News articles tagged with 'Cretaceous'
Fossil is best look yet at an ancestor of buttercups
— 1 Apr 2011 15:54 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists from the United States and China have discovered the first intact fossil of a mature eudicot, a type of flowering plant whose membership includes buttercups, apple trees,…
Genetic analysis reveals history, evolution of an ancient delicacy - morels
— 4 Mar 2011 14:14 | BiologyDinosaurs squashed them with impunity. Thousands of species that lacked culinary appreciation have turned up their noses at them. And a study based on advanced DNA analysis has shown…
New 'thunder-thighs' dinosaur discovered
— 23 Feb 2011 17:28 | Geology and palaeontologyA new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or 'thunder-thighs' after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper…
Arctic climate variation under ancient greenhouse conditions
— 12 Feb 2011 19:52 | EnvironmentTiny organisms preserved in marine sediments hold clues about Arctic climate variation during an ancient episode of greenhouse warming…
Rare insect fossil reveals 100 million years of evolutionary stasis
— 4 Feb 2011 16:16 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers have discovered the 100 million-year-old ancestor of a group of large, carnivorous, cricket-like insects that still live today in southern Asia, northern Indochina and Africa.…
Newly discovered dinosaur likely father of Triceratops
— 1 Feb 2011 19:39 | Geology and palaeontologyTriceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants' family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered…
New species of flying reptile identified on B.C. coast
— 10 Jan 2011 19:18 | Geology and palaeontologyPersistence paid off for a University of Alberta palaeontology researcher, who after months of pondering the origins of a fossilised jaw bone, finally identified it as a new species…
Amazing horned dinosaurs unearthed on 'lost continent'
— 22 Sep 2010 17:33 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo remarkable new species of horned dinosaurs have been found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. The giant plant-eaters were inhabitants of the 'lost continent'…
Frosty times for dinosaurs
— 15 Sep 2010 11:15 | Geology and palaeontologyA major drop in temperature 137 million years ago briefly interrupted the warm, equable climate of the Cretaceous Period. The water temperature in the Arctic Ocean fell from around…
'Stocky dragon' dinosaur terrorised Late Cretaceous Europe
— 31 Aug 2010 09:51 | Geology and palaeontologyPalaeontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island landscape largely isolated from nearby continents.…