Cretaceous period

A life recreation of the newly discovered armored dinosaur named Zuul crurivastator from northern Montana seen in this illustration provided by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto

Spiky Tank-Like Dinosaur Discovered in Utah

Reuters 20/07/2018

The dinosaur was a member of a group called Ankylosaurs,...

CT-scan-based skull restoration and life reconstruction of the toothed stem bird Ichthyornis dispar, a primitive seabird that prospered about 85 million years ago along the warm, shallow inland sea that once split North America, is shown in this image released on May 2, 2018. Credit: Michael Hanson and Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar/Handout via Reuters

New Fossils Reveal More About Ancient Bird With Blended Dinosaur, Avian Traits

Will Dunham 03/05/2018

Fossils like those of Ichthyornis, which had both dinosaurian...

An illustration of a Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi found in Myanmar

In Myanmar, Scientists Find an Ancient Spider With a Whip-Like Tail

Will Dunham 06/02/2018

Alongside modern spider traits such as a silk-producing structure...

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A Brief History of Earth: The Birds, the Bees and Other Triassic Treats

Sandhya Ramesh 30/10/2016

The last known supercontinent had broken up to yield...

Two tiny fossil wings preserved complete with feathers in the amber deposits of northeast Myanmar. Credit: Royal Saskatchewan Museum/RC McKellar, Author provided

Tiny Wings Trapped in Amber 99 Million Years Ago Reveal New Secrets of Earliest Birds

Michael Benton 29/06/2016

Birds today are one of the most successful groups...