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Home > Illustrations > Skybax Rider

Skybax Rider

By James Gurney | Created: 1992

Skybax Rider
Publication
  • Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
Publication Date
  • 1992
Medium
  • Oil
Support
  • Panel
Illustration Size
  • 24.875 x 28.875 in.
Collection
  • Collection of the artist

©James Gurney

The winged Quetzalcoatlus was the largest creature ever to fly above the earth. Known as Skybax in Dinotopia, these enormous pterosaurs carry young pilots high into the air. Like all of the creatures in James Gurney’s series, they are based upon accurate scientific fossil evidence. 

Genres
  • Books
  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Courtroom Drawings
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • The Decade 1990-2000 The Decade 1990-2000

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