Paleoart Hoodies

Akylosaurus, it’s name means the “fused lizard.” This big guy was the largest known member of a group of the most heavily armored dinosaurs ever to have lived, most of it’s body was covered in large osteoderms (bony hard scales, or plates), this armor was so impenetrable that some scientists think that they might have had armored eye lids. Ankylosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous at around 68 to 66 million years ago. The largest specimens found to date probably weight in at a maximum of 4.4 – 7.9 tons, and sported a large tail weapon (or club) that could be up to around 2 feet wide and could easily shatter bone, easily able to shatter the leg bones of big predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Styracosaurus design with floral borders. Designed for mask mainly.

B. excelsus was first described by O.C. Marsh in 1879, for a century its name stood among the likes of Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops horridus as a quintessential example of what the world thinks of when they hear the word “Dinosaur.” Although there has been some confusion among the public as new studies come out and names have been changed and now changed back, and possibly changed again, the silhouette of Brontosaurus is still what people think of when they conjure up images of long necked giants knocking down trees in a prehistoric forest looking for plants to eat like some sort of giant reptilian cow. B. excelsus lived some 156.3 to 146.8 MYA during the Late Jurassic. It was roughly 72 feet in length and weighed around 17 tons.

tyrant lizard king

Styracosaurus (or “spiked lizard”) was a member of the ceretopsian family of dinosaurs. Though somewhat smaller than it’s much more famous relative Triceratops, it made up for it’s lack of size in the number of horns it had covering it’s face with one long central horn jutting from it’s nose and at least 4 or more long frill spines protruding from the crest on the back of it’s skull. The spines most likely had a variety of purposes, from defense, to attracting a mate, to species recognition. Styracosaurus was a hervivore and lived during the Late Cretaceous period, roughly 75.5 to 75 million years ago, in what would eventually become North America ranging from Alberta, Canada to what would eventually be Montana in the United States.

Weighing in at around 7.9 tons and measuing up to around 40 feet in length, Tyrannosaurus rex was a carnivorous powerhouse. With teeth the size of your average banana and a jaw wrapped in powerful muscle, recent studies have estimated it was capable of exerting a bit force of around 12,000 pounds, making it easily capable of ripping the flesh and absolutely pulverizing the bones of any Cretaceous animal unlucky enough to cross it’s path.

At up to 20 feet Pteranodon had one of the largest wingspans of any flying animal in the fossil record. From around 86 to 84.5 million years ago it flew along the coastal shores of an Cretaceous seaway that once split the North American continent. The first specimens were discovered in 1870 by Othniel Charles Marsh in the chalk deposits of Western Kansas. Marsh initially thought his discovery was a part of the Pterodactylus genus of pterosaurs found in Europe, over time with more complete finds he realized that it was indeed part of a new genus separate from those previously found, but the common name stuck for most people and the name Pterodactyl is still used today in movies, poorly informed books and other media.

Oviraptor was a small predatory dinosaur that lived in the Gobi Desert during the Late Cretaceous (around 75 million years ago). It was about 3 feet tall and 5 feet in length, and very lightly built, probably only weighing around 55 to 79 pounds, much like it’s modern bird relatives. Studies of earlier relatives suggest that they not only had feathers but had large display feathers on their tails that were likely used to woo potential mates. The discovery of Oviraptor embryos has allowed scientists to get a better idea of the biology of these animals and of dinosaur egg laying behavior, as well as their development.

Darwinopterus (Darwin’s Wing) was a pterosaur found in China that lived during the Middle-Jurassic period, about 160 million years ago. Despite being much smaller than it’s later cousins,only having about a 3 foot wingspan, it is an important speciment as it represents a possible transition between early long-tailed pterosaurs like Rhamphorhynchus and later short-tailed flyers like Pteranodon. Because of this transitional status it was named after the famous biologist and author of the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin.

Smilodon (or 2-edged knife tooth) is better known as the famous saber-toothed cat, it is an extinct species of large cat common to the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch, from 2.5 million years to 10,000 years ago. There were three species, S. gracilis (weighing in at around 120-220lbs), S. fatalis (350-620lbs), and a South American species S. populator (490-880lbs). All saber-toothed cats were defined by their distinctive long canine teeth measuring around 11 inches in length, which they used in hunting large herbivores like bison, camels, and small horses, and even mammoths.

Incisivosaurus was a small dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous, 126 million years ago. It was discovered in Northern China in 2002. The nearly complete remains were found with feather preservation. Their most unique feature is a pair of pronounced front teeth that scientists think they used to break open hard nuts or fruit as it's likely they were primarily herbivores. They measured only 3.3 feet in length.

The "Hierophant" card design of my dinosaur tarot card line featuring spinosaurus.

Anomalocaris, Pikaia, Opabinia, Hallucigenia, Tuzoia, Eldonia and Trilobite

This design explores the evolution of human culture from ape origins through prehistory

Storm clouds roll in over a beach on the coast of Jurassic (152 million years ago) Tanzania. A single Kentrosaur wanders alone in search of food, it grows apprehensive as the thunder rolls over the horizon. Kentrosaurus weighed in at around 1.7 tons, reaching about 18 feet in length. Though it wasn’t the biggest member of the Stegosauridae family it made up for it by having an exaggerated set of weaponry, including spikes measuring almost 2.5 feet in length running from the tip of its tale to just behind its pelvis; couple that with a tale capable of an almost 90 mile per hour swing and it would have surely been an intimidating prospect for any predator to take on.

A fun dinosaur and volcano kid's illustration.

Fruitadens + Gender fluid flag = FLUIDadens prideosaur! Cute LGBTQIA+ design perfect as a gift for people who loves dinosaurs. Design fitting for Pride Month (June) and Dinosaur Day (June 1).

Psittacosaurus was an early Ceratopsian, a member of the same group as Triceratops, and Styracosaurus. While they lacked the crests of their larger relatives they possessed tall skulls and powerful beaks, Ptittacosaurus (meaning “parrot lizard”) gets it’s name from it’s parrot-like beak structure. Fossils also have been found with preserved bristle-like filaments on the fail section, most likely used for display. Though it was small, only about 6.5 feet in length and weighing in at around 44 pounds, we know a lot about them. Psittacosaurus has the largest number of described species at around 9 or 10, many of those species possess specialized beak structures that possibly aided them in different ecological niches.

Show your loyalty to Interfector with this SUBMIT design, put the original rulers of the earth back in charge: dinosaurs! This is a joke design fitting with a character I designed. I can neither confirm nor deny that dinosaurs are uniting to take over the earth.

The "Empress" card from my dinosaur tarot collection featuring triceratops.

A fun dinosaur and volcano kid's illustration.

A fun dinosaur and volcano kid's illustration.

Since scientists are trying hard to bring back dinosaurs by changing the chickens genes, this is my interpretation of what it will look like. My guess is that they will look similar to Micro-raptors. As a dinosaur lover and ex-chicken owner, I love how a Chickenosaurus is coming, I'm not sure if it's true.... But if it is, I hope others are as excited as I am. This is how I think Rooster or Male Chickenosaurus would look like.

A couple of dinos in love! Cute design fitting for people who loves dinosaurs. It can be given as a Birthday gift or Christmas gift! Design is also fitting in time for Valentine's Day (February 14), Dinosaur Day (June 1) and National Fossil Day (October 13)!

A small early sauropod from Sichuan province in China, Shunosaurus is best known for the strange bony club at the end of its tail.

Propaganda poster design for using dinosaurs in battle! Invest in paleogenetics and help create dinosaurs, they fight so you don't have to.

The ceratopsian dinosaur with one of the most spectacular frills, Chasmosaurus's name means "Opening reptile" after the huge holes in the bone of its frill

"Don`t wake up my inner dinosaur" Spinosaur Dragon was an apex predator and the king of the ancient seas. Don`t wake them up in people

The "Emperor" card from my dinosaur tarot collection featuring Giraffatitan.

The "Hermit" card from my dinosaur tarot collection featuring Oryctodromeus.

The "Star" card from my dinosaur tarot collection featuring the maiasaurus and her baby, keeping it from going to the river at night.

My best work to date. A dimetrodon is happy, what did it see? Ice cream? Or a amphibian?

The "Judgement" card from my dinosaur tarot collection featuring the ankylosaurus.

Wishing You a Dino-Mite Christmas! Cute design fitting for people who loves dinosaurs. It can be given as a Birthday gift or Christmas gift! Design is also fitting in time for Dinosaur Day (June 1) and National Fossil Day (October 13)!