Paleobotany Collection (page 2)

A Monolophosaurus dinosaur walking amongst cycas and calamites

Dicksonia antarctica tree fern
Dicksonia antarctica (Tasmanian Tree Fern) is a slow growing tree fern that in time will reach 15 feet tall with a possible 6-10 spread

Prehistoric era Cycadeoidea tree

Suchomimus dinosaurs walking next to pond at sunset with pachypteris and bald cypress trees

Cycadeoidea plant on white background. Cycadales, but mostly Cycadeoideae were so abundant during the Jurassic period that Jurassic is often called the Cycads age

Prehistoric glyptodonts graze on grassy plains. An Eremotherium is in the background
Prehistoric glyptodonts of the genus Doedicurus graze on grassy plains 25, 000 years ago in what is today South America. In the background is a giant ground sloth of the genus Eremotherium

Caudipteryx wander a prehistoric landscape
Peacock-sized theropod dinosaurs of the genus Caudipteryx wander a landscape dominated by cycad-like seed plants of the genus Williamsonia 125 million years ago in what is today China

The distinctive shape of Stegosaurus stands out against the sunset. Stegosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic period 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America

Calamites prehistoric tree from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, isolated on white background

A herd of Omeisaurus dinosaurs at a watering hole
A herd of Omeisaurus dinosaurs use a small Jurassic pond for drinking and bathing

An Archaeopteryx observing a flock of migrating pterosaurs

Carboniferous forest of the Eastern United States 300 million years ago
Carboniferous plants and animals of the Eastern United States circa 300 million years ago

Group of Portuguese Man O War
The Portuguese Man O War is a dangerous jellyfish which stings its prey with poisonous tentacles

A Dodo bird hides in a dense jungle near a stream filled with large mossy boulders

Sigillaria prehistoric plant on white background

Monolophosaurus dinosaur roaring next to cycadeoidea plant

Prehistoric era Cordaites tree

Prehistoric era Pachypteris tree

Williamsonia gigas prehistoric tree, isolated on white background

A Late Devonian Period Ichthyostega submerged in a floodplain
A Late Devonian Ichthyostega submerged in a floodplain 365 million years ago in what is today the Canadian Arctic. The tree-like trunk immediately behind the Ichthyostega is the base of a Pleuromeia

Species of the genus Dinomischus populate the ocean floor 505 million years ago
Resembling modern flowers, species of the genus Dinomischus populate the ocean floor about 505 million years ago. About four inches tall

An group of Ankylosaurid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous in Western North America

A large Dracovenator chasing a group of Heterodontosaurus dinosaurs
A large carnivorous Dracovenator chasing a group of Heterodontosaurus dinosaurs during the Early Jurassic period

Platybelodon was a large herbivorous mammal that lived during the Miocene epoch
Platybelodon was a large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant. Platybelodon lived during the Miocene epoch about 15-4 million years ago, and ranged over Africa, Europe, Asia and North America

Microraptor gui eating a small fish
Microraptor gui, a small four-winged dromaeosaur, eating a small fish. The microraptor was recently found in Xing et al 2013 to have preserved fish contents in the gut of a fossil

Plateosaurus and Ceolophysis dinosaurs of the Triassic period
The late Triassic period circa 215 million years ago, featuring the large prosauropod Plateosaurus and the early dinosaur predator Ceolophysis

Kaprosuchus crocodyliforms near a baobab tree in a prehistoric landscape
20-foot-long, 1-ton mahajangasuchid crocodyliforms of the genus Kaprosuchus mill about at waters edge near a baobab tree 95 million years ago in what is today Africa

A Crichtonsaurus crosses paths with a pair of frogs within a Cretaceous forest
A ten-foot-long Crichtonsaurus crosses paths with a pair of frogs deep within a Cretaceous forest 95 million years ago. The heavily armored Crichtonsaurus was a herbivore

A rat-sized Purgatorius hides from a Bistahieversor dinosaur in a cretaceous forest
A rat-sized Purgatorius hides amongst the undergrowth of a Cretaceous forest while a 30 foot long, 2, 000 pound tyrannosaur forages for its next meal in what is today the western United States

An armored Bothriolepis glides along the bottom of a flooded plain
A 12-inch long armored Bothriolepis glides along the bottom of a flooded plain 380 million years ago during the Late Devonian

A large Sierra redwood tree on white background
A large Sierra redwood tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on white background

A forest of Calamites and Asteroxylon 390 million years ago
This is how a forest of Calamites and Asteroxylon may have appeared just about anywhere on the Earth 390 million years ago. The Calamites are the slender Christmas tree shaped plants

Asterophyllites plant of the Carboniferous period
Asterophyllites is one of the many plants of the Carboniferous that used to grow up to gigantic proportions: as big as an average tree

Nothofagus antarctica tree on white background
Nothofagus antarctica is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern Chile and Argentina where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest

Pachypteris prehistoric plant, isolated on white background

Anomalocaris sneaks up on a Trilobite in Cambrian seas
Anomalocaris, an invertebrate predator of Cambrian seas, sneaks up on a Trilobite, his favorite prey among Stromatolites

Walchia tree on white background. Walchia is a fossil conifer, cypress-like genus of Upper Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) and lower Permian. It is found in Europe and North America

Archaeopteryx flying through a forest

A Carboniferous forest of Midwestern North America 350 million years ago featuring Lepidodendron aculeatum (resembling feather dusters on long sticks)

Dilong paradoxus strolling around the woods in search of food. Lizard movement attracted the attention of one of them. In the thickets are five Psittacosaurus trying to blend with the environment

Group of dinosaurs grazing in a grassy field. Visible are Styracosaurus, Stegoceras, Udanoceratops and Quetzalcoatlus

A Sabre-Toothed Tiger stalks a herd of Deinotherium
A lone carnivorous Sabre-Toothed Tiger looks down across a vast plain where a herd of Deinotherium graze during Earths Pleistocene Era

Prehistoric era Glossopteris tree

Styracosaurus, a horned dinosaur of the late Cretaceous

Dipterus is an extinct freshwater lungfish from the Devonian Period of Australia and Europe

Scutosaurus karpinskii in prehistoric waters

An Archaeopteryx on a log above a stream

Cordaites prehistoric plant from the Carboniferous period, isolated on white background

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