c. 40 million years ago, Antarctica

A selection of marine life based on material from New Zealand and Seymour Island, Antarctica. A mother whale, (Zygorhiza sp.) desperately tries to shield her baby from the monstrous 10 m shark Carcharocles auriculatus . Man-sized penguins (Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi) flee in terror. Back then, Antarctica and the seas surrounding it were a lot warmer than they are today.

This image was created for the "The Big Picture Book" (Allen & Unwin, 2005)

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Art and text © Brian Choo 2004