by Raven Amos

An electric blue Parksosaurus dances in front of a riot of flowers and flowering plants known from the Cretaceous era. These plants were fast replacing the cycads, ferns, and conifers that had dominated the landscape previously, and were a harbinger of more changes to come.

by Raven Amos

Quetzalcoatlus is a large flying reptile, part of an extinct group of animals called pterosaurs – a close cousin to dinosaurs. It was thought to have launched its giraffe-sized bulk into the air by using its wings like two giant pole-vaults.

by Raven Amos

Quetzalcoatlus is a large flying reptile, part of an extinct group of animals called pterosaurs – a close cousin to dinosaurs. It was thought to have launched its giraffe-sized bulk into the air by using its wings like two giant pole-vaults.

by Raven Amos

Dig this pun. Geology jokes rock!

by Raven Amos

Linkzilla defends all of monsterkind!

by Raven Amos

Save the princess, then destroy Tokyo!

by Raven Amos

Canada’s “spiked lizard” peers through the jungles of time.

by Raven Amos

A Leptoceratops mother and her three chicks go foraging among the cycads.

by Raven Amos

A speculative look at the behaviors and habits of long-gone creatures, submitted for Irregular Books’ “All Yesterdays” contest:

Gorgosaurus libratus – the lesser bowertyrant – courts a potential mate by constructing bowers of bone and driftwood and offering trophies of previous hunts or scavenging expeditions while displaying his iridescent feathers.

by Raven Amos

An Albertosaurus mother takes her chicks out for a walk on a cold winter’s day in Cretaceous Alaska.

by Raven Amos

A Conchoraptor catches her morning meal in Cretaceous Mongolia’s Nemegt River Basin.

by Raven Amos

A troodon stops for a refreshing drink underneath a gingko tree along a rush-lined creek in Cretaceous Alaska.

by Raven Amos

Ichthyovenator laosensis, the fish-hunting dragon of the Cretaceous Laotian swamps.

by Raven Amos

A female Tyrannosaurus awakens at dusk, with a Triceratops breakfast on the horizon.

by Raven Amos

Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis in purple and green.

by Raven Amos

For those of us who prefer a “rarer bird” of coffee.

by Raven Amos

Troodon is known from the Prince Creek formation of northern Alaska.

This picture has been featured on Scientific American Blogs as the Image of the Week for January 22nd, and on the popular Tumblog “F**k Yeah! Dinosaur Art!”

by Raven Amos

Troodon is known from the Prince Creek formation of northern Alaska.

This picture has been featured on Scientific American Blogs as the Image of the Week for January 22nd, and on the popular Tumblog “F**k Yeah! Dinosaur Art!”