Charles R. Knight

Knight's iconic mural of a Triceratops confronting a Tyrannosaurus, painted for the Field Museum in Chicago in 1927.

January 1, 1927

North America, Late Cretaceous, Tyrannosaurus rex, T.rex, Triceratops

Created by Charles R. Knight.

Woolly mammoths near the Somme River, American Museum of Natural History mural.

January 1, 1916

North America, Late Pleistocene, Mammoth

Created by Charles R. Knight.

Painting of Smilodon from the American Museum of Natural History.

January 1, 1903

America, Pléistocène, Smilodon, Saber-Toothed Tiger

Created by Charles R. Knight.

Leaping Laelaps - Two Laelaps/Dryptosaurus fighting.

January 1, 1897

North America, Late Cretaceous, Dryptosaurus, Laelaps

Created by Charles R. Knight.

Illustration of Brontosaurus in the water, and Diplodocus on land. The idea that Brontosaurus was wholly or mostly aquatic is now considered outdated. Tail dragging and Camarasaurus-like skull are also inaccurate.

January 1, 1897

North America, Late Jurassic, Brontosaurus

Created by Charles R. Knight.

Dimetrodon painting by Charles R. Knight, Edaphosaurus in the background.

January 1, 1897

North America, Permian, Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus

Créée par Charles R. Knight.