Dinosaurs|Extinct Life|Non-sports cards|Card Collecting|The Dinosaur Fan

Collectibles Introduction

“Living in this troubled new century, a happy and innocent diversion like card collecting can provide a healthy and most welcome mental break. In the grand scheme of things, of course, non-sports means very little. But to collectors, the hobby represents a small piece of what we like and what we are.”

Les Davis, Editor of ‘The Wrapper’

The Prehistoric Life Collectibles Encyclopedia is a virtual collectibles tour providing photos, checklists, and summary information about a variety of ephemera (i.e., paper items) which depict dinosaurs and other extinct life. More specifically, this site features cards, stickers, inserts/cutouts from food, candy, snack, tobacco, & bread packaging, collector albums, education & game cards, POGS / milk caps, cigar bands, matchbox labels, non-postal stamps (e.g., Sinclair), novelties (e.g., valentines), toy inserts (e.g., cards, stickers, and papers included with toys/figures) as well as advertising materials such as posters and magazine/newspaper ads which show the collectibles (e.g., cards, albums) in the ad.

There are a few types of collectibles which are noticeably missing from the aforementioned list such as post cards, philately (e.g., postal stamp-related material like stamps & covers), phone cards, and lobby cards. These were originally excluded due to financial limitations and the understanding that these types of collectibles encompass a tremendous amount of material which I did not feel I could realistically collect. As time permits, I hope to include additional listings of these types of items.

DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE? The world of prehistoric animal collectibles is huge and the content of The Dinosaur Fan only scratches the surface of what collectibles exist. If you have information (e.g., images, checklists, descriptions/information, trivia) related to prehistoric animal collectibles which is not already included in the site, I'll gladly publish your information and give you credit on the webpage upon which the data is presented. If you are interested in sharing information with The Dinosaur Fan readers, please contact me at: mmriley@dinofan.com.

Current Collectibles Record Totals
# of Sets	# of Items
2,853	118,714

Below is an example of how collectibles sets are listed in the various collectibles sections (By Company, By Category, By Product, By Topic, By Country, etc.).

Glossary

This symbol indicates that I do not have physical access to any of the items shown and/or described in this set. The images and information presented were gathered and synthesized from ‘virtual’ sources including, but not limited to, auction sites, manufacturer sites, collector sites, hobby magazines, and fellow collectors.
This symbol indicates that this set has little or nothing to do with the topic of this site but it does contain at least one item which does.
Year (if known) & set name/title/description.
Summary information about the set.
Credit to the person(s) and/or resource(s) from which I obtained set images and/or information, if applicable.
Information about the set
Footnote descriptions associated with letters or numbers shown in the 'Notes' column.
Items listed included with this set
Internal database number (ID) specific to each items listed
Topic of the item (e.g., extinct life, Jurassic Park, Disney Dinosaur)
Does the specific items depict a creature that is within the scope of this site: check = yes, 'X' = no
Is this item part of the site owner's collection? If there is a dinosaur skull, it is, if empty, then it is not.
This is the number printed on the item. If blank, there is no number.
These are letters or numbers relating to footnotes contained in the set description above.
Quantity of each item in the set. Used for sets with duplicated identical images
The dimensions of the item in inches (width x height).
This the number of pages contained in an album. "n/a" indicates it is not applicable to the specific item.
The name(s) of the life form(s) shown/described on the item. These are hyperlinks to information about the animal(s).
The name(s) of the fictional creature(s) shown/described on the item. These are hyperlinks to information about the creature(s).
The name(s), title, and/or description of the item. This may or may not be printed on the item.
Front image of the item.
Reverse image of the item.
Other image of the item (e.g., middle page of an album, figurine associated with the item, inside of folder item).

I would like to thank the persons and/or resources in the table below from which I obtained set images, information and/or information corrections/updates which were missing from my website. A special thank you to the following individuals who have spent considerable time and effort to help expand and improve the content of The Dinosaur Fan site.

Robert Telleria - an amazing collector, researcher, and major contributor who continuously provides information and images for missing sets as well as a variety of informational updates/corrections to many of the existing sets.

David Elliott – has provided information and images for an assortment of sets including many originating in Australia and New Zealand.

Jeff Quinn – provided information and images of several older and seldom seen sets. His research into the Hobby Trading Post and Nu-cards sets is remarkable having tracked down the source images of nearly every card in those sets.

Bill Oliver – provided comprehensive coverage of the surprisingly large and somewhat complicated Kenner Jurassic Park figure insert cards.

	Qty. of Sets
Robert Telleria	281
Jeff Allender's House of Checklists	86
Milkcap Mania	27
David Elliott	24
The Trading Card Database	18
Jeff Quinn	17
Dinosaur King Wikia	13
Bill Oliver	12
Board Game Geek	11
David Mikulec	11
The Cardboard Connection	6
Braiiinz	5
Luminias	5
The Prehistoric Times	5
Baseball CardPedia	4
Jacques Vincent	4
Last Sticker	4
The Vintage Non-Sports Cards Chat Board	4
Todd Jordan	4
Beth Trimble	3
Dan Goodsell	3
Glyn Roberts	3
GrnRngr.com	3
Realm of Rubber Dinosaurs	3
Terry Gomes	3
Cereal Offers	2
David Welch	2
Gail Sullivan	2
Non-sport .com	2
Ted Neos	2
The Sport Americana Price Guide to the Non-Sports Cards #4	2
The Unofficial Rugrats Online!	2
. Mencey7	1
Alex Jaramillo (Collectors Dreams)	1
Andrew Steven	1
Brantworks	1
CataWiki	1
Checklist Center	1
Chuckman's Non-sports Trading Cards of the 1950's	1
Coleccionista MX	1
Comic Collector Live	1
David Landis	1
DeJankins	1
Dino Riders World	1
Donna Braginetz	1
Dragon Ball Z Trading Cards Partial Lists	1
Filmic Light - Snow White Archive	1
FPG Web Site	1
Garbage Pail Kids World	1
Gee Pee Kay	1
Génération-POG	1
Harley Numan	1
Inkworks	1
Internet Archive	1
Jerry Coleman	1
John McDonald	1
JP Toys.com	1
Julio Baamonde	1
Kristen Anders	1
Kronozio	1
Limited Run Games	1
Lowell's Place	1
Magic Spoiler	1
Magic The Gathering	1
Mark Jennings	1
Michael Howgate	1
Mike Fitzpatrick	1
NonSportRealm.com	1
Oddly Quirky	1
Peter Vermaele	1
Sainsbury's	1
Southampton Mineral & Fossil Society	1
Tain't The Meat … It's The Humanity!	1
The Board Game Geek	1
The Collectibles Workshop	1
The Collector	1
The Haunted Closet	1
The Non-Sport Update Magazine	1
Tom Sims	1
Trevor Ylisaari	1
WorthPoint	1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Guide	1

Finally, I would like to thank each of you for visiting The Dinosaur Fan. Cards of dinosaurs and other extinct life represent an extremely specific niche of the non-sports card collecting World which in turn is a small part of the card collecting Universe. This site is a labor of love which sprang from my dinosaur card collecting hobby. I do not profit financially in any capacity from this site as I do not accept advertising and I do not sell items from this site. But I do benefit greatly from the enjoyment of sharing my hobby with the World. As you can tell from the data below, The Dinosaur Fan is not a heavily trafficked site but there are visitors from all over the World. Again, thank you. I hope you continue to enjoy my site

Total Site Visits*
502,190

Year	Total Visits*
2021	19,116
2020	39,393
2019	39,570
2018	39,308
2017	39,243
2016	38,102
2015	37,910
2014	35,630
2013	31,400
2012	28,665
2011	28,210
2010	26,781
2009	18,841
2008	14,189
2007	11,814
2006	10,187
2005	9,925
2004	9,014
2003	8,232
2002	7,094
2001	5,435
2000	4,131

*Totals prior to November 2020 are estimates based on known totals. Detail visit counts were lost during transitions from/to various website hosting companies since the launch of this site in January 2000.

Countries from which visitors have accessed The Dinosaur Fan!

North America

Anguilla	Antigua & Barbuda	Aruba	Bahamas	Barbados	Belize	Bermuda	Canada	Cayman Islands	Costa Rica
Cuba	Dominican Republic	El Salvador	Grenada	Guadeloupe	Guatemala	Haiti	Honduras	Jamaica	Martinique
Mexico	Nicaragua	Panama	Puerto Rico	Saint Lucia	Trinidad & Tobago	Turks & Caicos Islands	United States	Virgin Islands (British)	Virgin Islands (United States)

South America

Argentina	Bolivia	Brazil	Chile	Colombia	Ecuador	French Guiana	Guyana	Paraguay	Peru
Suriname	Uruguay	Venezuela

Europe

Albania	Andorra	Austria	Belarus	Belgium	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Denmark
England (United Kingdom)	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Gibraltar	Greece	Guernsey	Hungary	Iceland
Ireland	Isle of Man	Italy	Jersey	Latvia	Liechtenstein	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Macedonia	Malta
Moldova	Monaco	Montenegro	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Serbia	Slovakia
Slovenia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Ukraine

Asia

Afghanistan	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Bhutan	Brunei	Cambodia	China	Cyprus
Georgia	Hong Kong	India	Indonesia	Iran	Iraq	Israel	Japan	Jordan	Kazakhstan
Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos	Lebanon	Macau	Malaysia	Maldives	Mongolia	Myanmar	Nepal
Oman	Pakistan	Palestinian	Philippines	Qatar	Russian Federation	Saudi Arabia	Singapore	South Korea	Sri Lanka
Syria	Taiwan	Tajikistan	Thailand	Turkey	Turkmenistan	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Vietnam	Yemen

Oceania

Australia

Fiji

Guam

Marshall Islands

Nauru

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Islands

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Africa

Algeria	Angola	Benin	Botswana	Cameroon	Cape Verde	Congo	Djibouti	Egypt	Ethiopia
Gabon	Ghana	Ivory Coast	Kenya	Libya	Madagascar	Malawi	Mauritius	Morocco	Mozambique
Namibia	Niger	Nigeria	Réunion	Rwanda	Senegal	Seychelles	Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania	Togo	Tunisia	Uganda	Zambia	Zimbabwe

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