Duria Antiquior, a more ancient Dorset ~ Henry De la Beche

[mythosidhe]

This image was undoubtedly the best part of my Natural History class tonight. An explanation from Wikipedia:

"Duria Antiquior, a more ancient Dorset, was the first pictorial representation of a scene of prehistoric life based on evidence from fossil reconstructions, a genre now known as palaeoart. The first version was a watercolour painted in

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[kittytoes]

Ha, that's a lot of hungry big-eyed critters in one place! I love it, I might have to hunt for a print.

[mythosidhe]

It's certainly one of the more bloodthirsty pieces of this type I've seen. No one is safe!