A new map showing the location of a series of small tropical islands 200 million years ago in the area that is now Bristol sheds new light on how British dinosaurs lived.
University of Bristol researchers examined hundreds of pieces of data including historic literature describing the region as being like the Florida Everglades.
The data was carefully compiled and digitised so it could be used to generate a 3D map of the once Caribbean-style environment that is now the west of England.
The islands were home to small dinosaurs, lizard-like animals and some of the first mammals to live on the land, according to lead author Jack Lovegrove.
Bristol and Somerset were once tropical islands roamed by dinosaurs
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Bristol and Somerset were once tropical islands roamed by dinosaurs
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Pioneering prehistoric landscape reconstruction reveals early dinosaurs lived on tropical islands
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