Our thanks to budding young artist Caldey who sent into Everything Dinosaur her wonderful illustration of the head of an Atrociraptor dinosaur. An Atrociraptor featured in the last “Jurassic Park/Jurassic World” movie to be released (summer 2022). Our thanks to Caldey for sending in her detailed dinosaur drawing.

Atrociraptor dinosaur drawing.
The head and neck of Atrociraptor (Atrociraptor panthera) a dinosaur which featured in the sixth instalment of the “Jurassic Park/Jurassic World” movie franchise. Picture by Caldey.

Atrociraptor marshalli

Named and described in 2004 from fossilised jaws, teeth and fragmentary skull bones (Currie and Varricchio), Atrociraptor marshalli is known from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of south-western Alberta (Campanian to Maastrichtian faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous). It is one of several small (less than two metres long), theropod dinosaurs known from these strata. Isolated teeth suggest that Atrociraptor (or a dromaeosaurid very like it), may have been present throughout all parts of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation from the Drumheller Member through to the youngest – the Whitemud Member.

Atrociraptor marshalli scale drawing. A small theropod dinosaur.
A scale drawing of the dromaeosaurid Atrociraptor marshalli. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Atrociraptor Dinosaur

The illustration by Caldey shows the deep, robust skull associated with this genus and the texturing around the muzzle, over the eyes and at the back of the head is exquisite. We congratulate Caldey on her most impressive Atrociraptor drawing.

The eye looks extremely realistic, and the colour scheme chosen by Caldey is striking.

Our thanks once again to Caldey for sending in her drawing to Everything Dinosaur.