The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning ...

Photo: Courtesy of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Around 10 ...

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.

In a study published in January, researchers confirmed the preservation of original organic molecules in Mesozoic dinosaur fossils, challenging long-held beliefs in paleontology. The study is titled ...

Researchers have found an ancient scorpion fossil dating back approximately 125 million years in northeast China's ...

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Non-bird dinosaurs lived between about 245 and 66 million years ago, in a time known as the Mesozoic Era. This was many millions of years before the first modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared.

Discoveries there are casting light on life during the Mesozoic, specifically 130 million to 110 million years ago—a time distinguished by the diversification of dinosaurs, mammals, birds ...

She received her PhD studying Mesozoic birds at the University of Southern California. Jasmina Wiemann is a Trimble & Barr Postdoctoral Scholar studying the intersection of organic chemistry ...

In Drumheller, Alta., the badlands take us back in time. Exposed layers of rock show us what Canada was like during the Mesozoic era, a pivotal time in Earth’s history. The last 79 million years ...