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

The Prehistoric Life Collectibles Digest is a virtual collectibles guide which provides 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 emphasizes the items I use to collect including cards, stickers, inserts/cutouts from food, candy, snack, tobacco, & bread packaging, collector albums for cards & stickers, 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 based on 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.

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 exists. If you have information (e.g., images, checklists, descriptions/information, trivia) about prehistoric animal-related collectibles including those that I did collect and/or those that I did not (e.g., post cards, philately ) which you would be willing to share, I'll gladly publish it 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.

“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’

Current Collectibles Record Totals
# of Sets	# of Items
2,799	111,583

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

Glossary

	Virtual Set: This symbol indicates that I do not have physical access to any of the items shown and/or described. 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.
	Rogue: This symbol indicates that this set has little or nothing to do with dinosaurs and/or other extinct life but it does contain at least one item which depicts these creatures.
	Year: This is the year the set was issued. The symbol "c." (e.g., c.1957) means circa or approximately. No date means that I do not currently know the date of this issue.
	Set Name: This is the title of the set or a description if I do not know the title.
	Set Group: This is the type of item(s) contained in the set as far as I can tell: Base Set - what you get when you buy a set of cards or you put together a set by opening packs of cards Premiums - insert cards which are usually different from the base set with unique numbering and design (e.g., foil coatings, embossed images) Promos - card issued separately from the base set to advertise the set, often obtained at card shows, through the mail, and/or from websites Albums - holders for the cards in the form of booklets, folders, binders, etc. Display - items designed to display cards most often in the form of wall posters Packaging - card containers (e.g., boxes, packets) which are collectibles in and of themselves Proofs - pre-distribution cards which were generally not officially released to the public

Click Image to Zoom	Click on the image(s) to zoom in
DB ID	Internal database number (ID)
Number	Number printed on the item. "--" means there is no printed number
Notes	Short notes corresponding to information in the set's description
Qty	Quantity of each item in the set. Used for sets with duplicated identical images
Caption/Description	Title on the item or a description if there is no title
Subject	Name (genus) of the life form
Fantacy Life	Name of the fantacy characture/life form
In Scope	Checkmark = the image contains an extinct life form; an “X” = the image does not contain and extinct life form
DF Collection	The item is contained in *The Dinosaur Fan* collection

I would like to thank the following persons and/or resources from which I obtained set information which was missing from my website.

Name or Source	Qty. of Sets
Robert Telleria	108
Jeff Allender's House of Checklists	97
Milkcap Mania	27
David Elliott	26
The Trading Card Database	21
Dinosaur King Wikia	13
Jeff Quinn	12
Board Game Geek	11
David Mikulec	11
The Prehistoric Times	7
Braiiinz	5
Jacques Vincent	5
Luminias	5
The Cardboard Connection	5
Baseball CardPedia	4
Last Sticker	4
NonSportRealm.com	4
The Vintage Non-Sports Cards Chat Board	4
Beth Trimble	3
Dan Goodsell	3
Glyn Roberts	3
GrnRngr.com	3
Realm of Rubber Dinosaurs	3
Terry Gomes	3
The Sport Americana Price Guide to the Non-Sports Cards #4	3
Todd Jordan	3
David Welch	2
Filmic Light - Snow White Archive	2
Gail Sullivan	2
Michael Howgate	2
Non-sport .com	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
Donna Braginetz	1
Dragon Ball Z Trading Cards Partial Lists	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
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
Mike Fitzpatrick	1
Oddly Quirky	1
Peter Vermaele	1
Sainsbury's	1
Tain't The Meat … It's The Humanity!	1
The Board Game Geek	1
The Collectibles Workshop	1
The Collector	1
The Non-Sport Update Magazine	1
The Wrapper	1
Tom Sims	1
WorthPoint	1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Guide	1

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