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T. rexes and other dinosaur skeletons look almost alive in a new set of remarkable photos

May 26, 2019, 19:03 IST

This Tyrannosaurus rex resides in the Senckenberg Naturmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany.

Voigt only photographs original fossils, not replicas or reconstructions that use plastic or plaster to fill in gaps. "I can see the difference, and I won't use those skeletons," he said.

Tristan, a T. rex whose skull resides in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, Germany, boasts impressive teeth. "I'm absolutely in love with details," Voigt said. "That's a big part of my work."

The 8-foot-long, 180-pound Dysalotosaurus Lettowvorbecki, whose name means "uncatchable lizard," dined on plants.

Voigt said he chooses to photograph lesser known dinos, like the Dysalotosaurus, on purpose.

But the crowning jewel of Voigt's collection might be this saber-toothed cat from the Senckenberg Naturmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany.

That wasn't Voigt's favorite creature, however. He said his most beloved dinosaur is the Triceratops in the Senckenberg Naturmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany.

Stygimoloch Spinifer, known as the "spiny river devil," is another one of Voigt's favorites. "Its head looks really like a dragon," he said.

Voigt's photos don't focus solely on dinosaurs, though. This picture shows "Dracula", the largest pterosaur ever found. The flying reptile had a neck as wide as a full-grown man.

Voigt also put an American mastodon (a distant relative of the modern elephant) in the spotlight. The creature weighed 6 tons and went extinct 10,000 years ago in North America.

Gomphotherium angustidens, whose name means "welded beast," is also an elephant relative.

Ultimately, Voigt said he's still waiting for a few "dream" photo opportunities at the Chicago Field Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York to complete his collection.

The Kentrosaurus aethiopicus had similar back plates. The animal these bones belonged to would have weighed more than 2 tons.

Voigt said he wishes more people knew about dinosaurs from visits to museums, rather than from watching Hollywood movies.

He said the experience of photographing dinosaurs, including this Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis in London's Natural History Museum, has led him to think more about humanity's relationship with extinct creatures.

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