Time travel

28.04.2021 in Featured, Science, Knowledge Transfer
Research presented in an unusual way: A graphic novel depicts how the dinosaur Europasaurus lived 154 million years ago. The book is also based on excavations by a scientist from the University of Halle.
Europasaurus accompanied by some pterosaurs
Europasaurus accompanied by some pterosaurs (Foto: Joschua Knüppe)

Living on a prehistoric island

A herd of Europasaurus - the animals lived around 154 million years ago.
A herd of Europasaurus - the animals lived around 154 million years ago. (Foto: Joschua Knüppe)

Palaeontologist Dr Oliver Wings has been conducting research for years in a quarry in Lower Saxony, where bones of the giant dinosaur Europasaurus were first found in 1998. The results of this scientific work are now available in an unusual format: as a graphic novel.

The book

The graphic novel
The graphic novel (Foto: Katrin Löwe)

Oliver Wings & Joschua Knüppe:

EUROPASAURUS Urzeitinseln voller Leben. München, 184 Seiten, 19,80 Euro, ISBN: 978-3-89937-264-9

 

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