Living large in the Cretaceous
Article Abstract:
The discoveries of large, carnivorous mammals from the Cretaceous challenge the long-held view that primitive mammals were small and uninteresting. The fascinating discoveries of near-complete fossil skeletons found in the Lujiatun fossil beds at the base of the Yixian Formation in northeastern China have outdated the view.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
Discovery and exploration, Animals, Fossil, Fossil animals, Cretaceous period
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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A gigantic bird-like dinosaur from the late cretaceous of China
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A new non-avian dinosaur, Gigantoraptor erlianensis from the late cretaceous Iren dabasu formation of Nei Mongol China which shows many bird-like features absent in its smaller oviraptorosaurian relatives is reported.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
Science & research, Research, Physiological aspects, Dinosaurs, Phylogeny, Theropoda, Theropods
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Subjects list: China
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