Douglas Henderson - Horseshoe Crab and Crayfish

"The image represents brackish pool deposits from the Gres a Voltzia Formation near the early Atlantic shore of Triassic France some 230 million years ago. Trapped in a transient pool are fragments of shore plants and various conifer limbs, leaves and a cone, together with the small fish Dipternotus, a small crayfish, a horseshoe crab, and numerous small jellyfish." Pastel on 140 lb. watercolour paper, 17 x 22 inches, 1990. From the book Dawn of the Dinosaurs, published by Indiana University Press.