| NATURAL HISTORY |
| Proterozoic
Mesozoic |
| 251 to 65.5 Mya.
Some pictures have rollover detail functions. |
Triassic. Metoposaurus Gouache 2001 |
Late Triassic. Sharovipteryx mirabilis Gouache 2001 Made on the basis of a skeletal reconstruction drawing by Peter Davis. |
Late Triassic. Preondactylus buffarinii 2009 The earliest known Pterodactyl. |
Jurassic. Anchiornis huxleyi |
Late Jurassic. Europasaurus holgeri The Pterosaur is a yet unnamed early Dsungaripterid. Most of the "reconstruction" of this pterosaur is very hypothetical. |
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Late Jurassic. Archaeopteryx lithographica The possibility that Archaeopteryx might have had these leg feathers was presented in 2006 by Nick Longrich. Published in Vasabladet 26.10.2008 together with an article about the evolution of flight among birds and mammals. |
"Barremian Spain". Baryonyx walkeri, Goniopholis sp., |
Detail. Baryonyx walkeri |
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Detail. Goniopholis sp. |
Detail. Iberomesornis romerali |
Early Cretaceous. Microraptor gui in a Gingko tree This painting was made for an article by Rolf Österblad and Vasabladet in 2003. Microraptor had just been described. |
Early Cretaceous. Microraptor gui Published in Vasabladet 26.10.2008 together with an article about the evolution of flight among birds and mammals. |
Early Cretaceous. Jeholodens jenkinsi and Sinosauropteryx prima Pencil 1999 Plants are Cycads, small Blechnum-type ferns, clubmoss and Araucaria. Sinosauropteryx looks large in this one. Published in Vasabladet 1999. Article written by Rolf Österblad. Jeholodens had just been described in Nature |
Cretaceous. Dsungaripterus weii 2009 (rollover for detail) |
Cretaceous. Argentinosaurus huinculensis , Abelisaurus comahuensis Gouache 2001 At the time of making this painting not much was known about Argentinosaurus apart from it being huge and heavy. I based the head upon other South American sauropods. Published in Vasabladet 2003. Article written by Rolf Österblad. |
Cretaceous. Lacusovagus magnificens 2010 References: |
Cretaceous. Lacusovagus magnificens 2009 (rollover for detail) References: |
Cretaceous. Lacusovagus magnificens 2009 |
Cretaceous. Tupandactylus imperator Gouache 2001 |
Late Cretaceous. Hatzegopteryx thambema 2010 |
Late Cretaceous. Hatzegopteryx thambema 2010 (rollover for detail) |
Late Cretaceous. Majungasaurus crenatissimus Gouache 2001 |
Late Cretaceous. Avimimus portentosus, Saurolophus angustirostris Pencil 1994 One of my first "prehistoric" drawings |
Late Cretaceous. Xiphactinus audax Gouache 2001 |