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Study determines when and how pterosaurs went from tiny tree-climbers to towering terrestrial titans
While these creatures are best known for their ability to soar through the prehistoric skies of the Mesozoic era (252 ... By exploring how they lived in the trees or on the ground, we can ...
66 million years ago, Antarctica was lush, temperate, and home to the oldest modern bird and T-Rex
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern ...
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Liaoning Province—China's Extraordinary Fossil Site
and flowering plants. "Liaoning opens a window on the late Mesozoic that is more complete and more in-depth than anywhere else on Earth," Xu asserts. The reason is the diversity and great ...
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The Cretaceous Period: What was Earth like before dinosaurs went extinct?
Plants also have the advantage of creating vast quantities ... Image courtesy of Max Pixel (CC0) When the Cretaceous Period and Mesozoic Era ended 66 million years ago, the Palaeogene Period and the ...