#muraenosaurus

[antiqueanimals]

"The jaws of the Plesiosaurs were armed with large numbers of sharp teeth, which it sank into the body of its prey. (Above; head of the genus Muraenosaurus, a plesiosaur over 20 feet long. Centre; head of the genus Hydrotherosaurus, a plesiosaur over 40 feet long. Below; head of the genus Styxosaurus."

Prehistoric Sea Monsters. Written by Dr. Josef Augusta. Illustrated by Zdeněk Burian. 1966.

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[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2011 I created four digital composite illustrations for the refurbished fossil gallery at Leicester New Walk Museum. For continuity, where possible I used Photoshop to put my scale models into the compositions. Here are two Liopleurodon and a Muraenosaurus (the Muraenosaurus escapes!).

[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2011 I created a bunch of models for the Leicester New Walk Museum. Here is the scale model of the plesiosaur, Muraenosaurus.

[cienciasnacionales]

Muraenosaurus y Vinialesaurus, dos géneros de plesiosaurios que habitaron Chile hace 160 millones de años Chile es un hermoso y extenso país, asentado sobre la costa pacífica al extremo de Sudamerica, rodeado por grandes contrastes geográficos que van desde los bosques australes, hasta el desierto de Atacama dónde vivieron Muraenosaurus y Vinialesaurus, hace 160 millones de años, según lo reveló un estudio.

[dryptosaurus]

Muraenosaurus head by Zdeněk Burian