Ancient Snakes ate Dinosaur Babies (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Ancient Snakes ate Dinosaur Babies

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This is a life-sized reconstruction of the moment just before preservation. The scales and patterning of Sanajeh’s skin is based on modern relatives of the fossil snake. The hatchling dinosaur is reconstructed from known skeletal materials, but its color is conjectural. The eggs are based directly on the fossils.

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Sculpture by Tyler Keillor and original photography by Ximena Erickson; image modified by Bonnie Miljour

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