Fossil Art and Scientific Illustration

   

Artwork and Scientific Illustration:

Fossils, Paleontology, Geologic Time and Paleobiology

Also see:

Ernst Haeckel's Scientific Illustrations
Creative Commons Scientific Illustration
Paleontology Presentation Graphics
Paleo Art of the Adamek Sisters
Eclectic Fossils
Michael's Evolutionary Anecdotes

 

Paleontology and Scientific Concept Illustrations

USGS Geologic Time
G protein-coupled receptor
Darwin's Galápagos Finches
USGS Geologic Time
G protein-coupled receptor
Homeodomain protein bound to DNA
Estrogen bound to estrogen receptor protein
Darwin's Galápagos Finches
Painting of HMS Beagle
   
Chlorophyll a molecule
Chlorophyll a molecule
Chlorophyll b molecule
Chlorophyll b molecule
   

Precambrian Time

Earth during the Hadean
Ediacaran Life
Vendian Biota
Stromatolitic Reef
Earth during the Hadean
Hadean Eon Hades
Ediacaran Life
Vendian Biota
Dickinsonia
Stromatolitic Reef
         
Sea Pen
         

Paleozoic Time

Trilobites on seafloor
Trilobites
Devonian Marine Life
Devonian Forest
Permian Marine Life
Permian Land Life
Plaleozoic ferns
Carboniferous
Archipolypoda
Ammonites
Fern Forest
Carboniferous
Archipolypoda
Crinoids
Ammonite
ammonites image
     
Ammonoids, circa 1703
Cambrian Life
Arctinurus Trilobite
     

Mesozoic Time

Pleisiosaurus
Cretaceous Triceratops
     
Pleisiosaurus
Cretaceous Triceratops
Extant Coelacanth with discoverer
     

Cenozoic Time

Megaceras
Woolly Mammoth
Moa Bird
 
Megaceras
by Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
from Nebula to Man
1905 England
Woolly Mammoth
by unknown
from St. Nicholas Magazine
1882 United States
Moa Bird
by Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
from Extinct Monsters
1892 England
Oreodont Oligocene Early Mammal
Mesohippus Early Horse
 

Cells

Eukaryote Cell
Eukaryote
Eukaryote Plant Cell
     
Eukaryote Animal Cell

Eukaryote
Endomembrane

Eukaryote Plant Cell
     

Paleogeography Maps

Western Interior Seaway
       
Continents at 550 million years ago
Western Interior Seaway during Cretaceous
       
Jellyfish Stages
Blastodea
Ammonite
Tangled Bank
Chaetopoda
Jellyfish Stages
Jellyfish Art
Blastoid Art
Ammonite Art
Tangled Bank
Chaetopoda
Pennatulida
Sea Anemones
 
 
 
Pennatulida
 Sea Anemones
 Arachnida
 
 
 

Other Vintage Paleoartand Scientific Illustration

Osteolepis by Heinz Christian Pander
       
Osteolepis by Heinz Christian Pander
Ostracoda by E Ray Lankester
       
 

Extant and Living Life Forms

Yellow Mite
Sea Pen
Dipterus valenciennesi Lungfish
Rhinobatos Guitar Fishes
Limulus polyphemus Horseshoe Crab  
Limulus polyphemus Horseshoe Crab
 
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