Original size: 6 X 6 in (dinosaur only);
Watercolor on paper, digitally embedded in photograph of
Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
This image is a commission for Scholastic Inc.,
featuring the small dinosaur Sinosauropteryx prima from
the Yixian formation in China, and its potential lizard meal.
This species had an integumentary covering that resembled "protofeathers".