Paleoartchive

Depictions of prehistoric (and some more recently extinct) life

[jorgeburgos8]

In the Yixian Formation, as the midday heat sets in, the animals seek ways to cool off; some choose to drink from the river, while others opt to sleep to avoid the heat.

[lazer-t]

Heraldry-style Dodo

Originally drawn for the DinoCon 2026 Art Exhibition

Exhibition print available here

[felkot]

Artfight attack on spinosaurus poland!!! Spino gazing at carp shaped clouds ....

At first i was planning to go with this realistic paleoart look but i was not satisfied with the colors and finally scrapped it. Its still cool tho!!

[griff-crimson]

ough ( sacabambaspis )

[nazrigar]

Rest in Peace, Sam Neill

In Jurassic Park, one of the scenes that I believe impacted my life in a way I couldn't imagine then was when Dr. Alan Grant saw the Brachiosaurus for the first time.

Sam Neill's performance there, capture the amazement I had seeing that seemingly living, breathing dinosaur for the first time.

I can't imagine the amount of people who'm Sam Neill has inspired among his many roles.

RIP. Hope you're catching up Sir Richard Attenborough in the afterlife.

[zombiethethinker]

Dilophosaurus wetherilli

[lazer-t]

Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Originally drawn for the DinoCon 2026 Art Exhibition

Exhibition print sold

[allosaurusrock-art]

Christmas present for my dad- A drawing of Nuralagus Rex. I based this drawing off of a photo of an Amami rabbit from animalinfo.org.

N. Rex lived on the island of Menorca in the Mediterranean during the Pliocene. Having few or no predators, and being confined to an island, n. Rex grew to be an approximate 12 kg, making it the largest lagomorph. (The order that includes rabbits and hares). N. Rex’s environmental conditions also resulted in a short, stiff spine, making it unable the jump like other members of the order. On top of that, they had limited vision and hearing.

[cloudypetrel]

Allosaurus fragillis

I added a lot of extra facial tissue to this pretty boy, changing completely how the head looks compared to the skull. I accidentally made the original file over 30 MB big somehow so this version is not at it's true crispness. He sort of reminds me of a clownfish so I'm gonna name him Clowny.

[cloudypetrel]

Paris the Parasaurolophus [AF]

She is so cute and I love her. Pride Dinosaurs FTW! This is an Artfight attack against the user: https://artfight.net/~CraftyCatfromNZ @craftycat711

[retrik]

he’s scary

[cloudypetrel]

Stone the ichthyovenator [AF]

I love these heron lizards so I'm happy to draw one! This is an #Artfight #attack against the user: artfight.net/~Boquadin

I was too far into the project when I realized the neck was too short. :^[

[sennamaticart]

Artfight attack for ~FeatheredPhantom of Sapphira

[deerstepsdraws]

Artfight attack for Bonbonn

[thedrawinggizzard]

Funky looking pterosaur guy with his chicks.

[nazrigar]

A warm-up drawing based on an idea I had for a long time.

Simba requires wisdom that his father nor his ancestors can provide, so he asks the help of truly ancient spirits, kings from the distant past.

Depicted here is a Spinosaurus and Megistotherium.

Tried to combine the designs of both the original and the 2019 version of Simba here.

An a more paleontological note, it's amazing just how colossal the super theropods were. Megistotherium is the largest mammalian hypercarnivore that we know of... and is still pretty small in comparison to Spinosaurus.

[fwipination]

Artfight revenge #2 goes out to @hotmothsummer of their perfectly pink Ouranosaurus Ophelia! (She is beauty, she is grace, she'll kick a yoga ball in your face*)

(*Affectionately!)