The rise of mammals. After the dinosaurs became extinct about 66 million years ago, mammals grew bigger and looked different.
The species name, derived from Old English, underscores the rarity of its dental adaptations. Researchers believe that this trait reflects a specialised diet, likely including plants, as ...
The never-seen-before teeth and jaws of the ancient reptile, Threordatoth chasmatos, distinguishes it from other ...
Fossilized droppings from the Triassic and Jurassic are revealing the diets of some dinosaurs—including a surprising taste ...
Fossilized digestive material offers unparalleled insights into the dinosaurs' diets, feeding behaviors and parasites.
The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...
Analysis of 200-million-year-old digested foods reveals how the animals became dominant.
“The way to avoid extinction is to eat a lot of plants, which is exactly what the early herbivorous dinosaurs did. The reason for their evolutionary success is a true love of green and fresh plant ...
As humidity increased through the Triassic period, the climate altered vegetation growth patterns, but researchers said that ...
An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...
The rise of dinosaurs is one of evolution's most intriguing success stories. Emerging in the mid-Triassic period, their ...