The end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, marked the dramatic extinction of the dinosaurs. Until now, our ...
Ancient lacewings found in fossils from northern China are known as kalligrammatid lacewings (Order Neuroptera).
Megaraptorids are known for somewhat small but sharp teeth, air-filled bones, and powerful forelimbs with enormous claws.
One branch of theropods were giants in South America while another filled smaller niches, but in Australia they reversed ...
Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned ...
Volunteer fossil hunters and trained paleontologists uncover a new Australian dinosaur and the oldest known megaraptorid.
The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...
These fossils offer new insights into Victoria’s ancient ecosystem, which was dominated by large powerful megaraptorids (6–7 ...
Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...
A remarkable fossil discovery in Australia has reshaped scientists’ understanding of the Cretaceous predator hierarchy, ...
The fossil remains were found during a dig in 2014 and the discovery was presented by researchers from the Paleontology ...