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| Keywords: Plesiosaur.jpg inaccurate paleoart This depiction of plesiosaurs is inaccurate as it would have been anatomically impossible for them to lift their head and long neck above the surface in the 'swan-like' pose that is depicted here Everhart 2005; Henderson 2006 Even if they had been able to bend their necks upward to that degree which they could not gravity would have tipped their body forward and kept most of the heavy neck in the water no yes Info Plesiosaur part of a card series painted by Heinrich Harder 1916 The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the U S before 1923; its copyright has also expired in countries with copyright terms of life of the author plus 50 years This photograph of the work is in the public domain in the United States see Bridgeman Art Library v Corel Corp Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia 01 57 January 9 2007 by User Carajou Plesiosaur http //www copyrightexpired com/Heinrich_Harder/plesiosaur html The Wonderful Paleo Art of Heinrich Harder 1920 probably Heinrich Harder 1858-1935 PD-old Animals of the Prehistoric World first serie PD-old Plesiosauridae | ||||
