The Late Jurassic in the Retro Classic style

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Brontosaurus was long the classic sauropod with a prominent place in the Yale Mural. Sauropod skulls are very rare being small and lightly constructed. When a large  robust skeleton was found it was assumed it must have a large head with strong teeth like Camarasaurus. The skeleton  was reconstructed but there was no skull so a skull from a Camarasaurus found a few miles away was used. 

Allosaurus Stegosaurus Marx
Jurassic Park Stegosaurus Safari Carnivorous toob Allosaurus Brontosaurus
Over time it became apparent, with more fossils documented, that Brontosaurus had a skeleton more like Diplodocus which had a triangular shaped  skull with weak pencil like teeth.
Marx Stegosaurus and Allosaurus by.Fred R Hinojos.
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Marx style copies of Brontosaurus by JARU custom painted   Marx and MPC figures are still occasionally recast by successor companies.  JARU markets a range of Marx MPC style knock offs some are pretty awful but others are faithful retro classic figures.  One interesting JARU variation is copying the Marx pose in several different sizes.  PHOTO AND ART WORK BY....Fred R Hinojos

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MPC Brontosaurus by Fred R Hinojos. Allosaurus from Safari Carnivorous Dino Toob and JP Stegosaurus. Many of the MPC and Marx figures compare well with modern lines when upgraded by a talented artist. The diorama base is a Kinto My favorite Georama from Toyosaurus.
Allosaurus was originally modeled as a cold blooded scavenger with a Kangaroo posture. It was assumed to be the ancestor of the bigger and later Tyrannosaurus. It is now felt that Tyrannosaurus actually evolved from small theropods in Asia. Relatives of Allosaurus remained the dominate predators of Gondwanaland through the Cretaceous although they disappear from North America after the Early Cretaceous.