Abstract In the North China block, the south Liaodong Peninsula massif is an elliptical metamorphic core complex (MCC) with a long axis trending NE‐SW. In cross‐section view, it is asymmetric, with a ...

Sept. 30 (UPI) --While dinosaurs dominated dry land, a diversity of marine reptiles ruled ancient ocean ecosystems. Using a combination of modern ecological modeling techniques, researchers have for ...

Acoustic communication has played a key role in the evolution of animals especially vertebrates and insects, ranging from mating to warning calls and even social learning. The reconstruction of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Numerous environmental and intrinsic biotic factors have been sought to explain patterns in diversity and turnover. Using taxonomically vetted ...

The early mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs upwards of 150 million years ago (mya) were likely covered in dark and dusky greyish-brown fur, according to a quantitative reconstruction of ...

The long-necked, big bodied sauropod dinosaurs comprise some of the largest terrestrial vertebrates to walk the earth. These behemoths were herbivores that survived solely on plant material. There has ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strange-looking dinosaur with rows of tiny teeth crammed into the very front of its jaws and fragile air-filled bones may have been the "cow of the Mesozoic," and far more ...

A rocky core was removed during restoration work in 1958, and then kept as a souvenir. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

This documentary uncovers the rise of Dromaeosaurs, the swift and intelligent raptors that reshaped the predator landscape of the Mesozoic. Paleontologists reveal how their agility, feathers, and ...

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