Hello everyone. Several years ago, I wrote a short article for Prehistoric Times magazine about the Sundance Sea. This was a shallow saltwater sea which covered much of central North America during the middle to late Jurassic Period. One of the illustrations that I made which accompanied that article was a drawing of a pair of plesiosaurs chasing after a school of belemnites. The plesiosaurs in question were called Pantosaurus. This species was a member of the “cryptoclidid” family of plesiosaurs, and measured about 20 feet long.

I thought that I had posted that drawing onto this website at that time, but looking through my portfolio, it appears that I neglected to do so. Well, better late than never! Unlike many of my other drawings, which are mostly made with No. 2 pencil or colored pencils, this one was made with a black ballpoint pen and a black marker.

Pantosaurus with belemnites. © Jason R. Abdale. November 18, 2014.

Please also look at these related articles:

• Baptanodon
• Caturus
• Hybodus, the iconic shark of the dinosaur age
• Megalneusaurus
• Ophthalmosaurus

Categories: Paleontology, Uncategorized

Tags: America, art, cryptoclidid, Cryptoclididae, Cryptoclidus, Jurassic Period, Late Jurassic, Mesozoic, Middle Jurassic, North America, paleo-art, paleontology, Pantosaurus, plesiosaur, reptile, Sundance Formation, Sundance Sea