Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Learn about the time period that took place 65 to 23 million years ago. 3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and giant marine ...

The Fossil Vertebrate and Ichnofossil Collection in the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History has focused on the Paleogene fossil record of the Rocky Mountain region, but our collections ...

In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

These types of fossils are known technically as regurgitalites ... particularly because of its well-preserved layers that mark the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods, around 66 ...

Fossil evidence suggests a temperate climate with lush vegetation, possibly serving as an incubator for the earliest members ...

almost the entire geological period known as Paleogene, we decided to analyze if there was any indication of this event in their fossils, and we found that there was,” the study's lead author ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era.

The sediments, fossils and associated impact debris make this an important ... and the shift from Cretaceous to Paleogene biomes. Prof Manning went on to say: “Our understanding of the extinction of ...

This is commonly referred to as the "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event" (try ... dinosaurs evolved into the birds we know of today. A fossil is normally any preserved remains of a plant ...