Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

Researchers state that the fossils prove that birds had already diversified by the end of the Jurassic period.

The fossil, discovered in southern China’s Hekou Formation, dates back to the Late Cretaceous period, approximately ... could illuminate the evolutionary timeline and diversification of ...

This discovery strengthens the idea that birds had already begun to diversify by the late Jurassic period. The presence of ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the ...

According to a new publication in the Journal of Paleontology, a juvenile pterosaur vertebrae fossil, commonly known as a ...

Researchers say the new findings provide insight into predator-prey dynamics in the region during the Cretaceous period and mark the first evidence in North America of ancient crocodilians ...

Researchers say the new findings provide insight into predator-prey dynamics in the region during the Cretaceous period and mark the first evidence in North America of ancient crocodilians ...

They recovered a well-preserved hip bone (sacrum) of an Edmontosaurus dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota. This formation dates back to the late Cretaceous period, suggesting this ...