In 1965, Qian Fang, Pu Yuqing and other scholars carried out a geological survey in Upper Nabeng Village, Yuanmou County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Guided by an elderly ...
The fossil, dating back to the early Cretaceous Period, was discovered in 2019. About 2 centimeters long, it was part of a lizard’s lower left jaw and features two teeth each measuring about 3 ...
"Trachelosaurus fischeri is the first fossil of this reptile group to be found outside of China. It is also the oldest long-necked marine reptile known to date." Unique features of Trachelosaurus ...
Fossil foot tracks uncovered in southeastern China have led to the discovery of a megaraptor dinosaur, a giant relative of velociraptors made famous in Jurassic Park. Raptors were sickle-clawed ...
GUIYANG -- Chinese experts recently discovered a panda fossil site during a scientific expedition in a cave in Southwest China's Guizhou province. This latest discovery in Shuanghe Cave, Asia's ...
CHIEF SPECIMENS: cranium, jaw fragments, teeth found in western Chad, 2001 WHEN LIVED (est., in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp ...
Resource pulses, i.e., occasional episodes of ephemeral resource superabundance, represent a fundamental mechanism by which energy, nutrients, and biomass are transported across ecotones.
The Velociraptors of "Jurassic Park" were terrifyingly large, merciless killing machines. The stuff of nightmares, yes. The stuff of reality? Not so much. Scientific research has long held the ...
Fossils of a herbivorous reptile species dating back around 170 million years were discovered recently in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in Yunyang County, southwest China's Chongqing, according ...
Jan. 10, 2024 — Picrodontids -- an extinct family of placental mammals that lived several million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs -- are not primates as previously ... Jan. 2, 2024 ...