São Paulo, Brazil

Vitor Silva

Vitor Silva, born in 1994, graduated in Graphic Design and is one of those who liked to draw since childhood. It was also as a kid when he got fascinated about prehistoric life. As a paleoartist, his goal is to artistically restore the past ages in a visually attractive but scientifically accurate way, combining art and science. He works with illustrations and sculptures in scale, both digitally and traditionally.

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Illustrations

15 genera

Barbaridactylus
Barbaridactylus fished off the coast of Africa in the final years of the Mesozoic Era.
Barbosania
This long-nosed pterosaur fished in the ancient Atlantic Ocean.
Wingspan 2.3 m
Elanodactylus
Elanodactylus was the largest of the suspension-feeding ctenochasmatids.
Wingspan 2.5 m
Eoazhdarcho
Small Eoazhdarcho was a predator of land animals in the forests of ancient China.
Wingspan 1.6 m
Eudimorphodon
Eudimorphodon is a Late Triassic pterosaur from Italy discovered in 1973. It had up to 110 differentiated teeth in its small jaws, including fangs in the front.
Wingspan 1 m
Europejara
This Spanish pterosaur was the earliest known tapejarid, a family characterized by tall rounded crests on their upper and lower jaws.
Wingspan 2 m
Faxinalipterus
Brazil's Faxinalipterus is the earliest known pterosaur, and also the smallest.
Wingspan 25 cm
Harpactognathus
The Morrison Formation, home of giant dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic was also home to Harpactognathus gentryii, one of the largest long-tailed pterosaurs known.
Wingspan 2.5 m
Jeholopterus
This Chinese insect-hunting pterosaur is known from an incredible specimen including wing membranes and shaggy hair covering its body.
Wingspan 80 cm
Ludodactylus
Combining the long cranial crest of Pteranodon and a toothy grin, Ludodactylus is a toy pterosaur come to life.
Wingspan 4 m
Noripterus
This stout pterosaur hunted shellfish on the shores of ancient lakes and rivers in China and Mongolia.
Padrillo Pterosaur
South America’s largest pterosaur is known from just a single humerus.
Wingspan 9 m
Plataleorhynchus
This pterosaur may have fed like living spoonbill birds who have similarly shaped snouts.
Siroccopteryx
Morocco’s first named pterosaur has family ties to England and Texas.
Wingspan 3 m
Targaryendraco
This German pterosaur is named for House Targaryen, the masters of dragons in Game of Thrones.

Vitor Silva

Illustrations

Barbaridactylus

Barbosania

Elanodactylus

Eoazhdarcho

Eudimorphodon

Europejara

Faxinalipterus

Harpactognathus

Jeholopterus

Ludodactylus

Noripterus

Padrillo Pterosaur

Plataleorhynchus

Siroccopteryx

Targaryendraco

Pterosaurs: The Field Guide