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The Dinosaurs ClipArt gallery includes 37 illustrations dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Please note that many of these illustrations come from nineteenth century sources and therefore may not reflect contemporary scientific understanding of these creatures.

This is an illustration of the smaller animals from the time when Dinosaurs ruled the planet.

Ancient Animals

This is an illustration of the smaller animals from the time when Dinosaurs ruled the planet.

"Nearly perfect fossil skeleton of Archaegosaurus." -Taylor, 1904

Archegosaurus

"Nearly perfect fossil skeleton of Archaegosaurus." -Taylor, 1904

This illustration shows the track of a Brontozoum Giganteum. The trac is actually eighteen inches long, with the dinosaur standing over twenty feet high.

Brontozoum Giganteum

This illustration shows the track of a Brontozoum Giganteum. The trac is actually eighteen inches long,…

Tracks of Chirotherium or "hand-beast" in Buntsandstein found in Hessbeg, Germany.

Chirotherium Tracks

Tracks of Chirotherium or "hand-beast" in Buntsandstein found in Hessbeg, Germany.

An illustration of a fossil containing Chirotherium tracks. Chirotherium (also known as Cheirotherium) or 'hand-beast', is the name of a creature which may be known only from fossil imprints of its tracks (trace fossils). These look, by coincidence, remarkably like the hand of an ape/human or bear, with the outermost toe having evolved to extend out to the side like a thumb, although probably only providing a firmer grip in mud. Its tracks were first found in 1834, in red sandstone in Thuringia, Germany, dating from 240 million years ago (mya). This creature was probably an archosaur, related to the ancestors of the dinosaurs.

Chirotherium Tracks

An illustration of a fossil containing Chirotherium tracks. Chirotherium (also known as Cheirotherium)…

1. Ichthyosaurus, 2. Teleosaurus, 3, 4, and 5. Plesiosaurus

Aquatic dinosaurs

1. Ichthyosaurus, 2. Teleosaurus, 3, 4, and 5. Plesiosaurus

An illustration of a Diplodocus skeleton and the caudal vertebrae (A and B). Diplodocus is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. It lived in what is now western North America at the end of the Jurassic Period. Diplodocus is one of the more common dinosaur fossils found in the Upper Morrison Formation, a sequence of shallow marine and alluvial sediments deposited about 150 to 147 million years ago, in what is now termed the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages.

Diplodocus

An illustration of a Diplodocus skeleton and the caudal vertebrae (A and B). Diplodocus is a genus of…

The skeleton of an elasmosaurus, a dinosaur in the order of plesiosaurs.

Elasmosaurus Skeleton

The skeleton of an elasmosaurus, a dinosaur in the order of plesiosaurs.

"Glyptodon (Glyptodon clavipes). The typical and best-known genus of the family Glyptodontidae; the long-tailed fossil armadillos or glyptodons, with 5 toes on the hind feet and 4 on the fore, the fifth digit of which is wanting." -Whitney, 1911

Glyptodon

"Glyptodon (Glyptodon clavipes). The typical and best-known genus of the family Glyptodontidae; the…

The hylaeosaurus measured between twenty and thirty feet in length, and fed on vegetation.

Hylaeosaurus

The hylaeosaurus measured between twenty and thirty feet in length, and fed on vegetation.

The skeleton of Ichthyosaurus.

Ichthyosaurus

The skeleton of Ichthyosaurus.

An illustration of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton. Ichthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian - Sinemurian) of Europe (Belgium, England and Germany). It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, with the Order Ichthyosauria being named after it. Ichthyosaurus was the first complete fossil to be discovered in the early 1800's by Mary Anning in England.

Archaeopteryx Skeleton

An illustration of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton. Ichthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from…

An illustration of an Ichthyosaurus skull. Ichthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian - Sinemurian) of Europe (Belgium, England and Germany). It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, with the Order Ichthyosauria being named after it. Ichthyosaurus was the first complete fossil to be discovered in the early 1800's by Mary Anning in England.

Ichthyosaurus Skull

An illustration of an Ichthyosaurus skull. Ichthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the…

The full-grown iguanodon is estimated to have reached lengths of thirty feet.

Iguanadon

The full-grown iguanodon is estimated to have reached lengths of thirty feet.

An extinct fossil colossal lizard found in the Wealden strata; so called from the resemblance of its teeth to those of the iguana.

Iguanodon

An extinct fossil colossal lizard found in the Wealden strata; so called from the resemblance of its…

A labyrinthodon, an extinct amphibian of the Triassic period.

Labyrinthodon

A labyrinthodon, an extinct amphibian of the Triassic period.

Some Late Mesozoic reptiles. Shown are the Tyrannosaurus, Trachodon, Triceratops, Pterodactyls, and the Archaeopteryx. The six-foot man is drawn to the same scale as the other animals.

Late Mesozoic Age Reptiles

Some Late Mesozoic reptiles. Shown are the Tyrannosaurus, Trachodon, Triceratops, Pterodactyls, and…

Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic Age. The six-foot man is drawn to the same scale as the other animals.

Reptiles of the late Paleozoic age

Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic Age. The six-foot man is drawn to the same scale as the other animals.

"Megalosaurus—a great terrestrial reptile." -Taylor, 1904

Megalosaurus

"Megalosaurus—a great terrestrial reptile." -Taylor, 1904

A pair of megalosauruses, with a group of pterodactyls in the background.

Megalosaurus and pterodactyls

A pair of megalosauruses, with a group of pterodactyls in the background.

Megatherium ("Great Beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths that lived from two million to 8,000 years ago. A related genus was Nothrotheriops, which were primarily bear-sized ground sloths. The rhinoceros-sized Promegatherium is suggested to be the ancestor of Megatherium.

Megatherium Skeleton

Megatherium ("Great Beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths that lived from two million…

Some Mesozoic reptiles. Shown are the Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Pterodactyl, Camptosaurus, and the Diplodocus. The six-foot man is drawn to the same scale as the other animals.

Mesozoic Age Reptiles

Some Mesozoic reptiles. Shown are the Brontosaurus, Stegosaurus, Pterodactyl, Camptosaurus, and the…

The jaw bones of the Mosasaurus, a great snake-like reptile of the Cretaceous Period.

Mosasaurus Jaw

The jaw bones of the Mosasaurus, a great snake-like reptile of the Cretaceous Period.

A tooth of the Mosasaurus, a great snake-like reptile of the Cretaceous Period.

Mosasaurus Toot

A tooth of the Mosasaurus, a great snake-like reptile of the Cretaceous Period.

"Fossil skull of the mososaurus." -Taylor, 1904

Mososaurus Skull

"Fossil skull of the mososaurus." -Taylor, 1904

Mammals from the Oligocene age. Shown are the Titanothere, Entelodont, Hyracodon, Uintathere, and the Hyaenodou. The six-foot man is drawn to the same scale as the other animals.

Mammals from the Oligocene Mammals

Mammals from the Oligocene age. Shown are the Titanothere, Entelodont, Hyracodon, Uintathere, and the…

The skeleton of Plesiosaurus.

Plesiosaurus

The skeleton of Plesiosaurus.

"A genus of extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria, found in the Jura Limestone formation, in the Lias at Lyme-Regis, in the Oolite slate of Stonefield." -Marshall

Pterodactyl

"A genus of extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria, found in the Jura Limestone formation,…

A remarkable genus of fossil lizards, peculiar to the Mesozoic strata. Its anomalous structure was long a puzzle to comparative anatomists.

Pterodactyl

A remarkable genus of fossil lizards, peculiar to the Mesozoic strata. Its anomalous structure was long…

A remarkable genus of fossil lizards, peculiar to the Mesozoic strata. Its anomalous structure was long a puzzle to comparative anatomists.

Pterodactyl

A remarkable genus of fossil lizards, peculiar to the Mesozoic strata. Its anomalous structure was long…

An extinct reptile of the dinosaur age.

Pterodactyl

An extinct reptile of the dinosaur age.

The skeleton of a pterodactyl, the prehistoric winged dinosaur.

Pterodactyl Skeleton

The skeleton of a pterodactyl, the prehistoric winged dinosaur.

"So peculiar and strange is the structure of these animals, that the first specimen discovered was classed by one naturalist as a bird, by another as a species of bat, and by yet a third as a flying reptile." — Goodrich, 1844

Pterodactyle skeleton

"So peculiar and strange is the structure of these animals, that the first specimen discovered was classed…

The skull of the pterodactyle.

Pterodactyle Skull

The skull of the pterodactyle.

The wing skeleton of the pterodactyle.

Pterodactyle Wing

The wing skeleton of the pterodactyle.

In this age the animals and plants begin to resemble existing species. The age is characterized mainly by the preponderance of reptiles, many of which were very large, as, for example, the <em>plesiosaurus</em>, an animal with a long, snake-like neck and a huge body, or the <em>ichthyosaurus</em>, with a head like a crocodile and short neck and large body. Both of these animals were furnished with fin-like paddles, and lived in water.

Reptiles

In this age the animals and plants begin to resemble existing species. The age is characterized mainly…

An illustration of the skull of a megalosaurus. Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period (Bathonian) of Europe (Southern England, France, Portugal). It is significant as the first genus of dinosaur (outside of birds) to be described and named.

Megalosaurus Skull

An illustration of the skull of a megalosaurus. Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod…