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Apex predators in prehistoric Colombian oceans would have snacked on killer whales today

Phys Dot Org 13 Jan 2025
an ecological network of the marine Paja Formation biota from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia reveals the highest trophic levels ever estimated, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (2024).
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8 Fossil Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding Of Life On Earth

IFL Science 31 Dec 2024
The finds encompass complete articulated specimens from the early Late Cretaceous, including a preserved body outline, which provides crucial information about Ptychodus’ mysterious lifestyle and enormous size.
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Mysterious 193 million-year-old plant-eating dinosaur discovered in China

Interesting Engineering 26 Dec 2024
The discovery of Archaeocursor asiaticus provides valuable insights into the early evolution and dispersal of ornithischian dinosaurs in Asia.  Graphical representation ... The formation dates back to the Early Jurassic period.
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New Study Shows Volcanic Eruptions Did Not Cause The Extinction Of Dinosaurs

Forbes 23 Dec 2024
... mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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Work on dino fossils opens up to public

Hong Kong Standard 19 Dec 2024
Adelyn Lau ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android. More>> ... The exhibition includes bone fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period, ammonite fossils from the Early Jurassic and plant fossils from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous ... .
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Chinese research team proposes new ichnospecies, links pterosaur footprints in Xinjiang

ECNS 19 Dec 2024
In 1964, Academician Yang Zhongjian of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the fossils discovered in the Early Cretaceous Tuheyule Formation as a type of pterosaur and named them Dsungaripterus ...
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10 of the best things for families to do indoors in the UK

The Times/The Sunday Times 13 Dec 2024
You’ll see the skeleton of Early Cretaceous Comptonatus chasei, the most complete dinosaur to be discovered in the UK in a century, as well as the tusks of Ice Age elephants, the teeth of ancient alligators and a fabulous collection of ammonites.
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Top 10 biggest dinosaurs in the world ever discovered

The Times of India 12 Dec 2024
It roamed the Earth during the Late Cretaceous.Supersaurus ... This Early Cretaceous herbivore had an extremely long neck, allowing it to graze on vegetation beyond the reach of most other species.Spinosaurus.
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Across China: Horned dinosaurs become less intelligent over time: study

China.dot.org 03 Dec 2024
... Cretaceous periods ... They analyzed in detail the cranial structures of three early-diverging ceratopsians including the Late Jurassic Yinlong, and the Early Cretaceous Liaoceratops and Psittacosaurus.
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Horned dinosaurs become less intelligent over time: study

People Daily 03 Dec 2024
... Cretaceous periods ... They analyzed in detail the cranial structures of three early-diverging ceratopsians including the Late Jurassic Yinlong, and the Early Cretaceous Liaoceratops and Psittacosaurus.
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New dinosaur fossil pair discovered in North China's Inner Mongolia

ECNS 02 Dec 2024
The new discovery has provided the first Early Cretaceous oviraptorosaur traces near the Gobi Desert, offering additional insights into the biology and ecology of early-diverging oviraptorosaurs.
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Neanderthals may have enjoyed collecting tchotchkes—just like us

Popular Science 20 Nov 2024
These shell fossils, which averaged under two inches in width, were dated to approximately 39.8–54.6 thousand years ago during the Upper Cretaceous Era, and included remains of species such as early sea snails and saltwater clams ... Email address ... ....
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This Dinosaur's Armour Might Have Withstood a High-Speed Car Crash

NDTV 08 Nov 2024
Borealopelta markmitchelli, an armoured dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous, possessed highly durable keratin armour. A recent study reveals that its armour was capable of withstanding impacts... .
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'I hunt dead things:' Prehistoric fossils hide throughout New Jersey, waiting to be found

app 05 Nov 2024
New Jersey's environment was quite different during the Late Cretaceous period ... A lot of that early research can be found on the pages of The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, first printed in 1958, and reprinted in 1991.

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