Hell Creek Fauna - Cretaceous Creatures
Various animals from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, home of Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus. These are part of the Cretaceous Creatures public science project, and were created under the guidance of Dr. Thomas Cullen and Dr. Lindsay Zanno of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
To learn more:
https://www.cretaceouscreatures.org/
Assorted animals from the Hell Creek Formation. Not to scale
Atractosteus, a fish related to the modern alligator gar
Myledaphus, an extinct guitarfish
Habrosaurus, an extinct siren (amphibian)
Palaeobatrachus, an extinct frog related to modern clawed frogs
Scotiophryne, an extinct frog related to modern clawed frogs
Axestemys, a large softshell turtle
Boid snake, consuming the small mammal Cimolestes
Chamops, an extinct lizard
Melvius, a prehistoric bowfin fish
Brachychampsa, an extinct alligatoroid
Champsosaurus, an aquatic reptile
Cimolestes, a small mammal
Thescelosaurus male & female. Small ornithischian dinosaurs.
Acheroraptor, a dromaeosaurid.
Brodavis, a freshwater hesperornithiform bird
Edmontosaurus, the classic hadrosaur
Triceratops (this coloration is directly based on a reconstruction by Julius Csotonyi)
Tyrannosaurus rex (this coloration is based on a juvenile Tyrannosaurus illustration by Julius Csotonyi)