Artists

SHIRAISHI MINEO

Digital (Two-Dimensional) ] 

JURASSIC GALLERY
e-mail: <mshiraishi@ma3.justnet.ne.jp>

born August 30, 1953 in Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan

After I graduated from the university, I lived in Tokyo for 10 years, but later returned to my birthplace.

I am active as a dinosaur artist and with running the acting industry of the administrative procedure.


DIGITAL (TWO-DIMENSIONAL)

Alectrosaurus olseni, an early tyrannosaurid

Allosaurus fragilis charges at us!

Jurassic predator Allosaurus atrox
bizarre Alxasaurus elesitaiensis(This animal very likely had feathery integument.)
Amargasaurus cazaui, a sauropod with high neck spines
long-frilled ceratopsid Anchiceratops ornatus
Anhanguera santanae in flight
armored, club-tailed Ankylosaurus magniventris
Apatosaurus, a.k.a. Brontosaurus
early bird Archaeopteryx lithographica
head of Baryonyx walkeri, with skull
strange carnivore Baryonyx walkeri(This animal only had three manual digits.)
high-spined theropod Becklespinax altispinax
huge, tall Brachiosaurus
Jurassic herbivore Camarasaurus
huge predator Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
head of Carnotaurus sastrei, with skull
bizarre South American horned predator Carnotaurus sastrei
horned herbivore Centrosaurus apertus
the grinning maw of Ceratosaurus nasicornis
horned predator Ceratosaurus nasicornis(The fourth (outer) finger of this animal did not have a claw.)
Ceratosaurus nasicornis on the go(The fourth (outer) finger of this animal did not have a claw.)
Chasmosaurus belli displays its frill.
early predator Coelophysis bauri
tiny predator Coelurus agilis(This animal may have had feathery integument.)
fleet-footed Compsognathus longipes(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
helmet-crested duck-bill Corythosaurus casuarius
“cow-licked” Antarctic predator Cryolophosaurus elliotti
late predator Daspletosaurus torosus
sickle-clawed killer Deinonychus antirrhopus(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
African predator Deltadromeus agilis
crested carnivore Dilophosaurus wetherilli
sail-backed synapsid Dimetrodon
Jurassic pterosaur Dimorphodon in flight
long sauropod Diplodocus(This animal probably had dermal spines down its back.)
Dromaeosaurus albertensis leaps!(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
Dromiceiomimus brevitertius, the “emu-mimic”
Japanese ceratopsian “Echizensaurus”(This animal is unpublished and known only from teeth.)
sail-back herbivorous “proto-mammal” Edaphosaurus
a young Edmontosaurus
Three Elasmosaurus swim about on the surface.
The very early predator Eoraptor lunensis examines a log.
well-armored Euoplocephalus tutus
Eustreptospondylus oxoniensis, a typical theropod predator
Japanese ornithopod Fukuisaurus
Futabasaurus, a possible early tyrannosauroid from Japan
Gallimimus bullatus, a large “ostrich-mimic”
Giganotosaurus carolinii on the prowl
Gorgosaurus libratus snarls.
the head of Gorgosaurus libratus, with skull
the fearsome Gorgosaurus libratus
Late Triassic predator Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
the two genders of Heterodontosaurus tucki
Homalocephale calathocercos, the dinosaurian equivalent of a battering ram
crested duck-bill Hypacrosaurus altispinus
Sprinting ornithopod Hypsilophodon foxii
Iguanodon, a large ornithopod
Japanese stegosaur “Katsuyamakensaurus”(This animal has not been published.)
fragmentary Japanese theropod Katsuyamasaurus
spiked and plated Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
undescribed Japanese deinonychosaur Kitadanisaurus(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
hatchet-crested Lambeosaurus lambei
Liliensternus liliensterni, an early medium-large predator
A family of Maiasaura peeblesorum
crested head of Majungatholus atopus
odd-headed predator Majungatholus atopus
loooong-necked Mamenchisaurus
Megalosaurus bucklandii, the first non-neornithean theropod to be described
crested predator Monolophosaurus jiangi at full speed
freakish one-clawed bird(?) Mononykus olecranus
the plesiosaur Muraenosaurus
aberrant abelisaur Noasaurus leali
Nyctosaurus, a pterodactyloid
Ornitholestes hermanni springs forward.
Ornithomimus, the “bird-mimic”
sail-backed duck-bill Ouranosaurus nigeriensis
Mongolian theropod Oviraptor philoceratops
dome-headed Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
freaky-headed Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis
the crested head of Parasaurolophus walkeri
tube-crested Parasaurolophus walkeri
Parasaurolophus walkeri lets out a call.
Pelorosaurus conybearei stands tall.
Pentaceratops sternbergi lifts its enormous frill.
Piatnitzkysaurus floresi, a South American predator
Proceratosaurus bradleyi, a nasal-crested coelurosaur
Tiny Procompsognathus triassicus sprints through Late Triassic flora.
a male(?) Protoceratops andrewsi
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis, a primitive ceratopsian
long-crested Pteranodon ingens
Pteranodon sternbergi swoops through the skies.
humongous pterodactyloid Quetzalcoatlus northropi
Rhamphorhynchus, a well-known pterosaur
Asian ankylosaur Saichania chulsanensis
armored giant Saltasaurus loricatus
Saltopus” elginensis, a poorly-known archosaur of some sort
the head of Saurolophus osborni
small-crested Saurolophus osborni
big-eyed, sickle-clawed Saurornithoides mongoliensis(This animal may have had feathery integument.)
Saurornitholestes langstoni chases down a dragonfly.(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
early armored dinosaur Scelidosaurus harrisonii
Scutellosaurus lawleri, forerunner to the armored ornithischians
the therizinosaurid Segnosaurus galbinensis(This animal very likely had feathery integument.)
the club-tailed sauropod Shunosaurus lii
small carnivore Sinornithoides youngi(This animal may have had feathery integument.)
Sinosauropteryx prima feeds a small animal to its mate.(This animal had feathery integument all over its body, not just the back.)
Sinraptor dongi, an Asian carnosaur
enormous sail-backed predator Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
Staurikosaurus pricei, a very early hunter from South America
Stegoceras validum, a dinosaur with a built-in hard hat
Stegosaurus armatus, largest of the plated ornithischians(This animal had a throat pouch covered with bony ossicles.)
the speedy Struthiomimus altus
multi-spiked apparition Styracosaurus albertensis
Suchomimus tenerensis on the hunt
Japanese sauropod Sugiyamasaurus(This animal is undescribed and based on teeth.)
primitive iguanodont Tenontosaurus tillettorum
huge-clawed Therizinosaurus cheloniformis(This animal very likely had feathery integument.)
huge-headed Torosaurus latus
triply-horned Triceratops horridus
the coelurosaur Troodon formosus(This animal may have had feathery integument.)
spike-headed duck-bill Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
unpublished Japanese theropod “Tsuchikurasaurus”
Asian stegosaur Tuojiangosaurus multispinus
late Asian predator Tarbosaurus bataar
A juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex (Nanotyrannus lancensis)downs a small dinosaur.
Tyrannosaurus rex from behind
A roaming Tyrannosaurus rex spots us.
head of Tyrannosaurus rex, with skull
mighty Tyrannosaurus rex in action
huge deinonychosaur Utahraptor ostrommaysorum(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
head of Velociraptor mongoliensis, with skull(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
small hunter Velociraptor mongoliensis(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
Two Velociraptor mongoliensis keep watch over the dunes of Late Cretaceous Mongolia.(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
Velociraptor mongoliensis with and without feathers(This animal almost certainly had feathery integument.)
the plated Wuerhosaurus ordosensis
head of Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis, with skull
Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis on the move