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I realized this series of paintings - Paleobiologica - for revealing my paleontologic visions. Nonetheless, they are not random hallucinations. My visions raise from the scientific analysis of the Earth's geologic and paleontologic record.

In fact the landscapes of Paleobiologica are based on real geologic features of precise fossil sites. I scrupulously investigated the geological features of each site: from the sediment grain size to its sedimentary structures. Successively, I integrated the sedimentologic information with the fossil record in order to be coherent with the most recent paleontological discoveries. These data has then been combined with paleogeographic and paleoclimatic information, aiming to develop a consistent and realistic depiction of the Earth's remote past.

Close detail of King of the Forest, showing Cretaceous insects. Despite the large size of the canvas (9 metres long and 4 metres tall), this painting shows the appearance of social hymenopterans together with Tyrannosaurus and Parasaurolophus.

King of the Forest, representing a Late Cretaceous environment.