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New takes on the Wealden Supergroup palaeobiota, part 2: Baryonyx, freshwater...
Last week we took a look at some new art of animals from the Wealden Supergroup, the intensively studied, historically important Lower Cretaceous rocks of Southern Britain. We all know the Wealden for...
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Why Dimorphodon macronyx is one of the coolest pterosaurs
How to make Dimorphodon macronyx fly: chase it down with a Sarcosaurus-like dinosaur. The most recent illustration of the 'reluctant flier Dimorphodon' hypothesis, based on predicted wing parameters of...
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New paper: walking with early pterosaurs
Non-pterodactyloids like Dimorphodon macronyx are meant to be slow, sprawling terrestrial locomotors. So what's up with this image of one running with erect limbs? Read on... Prints of this image are...
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On Jurassic World and real 'raptors': Velociraptor, Deinonychus and Achillobator
The online palaeontological community has no shortage of words on the recently released Jurassic World movie – most of them concerning the deplorable disregard for the last two decades of dinosaur...
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A year of Tyrannosaurus rex artworks
A minor milestone was reached this week at my print store - there's now 50 different bits of art in there. Given that I only started selling prints less than a year ago, I'm happy to see some...
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Where next for the Jurassic Park movies?
Which creative direction would you take one of the most successful movie franchises of all time? Apparently, I would start by desaturating it of all colour. Read on to find out more.To the surprise of...
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A new book, Recreating an Age of Reptiles, coming this Autumn
Twitter and Facebook followers will be aware that teases of new artwork and allusions to a second book form the majority of my recent social media output. Today, the teases stop and the covers are...
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Announcing my Patreon page
Scleromochlus taylori, because a hustling palaeoartist needs mascots. The full painting can be seen at my Patreon page, and you can read more about this fantastic little animal here.Regular readers may...
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The life aquatic with flying reptiles
Pteranodon sternbergi dives for a school of panicked fish. So, what, pterosaurs are super good at swimming now? Read on... Reworked version of an image from Witton (2013). Click here to buy prints of...
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Humps, lumps and fatty tissues in dinosaurs, starring Camarasaurus
I like to see fossil animals restored as if they belong in the world they're depicted in. That is, not just as basic, conservative reconstructions of ancient species in an certain landscape, but...
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What pterosaurs tell us about the evolution of feathers
2011 PR image for the 2014 description of Laquintasaura venezuelae, a basal ornithischian from Venezuela. Scales were the requested integument for this reconstruction, but how does that decision hold...
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New sauropodoramas: Stormy brachiosaurs! Apatosaurine brontosmash!
Realising that Recreating an Age of Reptileswas a bit light on sauropod art, I've been beavering away on two additional sauropodoramas* to pad things out a bit. I thought I'd share them here.*Sauropods...
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We just can't quit you, Pterodactylus
A small flock of Pterodactylus antiquus, represented by small juveniles (left) up to big adults (right) scope out foraging options in a Jurassic marsh. The animal on the right is luring prey to the...
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The Spinosaurus saga continues
A year after the 'Spinosaurus reboot' as a small-legged, early whale-mimicking aquatic quadruped, experts remain divided over fundamental aspects of Spinosaurus palaeobiology. This depiction shows...
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The lifestyle of Tanystropheus, part 1: was that neck too heavy for use on land?
Two Tanystropheus longobardicus tussle in Triassic Europe. There's a distinct lack of water supporting their necks in this scene, and some might suggest this makes such behaviour impossible for these...
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The lifestyle of Tanystropheus, part 2: coastal fisher or...
The new Tanystropheus cf. longobardicus skeletal reconstruction I presented in my last post. What the dickens did this crazy animal do? That's what we're discussing today.What sort of animal was the...
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Dinosaur scales: some thoughts for artists
Turns out that Triceratops horridus had some of the coolest scales of any dinosaur: huge, interlocking tubercles with low bosses and spikes. No other dinosaur has skin like this - at least, not without...
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Deinosuchus: the Dalek-backed alligatoroid that (sometimes) made chew toys of...
Deinosuchus rugosus swallows the remains of a large Cretaceous sea turtle. Other archosaurs notice, decide to interrupt.Any palaeontological geek worth their salt knows that several gigantic...
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Jaw gaping in Spinosaurus hinges on modern birds
A north African spinosaurine, with obvious nods to recent work suggesting some of these animals might've had short legs and a semi-aquatic lifestyle. The pterosaurs are azhdarchids, which are known to...
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