James Gurney
Skybax Ryder  1992

The winged Quetzalcoatlus was the largest creature ever to fly above the earth. Known as skybax in Dinotopia, the enormous pterosaurs carry young pilots high into the air. Like all of the creatures in James Gurney's series, they are based upon accurate scientific fossil evidence.

Illustration for Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
Oil on board

Link to image of plaque at Norman Rockwell Museum