Ideal scene in the Lower Cretaceous Period

Title: Ideal scene in the Lower Cretaceous Period, with Iguanodon and Megalosaurus

Creator: Édouard Riou (1833–1900)

Description: Published in Figuier, L, ‘The world before the deluge’, 2nd edn. London: Chapman & Hall, (1867).

This image, depicting an idealised scene from the Lower Cretaceous Period, shows reconstructions [now sadly dated] of the first two dinosaurs identified in Britain – Megalosaurus and Iguanodon

Date: 1867

Format: Lithograph

Image reference: 05-110

Recommended print size: Up to 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)

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