salamanders
REPTILES: ANAPSIDS AND PARAREPTILIA
Turtles
Shelled Reptiles
Pareiasaurs
Terrestrial Anapsids
REPTILES: DIAPSIDS
Clade: Archosaurs “ruling reptiles” including crocodiles, pterosaurs, avian, and non avian dinosaurs.
Protorosauria
Tanystropheus
Rhynchosauria
Hyperodapedon
Allokotosauria
Shringasaurus
Archosaurmorpha
Crocodiles and their relatives
Pterosaurs
Flying Reptiles
Birds
Avian (Theropods) Dinosaurs
Saurithischia: “lizard hipped dinosaurs”
Theropoda
Predatory Dinosaurs
Sauropodmorpha
“Long-necked” Dinosaurs
Herrerasaurs
“Primitive” Early Dinosaurs
Ornithischia: “bird hipped dinosaurs”
Ornithopoda
Iguanodonts and “Duck-billed” Dinosaurs
Marginocephalia
Horned Dinosaurs and Packycephalosaurs
Thyreophora
Armored Dinosaurs:
Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs
Order: Squamata includes mosasaurs (extinct marine reptiles), lizards, and snakes.
Mosasaurs
Late Cretaceous Marine Reptiles
Lizards
Monitor Lizards, Geckos and Iguanas
Snakes
Cobras and Pythons
SAUROPTERYGIAN REPTILES: “EURYAPSIDS”
Placodonts
Triassic Marine Reptiles
Atopodentatus
Triassic Herbivorous Marine Reptiles
Nothosaurs
Middle to Late Triassic Marine Reptiles
Plesiosaurs
Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs
Ichthyosaurs
Dolphin-like Marine Reptiles
SYNAPSIDS
“Pelycosaurs”
Non-Mammalian Syanapsids
Therapsids
Incorrectly “Mammal-like Reptiles”
Mammals are a class animals defined as warm-blooded vertebrates, distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young (with only two modern exceptions).
Monotremata
Egg Laying Mammals
Marsupialia
Pouched Mammals
Placential Mammals
Carnivora
Meat Eaters
Creodonta (Extinct)
Archaic Mammals
Cetacea
Whales and Porpoises
Xenarthra
Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillos
Tubulidentata
Aardvarks
Pholidata
Pangolins
Insectivores
Insect Eaters
Rodentia
Gnawing Mammals
Lagomorpha
Pikas, Hares, and Rabbits
Chiroptera
Bats
Primates
Lemurs, Monkeys, and Apes
Litopterna (Extinct)
Macrauchenia
Artiodactyla
Even-toed Hoofed Animals
Perissodactyla
Odd-toed Hoofed Animals
Dinocerata (Extinct)
Uintatheriidae
Sirenia
Dugongs and Manatees
Proboscidea
Mastodonts, Mammoths, and Elephants
