Dinosaur Images

Dinosaur Images

Work by Robert Nicholls

" Cretaceous Jaws - Mosasaurs under Shark attack "

"The Great and the Dead"

Beneath the shade of a nearby conifer tree lays the dried remains of a half eaten sauropod. The ribs bend upward and inward as silhouettes across a clear, Late Jurassic sky. Suddenly, without warning a young male Allosaurus fragilis charges by, his jaws agape. A battle ensues and, within the hour, a second carcass lies beneath the ancient conifer.

"A Killing Breach"

After hunting in deep waters, a Metriorhynchus comes to the surface to breathe. Just as the marine crocodile takes a gulp of air its tail is clamped in the jaws of a Liopleurodon ! The pliosaur pulls the croc beneath the waves then begins a rapid ascent. In one spectacular breach the croc is lifted high into the air and then smashed against the water (Jurassic).

"The Last Brachiosaur."

It has been forty days since the sun last fell to the sound of singing brachiosaurs. For weeks this giant sang alone hoping for a reply from another of her kind… but none came. Now, her will is broken and beneath the setting Cretaceous sun she awaits her fate. Following this night, never again will a Brachiosaurus shadow be cast upon the Earth.

"The Matriarch."

Triceratops horridus is the largest and most commonly discovered ceratopsian. There are many different species of ceratopsian dinosaur but Triceratops is easily recognised by the three facial horns and large, solid neck frill. Whether Triceratops used its headgear for defence or sexual display has been a topic of hot debate for many years (Late Cretaceous).

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