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Palaeoart Gallery

Dinosaur Gallery (inc. birds)

The most popular of all prehistoric animals: those great terrestrial reptiles that flourished throughout the Mesozoic Era and, in the form of birds, beyond, still existing today as the most diverse group of land vertebrates.

Marine Reptile Gallery

The many lineages of reptile which returned to the seas during the Mesozoic, including plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and mosasaurs.

K/Pg Extinction Gallery

One of the worst days in the history of life as seen from North America, explored in art. It's difficult to convey the scale and awfulness of this event, but it's a fascinating subject to explore artistically, even if I think mere paintings struggle to convey how terrifying it must have been. This sequence of paintings was published in my book King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus rex (2025).

Pterosaur Gallery

The Mesozoic flying reptiles were some of the most spectacular of all fossil animals. Considered monstrous gargoyles for much of the 19th and 20th century, they are, today, regarded as wonderous animals that we are unfortunate to never have witnessed.

Synapsid Gallery (inc. Mammals)

Our own evolutionary address: mammals and our ancient relatives. The images in this gallery span a huge range of time, from the late Palaeozoic up until nearly the modern day.

Miscellaneous Gallery

The prehistoric invertebrates, fish, 'amphibians', pseudosuchians and weirdo reptiles that don't fit into the categories above.

The Basement

Oh dear, you've scrolled so far that you've reached the basement. This is where the monsters live.

All website content © Mark P. Witton.

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