By raven , 25 February 2026
A dilophosaurus dinosaur floats in tranquil blue water with a small frog, Prosalirus, floating just out of sight underneath. The dinosaur is restored as a semi-aquatic hunter with turtle-like webbed forelimbs and alligator-like osteoderms along the back. © Raven Amos

A Dilophosaurus restored as a speculative semi-aquatic predator floating in calm water. An ancient frog relative, Prosalirus, floats along underneath, just out of sight. These two creatures were found in the Kayenta Formation of Early Jurassic northern Arizona.

Citations:
Shubin, N., Jenkins, F. An Early Jurassic jumping frog. Nature 377, 49–52 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/377049a0