c. 180 million years ago, Antarctica
A large predatory dinosaur, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, warms itself in the short south-polar autumn day. It is the most spectacular of several vertebrates discovered on the slopes of Mt. Kirkapatrick, Antarctica giving a clear indication of how lush and bountiful the now frozen continent was in the distant past. This theropod shared its Early Jurassic world with large herbivorous prosauropods, tritylodont mammal-like reptiles and smaller predatory dinosaurs.
Cryolophosaurus means “frozen-crested lizard”, in reference to its Antarctic discovery and the prominent bony crest atop its skull.
A large predatory dinosaur, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, warms itself in the short south-polar autumn day. It is the most spectacular of several vertebrates discovered on the slopes of Mt. Kirkapatrick, Antarctica giving a clear indication of how lush and bountiful the now frozen continent was in the distant past. This theropod shared its Early Jurassic world with large herbivorous prosauropods, tritylodont mammal-like reptiles and smaller predatory dinosaurs.
Cryolophosaurus means “frozen-crested lizard”, in reference to its Antarctic discovery and the prominent bony crest atop its skull.
Cryolophosaurus couple - 2000, inks
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Art and text © Brian Choo 2004
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