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Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

One of the most significant mass extinctions in Earth's history is the Permian–Triassic extinction, which occurred around 252 million years ago. Recent studies have explored the complex ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

The mystery of dinosaur origins has taken an unexpected turn toward the equator. While paleontologists have long searched ...

Because yes, birds are dinosaurs, she says. They were the only group of dinosaurs to survive the Cretaceous mass extinction around 65 million years ago (not to be confused with the Permian-Triassic ...

Surviving cataclysmic events, such as the Permian-Triassic extinction that wiped out 96% of marine life, the ginkgo emerged as a "living fossil" due to its remarkable resilience. Its distinctive ...

Dinosaurs evolved from more primitive reptiles in the aftermath of Earth's biggest mass-extinction event caused by extreme volcanism at the end of the Permian Period about 252 million years ago.

The lineage of Ginkgo biloba dates back more than 290 million years to the Permian period ... until the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event wiped out dinosaurs as well as the flora and fauna ...