Two views of the past
The scientific gallery uses credited paleoart, skeletal reconstructions or fossil imagery. The cinematic gallery offers a dramatic interpretation. Captions explain differences and uncertainties; the two pictures are not to a shared scale.
What an image can show
Preserved bones and other fossils constrain body form, but colors, markings and many soft tissues remain uncertain. Source credits and image licenses appear with the scientific views. A complete restored animal can include parts inferred from relatives.
A forest as a setting
The surrounding forest is an artistic composite. The animals span different places and geological periods, so the scenery does not show them living together at one fossil locality. Each exhibit gives its own sourced period and region.
Collectible designs
Male and female colors, baby proportions, gemstone skins, gold effects, pairing and pet gestures are fictional game choices. They are not evidence for prehistoric animal coloration, sexual differences, juvenile appearance or biological incubation times. The dossiers remain the reference for scientific claims.