“In this study, we show that this apparent decline is more likely a result of a reduced sampling window, caused by geological changes in these terminal Mesozoic fossil-bearing layers ... “Dinosaurs ...

Dinosaur extinction theories suggest populations were dwindling when an asteroid wiped them out. New research is challenging this idea.

Co-author Dr. Alessandro Chiarenza (UCL Earth Sciences), who has previously published on end-Cretaceous dinosaur diversity and extinction, said ... changes in these terminal Mesozoic fossil-bearing ...

"If we take the fossil record at face value, we might conclude dinosaurs were already experiencing a decline before their final extinction ... Mesozoic fossil-bearing layers—driven by processes ...

Paleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.

One of the largest crocodilians that ever lived preyed on dinosaurs. New research has found the fearsome Deinosuchus had a ...

The first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton — a duck-billed ... As a result, the marker of the extinction — a layer containing substantial amounts of iridium, an element concentrated in ...

“Dinosaurs were probably not inevitably doomed to extinction at the end of the Mesozoic,” Chiarenza said. “If it weren’t for that asteroid, they might still share this planet with ...

Co-author Dr Alessandro Chiarenza (UCL Earth Sciences), who has previously published on end-Cretaceous dinosaur diversity and extinction ... Mesozoic fossil-bearing layers -- driven by processes ...

Co-author Dr. Alessandro Chiarenza (UCL Earth Sciences), who has previously published on end-Cretaceous dinosaur diversity and extinction ... Mesozoic fossil-bearing layers—driven by processes ...