The first life-like sketch of an amniote shows a critter chasing a dragonfly. Sir William Dawson's diorama from "Air Breathers of the Coal Period" (1863), is ba

The first life-like sketch of an amniote shows a critter chasing a dragonfly. Sir William Dawson's diorama from "Air Breathers of the Coal Period" (1863), is based largely on the fossil record at Joggins, Nova Scotia, and is one of the earliest reconstructions of the Coal Age wetlands. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sir-William-Dawsons-diorama-from-Air-Breathers-of-the-Coal-Period-1863-based-largely_fig1_266414164 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sir-William-Dawsons-dior... Our knowledge of that time period has expanded so much since 1863. In my book, I asked the illustrator to give a nod to Dawson's drawing by having an amniote chase a dragonfly: https://impacts.to/downloads/lowres/impacts.pdf#page=18 https://impacts.to/downloads/lowres/impacts.pdf#page=18