The origin of fruit is somewhat murky; the earliest known angiosperms, or flowering plants, are dated to the Early Cretaceous (around 135 million years ago) based on fossil evidence, but some ...

In a thrilling revelation for paleontologists and history buffs alike, a new species of early mammal has been discovered in ...

Each fruit contains one or more carpels ... As a result, modern paleobotany has undergone a boom not unlike the Cretaceous flower explosion itself. Now old-style fossil hunters with shovels ...

You might know the Cretaceous Period for big animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, or for being the end of the age of dinosaurs. But what was the world like in the millions of years ...

3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and tone of life on Earth. At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the ...

These finds rewrite the evolutionary history of theropod dinosaurs, uncovering a predator hierarchy unique to Cretaceous Australia. The research, led by Museums Victoria Research Institute and ...

The fossils are described in a study published February 19 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and reveal what the predator hierarchy unique to Cretaceous Australia might have looked like.

The end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, marked the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs. Until now, our understanding of this mass extinction has been largely shaped by fossils ...

A new fossil discovery may rewrite Australia’s Cretaceous Period evolutionary history. Paleontologists led by Museums Victoria Research Institute and Monash University uncovered what they believe is ...