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Paleontology Art Illustrations Collection

Scientific illustrations of ancient life forms on Earth. Paleontology has played a key role in reconstructing Earth's history and has provided much evidence to support the theory of evolution.

Choose a picture from our Paleontology Art Illustrations Collection for your Wall Art and Photo Gifts

Paleontology art can be whimsical or a little more grown up, depending on how it's used in a space. Our fascination with all things dinosaur is far from extinct. Their larger-than-modern-life appeal has long made them, and other prehistoric plants and animals, a favorite theme to touch on in home decor for collectors and fans.

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Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Illustration of a Segnosaurus eating leaves, Cretaceous period

Illustration of a Segnosaurus eating leaves, Cretaceous period

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Ammonite fossil

Ammonite fossil
Ammonite, Biology, Black Background, Color Image, Cross Section, Extinct, Fossil, Geology, Invertebrate, Mineral, No People, Paleontology, Photography, Polish, Shell, Single Object, Spiral

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Artwork of a pair of brachiosaurus

Artwork of a pair of brachiosaurus
Artwork of a male and female brachiosaurus. This was a herbivorous dinosaur that lived roughly 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Artwork of a spinosaurus dinosaur

Artwork of a spinosaurus dinosaur
Spinosaurus (meaning spine lizard ) was arguably the largest known meat-eating dinosaur. It was longer even than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus at, according to one estimate, up to 18m in length

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Illustration of Hadrosaurus dinosaur

Illustration of Hadrosaurus dinosaur

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Illustration of a Phiomia, a type of Gomphothere from the Oligocene period

Illustration of a Phiomia, a type of Gomphothere from the Oligocene period, and a present-day African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Tyrannosaurus rex, artwork

Tyrannosaurus rex, artwork
Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the most famous dinosaur of all. It lived during the last 5 million years of the Cretaceous period, 70-65 million years ago, in what is now North America

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Illustration of bones of Tyrannosaurus foot showing long toes, small first toe, or dew claw

Illustration of bones of Tyrannosaurus foot showing long toes, small first toe, or dew claw, and ankle joint

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Variety of Dinosaurs

Variety of Dinosaurs

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Colourful multi-textured coral cluster

Colourful multi-textured coral cluster

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Plants from the Triassic period

Plants from the Triassic period
Illustration of a Plants from the Triassic period

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Antique engraving illustration: Paleozoic fossils

Antique engraving illustration: Paleozoic fossils

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossil skull engraving 1883

Fossil skull engraving 1883
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition New York Samuel L. Hall 1883 Vol XV

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossils of the Dyas formation (Permian formation), published in 1897

Fossils of the Dyas formation (Permian formation), published in 1897
Fossils of the Dyas formation. Original classification only in Germany - belongs today to the Permian period, about 300 to 250 million years ago. Wood engravings, published in 1897

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossils of the Jura, Fossils, Skeletons, and Tracks Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851

Fossils of the Jura, Fossils, Skeletons, and Tracks Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Geologic period Carboniferous, wood engravings, published 1894

Geologic period Carboniferous, wood engravings, published 1894
The geologic period Carboniferous: 1) Carboniferous ideal landscape with softwoods, scale trees, sigillaria trees, and tree ferns; 2) Imprint of a Kalmite trunk; 3

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossils of the Tertiary Period, Fossils and Skeletons Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851

Fossils of the Tertiary Period, Fossils and Skeletons Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Crioceras roemeri fossil

Crioceras roemeri fossil
Illustration of a Crioceras roemeri fossil

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Congeria subglobosa is extinct genus of fossil marine oysters

Congeria subglobosa is extinct genus of fossil marine oysters
Illustration of a Congeria subglobosa is extinct genus of fossil marine oysters

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: megatherium

megatherium
Megatherium (" Great Beast" ) was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to Central America and South America that lived from the Pliocene through Pleistocene existing

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Cretaceous fossils, wood engravings, published in 1877

Cretaceous fossils, wood engravings, published in 1877
Cretaceous fossils. Flabellina rugosa, Ptychodus latissimus, Bulimina obliqua, Lituola nautiloidea, Lituola nautiloidea, Textularia striata, Textularia aviculata, Baculites anceps

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Tricerotops

Tricerotops
Paleontology Illustrations, 514730745

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Jurassic fossils

Jurassic fossils
Illustration of a Jurassic fossils

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Antique illustration of plants: Fossil fern

Antique illustration of plants: Fossil fern

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Dinosaur engraving 1894

Dinosaur engraving 1894
Johnsons Universal Cyclopedia - Volume VIII New York - A. J. Johnson Company 1894

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: FOSSIL CRAB--CRUSTACEAN

FOSSIL CRAB--CRUSTACEAN. Eocene Period (55-35 million years ago. Cenozoic Era, Morocco

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Old engraved illustration of the Radiolaria, Radiozoa

Old engraved illustration of the Radiolaria, Radiozoa
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored. The Radiolaria, Radiozoa

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossil Snake (Boavus idelmani) Green River Formation, Wyoming

Fossil Snake (Boavus idelmani) Green River Formation, Wyoming

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Carcharodon megalodon tooth

Carcharodon megalodon tooth
Illustration of a Carcharodon megalodon tooth

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods

Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods
Illustration of a Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossil bat. Fossil Bute National Monument, Wyoming. USA

Fossil bat. Fossil Bute National Monument, Wyoming. USA
color image, photography, nature, nobody, vertical image, one animal, animal, wildlife, fauna, one, alone, individual, fossil, old, skeleton, bones, remains, ancient, imprint, bat

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Jurassic fossils, wood engraving, published in 1897

Jurassic fossils, wood engraving, published in 1897
Jurassic fossils: 1) Aspidorhynchus; 2) Lower jaw of Phascolotherium Bucklandi; 3) Megalurus; 4) Pterodactylus crassirostris; 5) Coprolite of Ichthyosaurus; 6) Tooth of Ichthyosaurus platyodon; 7

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: hesperornis

hesperornis
Hesperornis was a large bird, reaching up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in length. It had virtually no wings, and swam with its powerful hind legs

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Nineteenth century engraving of various fossils

Nineteenth century engraving of various fossils
A group of 19th century illustrations of fossils from the ancient past. From " The Worlds Foundations or Geology for Beginners" by Agnes Giberne

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Tertiary fossils, wood engravings published in 1878

Tertiary fossils, wood engravings published in 1878
Tertiary fossils: Crassatella ponderosa, Cancer macrocheilus, Nummulites nummularia (cross section, side view, top view), Limnaeus pyramidalis, Rhombus minimus, Cerithrum hexagonum

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Paleontology Illustrations, 154346474

Paleontology Illustrations, 154346474
154346474

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Amaltheus margaritatus fossil

Amaltheus margaritatus fossil
Illustration of a Amaltheus margaritatus fossil

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Trilobite paradoxides

Trilobite paradoxides
Illustration of a Trilobite paradoxides

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Paleontology Illustrations, 490801428

Paleontology Illustrations, 490801428
490801428

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossils and Skeletons Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851

Fossils and Skeletons Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossil bat (Onychonycteris finneyi) Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming

Fossil bat (Onychonycteris finneyi) Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming - Eocene, 50 million years old

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Shells old litho print form 1852

Shells old litho print form 1852
" Antique shell lithographic print from plate 31 (Conchology), volume 2: A History Of The Earth And Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, 1852."

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Jurassic fossils, wood engravings, published in 1876

Jurassic fossils, wood engravings, published in 1876
Jurassic fossils: Hemicidaris crenularis, Cypris leguminella, Cypris tuberculata, Cypris gibbosa, Ammonites Humphriesianus, Cidaris florigemma (barb), Thecosmilia annularis

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossils and plants from the Triassic period, woodcuts, published 1897

Fossils and plants from the Triassic period, woodcuts, published 1897
Fossils and plants from the Triassic period. Wood engravings, published in 1897

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Old engraved illustration of Mollusca and Scolecida

Old engraved illustration of Mollusca and Scolecida
Antique Illustration, Copyright has expired on this artwork. From my own archives, digitally restored

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: T-Rex Skull Illustration

T-Rex Skull Illustration
The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest and most fearsome carnivores of all time

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus

Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus
Vintage engraving of an Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus. The Ichthyosaurus is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the early Jurassic

Background imagePaleontology Art Illustrations Collection: Fossil of ammonites outdoors in nature

Fossil of ammonites outdoors in nature
El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city of Antequera, in the province of Malaga in Andalusia, Spain



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