The coexistence of humans and non-avian dinosaurs exists only as a recurring motif in speculative fiction, owing to the fact that humans and non-avian dinosaurs have never coexisted at any point in th
Illustration from the first edition of The Lost World (1912), depicting a human and an (outdated) Stegosaurus
A falconer with a Harris's hawk (an avian dinosaur)
The "dinosaur of Ta Prohm", erroneously identified by some as a depiction of a stegosaur
One of the Ica stones, featuring outdated depictions of a theropod (right; notably upright and dragging its tail on the ground) and sauropod (bottom)
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular
Human–dinosaur coexistence
…time in the past or still coexist in the present is a belief rooted in pseudoscience and pseudohistory, and is common among Young Earth creationists, cryptozoologists, and some other groups. This belief often contradicts the scientific understanding of the fossil record and known geological events. Supposed evidence…
Tombstone of Bernard Heuvelmans, the "father of cryptozoology", at Le Vésinet cemetery
A frame from the Patterson–Gimlin film (1967), whose filmmakers claimed to feature Bigfoot in Northern California. Bigfoot is a popular figure in cryptozoology.