Andrey Atuchin

Natural Science & Paleontology Illustrator

Eromanga Sea Monsters
Digital paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibition

Scientific curator: Dr. Scott Hocknull

Created as part of the exhibition Dinosaurs Unearthed, 2023

Panoramic reconstruction of the Cretaceous Eromanga Sea, the vast inland sea that once covered much of Australia. The scene depicts a hunting interaction between the Richmond polycotylid plesiosaur and the giant pliosaur Kronosaurus. Ammonites and schooling fish provide additional ecological context and scale.