Starlux Phororhacos and Diatryma
Phororhacos • Diatryma
Starlux Alticamelus and Gigantocamelus
Alticamelus • Gigantocamelus
Alticamelus, now Aepycamelus, was a native of the mid and upper Miocene of Colorado. He was some 10 feet (3 m) tall at the head. I suspect that the legs should be longer than rendered by Starlux.
Gigantocamelus, another giant North American camel, was native to a slightly later age than Alticamelus - Pliocene to Pleistocene. For a while he was equated with Titanotylopus, but now they're considered distinct. It comes down to minor differences in the skull bones. Again, I think the legs of the Starlux figure should be longer. Gigantocamelus/Titanotylopus was much bigger than Alticamelus, at 11.5 feet (3,5 m) at the shoulder, so these two Starlux camels are nowhere near scale.
Starlux Baluchitherium and Moropus
Baluchitherium • Moropus
Starlux Brontotherium and Arsinoitherium
Brontotherium • Arsinoitherium
Starlux Panthera spelaea and Machairodus
Panthera spelaea • Machairodus
Panthera spelaea - In Europe he is classified as Panthera leo spelaea, a subspecies of the modern lion. Russian researchers tend to make him a separate species, Panthera spelaea. The Cave Lion seeems to have been the biggest cat ever, some 25% larger than the modern lion. He lived during the late Pleistocene, generally going extinct at the end of the epoch, though he might have survived until about 2000 years ago in the Balkans. His range was England to Siberia.
Cave paintings in Germany and France show tufted tails and small manes or ruffs around their necks, protruding ears, and possibly stripes.
The figure came from a four-segment mold. The major pieces are the the standard left/right halves. Another piece, a small plug, was needed in the front for the canines. The fourth segment was needed between the two rear legs. If Starlux had offset the figure's rear legs (that is, put one slightly forward of the other) that fourth mold segment wouldn't have been needed. And, it wouldn't have looked like the cat's front half is walking, while the aft half is standing still.
Starlux Glyptodon and Euoplocephalus
Glyptodon • Euoplocephalus
Starlux Eusthenopteron and Paleotherium
Eusthenopteron • Paleotherium
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