Vault tales 200 – Clades – Pancarnivora

So here I am, with post number 200! That seems crazy! And for this one, I get to look at a clade that I find pretty interesting, and which until recently didn't have a whole lot of representative figures! I am referring to the stem group of the clade Pancarnivora, a group that includes all of our modern Carnivora (cats, hyenas, mongoose, dogs, bears, etc) plus their sister group, often referred to collectively as Creodonta. I think this is still…

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Vault tales 57 Chick Yuet Synthetoceras

Who makes it? A Chinese toy company called Chick Yuet, part of a set of mid-sized vinyl prehistoric mammals When did it come out? I got it in 2006 or 2007. So around then maybe? Not bad for a dollar store toy...with terrifying red eyes for some reason Still available? Sadly no. They appear to have gone completely out of business around 2007-2008. And these mammal figures went with them. Worse, right before their demise photos were found of a…

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