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When Did Mammals First Appear On Earth?
Indeed, the earliest mammal we are currently aware of is the Brasilodon quadrangularis – a diminutive critter described as ...
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The Dire Wolf Is Back
Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...
Board fights and mass resignations: the battle splitting the nation’s geoscientists
A bitter struggle for control of a professional association is proving that diversity, equity and inclusion remains a lightening rod for controversy.
The Daily Galaxy on MSN5d
Did Volcanoes, Not an Asteroid, Wipe Out the Dinosaurs? Scientists Unveil Stunning New Evidence
For decades, the prevailing theory behind the mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has pointed to a ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN5d
Alligator-sized amphibians found buried together in 230 million-year-old mass grave
Researchers from the U.S. have found out that dozens of amphibians, as large as today’s alligators, met a shared fate in a ...
Ancient amphibians as big as alligators died in mass mortality event in Triassic Wyoming
Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published ...
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Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed. More mammals were living on the ground ...
Phys.org5d
Ancient amphibians as big as alligators died in mass mortality event in Triassic Wyoming
The Nobby Knob fossil assemblage provides an excellent opportunity for future research into Late Triassic ecosystems and metoposaurid biology. More information: Kufner AM, et al. A new ...
Live Science on MSN4d
Triassic amphibians the size of alligators perished in mass die-off in Wyoming, puzzling 'bone bed' reveals
The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is ...
Fonds6d
The Earth’s five major mass extinctions
On land, large herbivores like Moschops also disappeared. This extinction cleared the way for dinosaurs but wiped out most large amphibians and early archosaurs—creatures that would’ve ...
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Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed. The study, ...