Cretaceous Period
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No, This Tiny Beast Is Not Half-Mammal, Half-Reptile (But It's Still Super Cool)
By Mindy Weisberger published
Half-mammal, half-reptile? That's not a thing.

This Truck-Size Dinosaur Terrorized Prey with Razor-Sharp 'Meat Hooks'
By Laura Geggel published

This Is One of the Tiniest Ancient Birds, and It Lived Alongside Giant Dinosaurs
By Laura Geggel published
About 127 million years ago, tiny birds the size of grasshoppers lived alongside some of the biggest animals to walk the Earth, including the long-necked sauropods, a new study finds.

This Fossil Spider Has a Weird Extra Appendage
By Stephanie Pappas published
A 100-million-year-old spider trapped in amber has something you just don't see nowadays.

Were Dinosaurs Having a Party Millions of Years Ago in NASA's Backyard?
By Laura Geggel published

Photos: School-Bus-Size Dinosaur Discovered in Egypt
By Laura Geggel published
Researchers in Egypt just uncovered a newly identified long-necked dinosaur known as Mansourasaurus shahinae. This is only the sixth dinosaur to be discovered in Egypt.

Why Paleontologists Are Stoked to Find This Bus-Size Dinosaur in Egypt
By Laura Geggel published

Feather-Gripping Tick Trapped in Amber Dined on Dinos
By Mindy Weisberger published
A rare find in amber connects ancient ticks to feathered dinosaur hosts.
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