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Art genre attempting to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence

For art created in prehistoric times, see Prehistoric art.

Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence.^[1] Works of paleoart may be representations of fossil remains or imagined depictions of the living creatures and their ecosystems.

While paleoart is typically defined as being scientifically informed, it is often the basis of depictions of prehistoric animals in popular culture, which in turn influences public perception of and fuels interest in these organisms.^[2] The word paleoart is also used in an informal sense as a name for prehistoric art, most often cave paintings.^[3]

The term "paleoart"–which is a compound of paleo, the Ancient Greek word for "old", and "art"–was introduced in the late 1980s by Mark Hallett for art that