David Peters (paleoartist)

[2] In 2003, Peters presented an abstract at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting where he claimed that the pterosaur Jeholopterus was hematophagic.

[3] By the mid 2000s conflicts between Peters and academic paleontologists meant that appearances at conferences were less frequent and publication in scientific journals more difficult.

Peters contends that by using image manipulation, specifically a process he refers to as "Digital Graphic Segregation", he can see meaningful details in the fossils that paleontologists do not.

[5] Brian Andres recalled that Peters had interpreted marks made when he had prepared a fossil as being of biological significance.

[7] Director Sid Bennett stated in an interview that the flying creatures in The Dinosaur Project were inspired by Peters' interpretations of Jeholopterus.