The Cretaceous period is one of the most crucial times in the Earth’s evolution. The division of the supercontinent, Pangaea, into Laurasia and Gondwana resulted in more diversity among animals ...

Climate data gathered from oyster fossils is challenging the common belief that Antarctica was ice-free during the Cretaceous period 140 million years ago and offers insight into climate behaviour ...

How mid-Cretaceous events affected marine top predators Date: May 2, 2025 Source: European Geosciences Union Summary: The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine ...

Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful raptor-like feet, according to a study published October 9, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...

What was life like before the Great Dying? Our planet was a very different place during the geological period referred to as the Permian. Before the Great Dying, a vast expanse of ocean dominated the ...

“In fact, until the Late Cretaceous, horsetails, ferns and conifers would be much more common for dinosaurs looking for something to eat.” “As it’s very difficult to disentangle the plant and dinosaur ...

Through investigations of amber collections, with particular emphasis on sporangium structures—especially the annulus types preserved in amber inclusions—this study revealed additional novelties ...

Life Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast ...

The Qantassaurus (Qantassaurus intrepidus) appears to be a dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. The name comes from an Australian airline Qantas. It is an Australian ornithopod. Only the fossils of the ...

The Argentinosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period. The Argentinosaurus measured approximately 120 feet from its head to its tail. Scientists believe that it may have weighed 73 tons (146,000 ...