Julius T. Csotonyi

Dinosaur Art: The Worlds Greatest Paleoart Julius Thomas Csotonyi (born October 11, 1973) is a Hungarian-born Canadian paleoartist and natural history illustrator living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

[1] While studying for a PhD in microbiology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Csotonyi published research papers on pollination mutualisms in Utah, on the effects of trampling on moss in Jasper National Park in Alberta and on bacteria living in exotic deep ocean hydrothermal vent ecosystems and in terrestrial salt springs.

[2] After observing the murals by Rudolph Zallinger, and visiting the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Csotonyi began to produce "paleoart" commercially.

[1] Csotonyi has won the Two-Dimensional Art category for the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Lanzendorf-National Geographic PaleoArt Prize in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

[4] Costonyi's life restorations are featured in the recent renovation of the Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, including large-scale murals.