Cretaceous Period
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Adorable Newborn Sea Monster from the Dinosaur Age Discovered in Kansas
By Laura Geggel published
About 85 million years ago, when a vast sea covered Kansas, a wee, little sea monster died almost immediately after it was born.
Fossil of Oldest Flowering Tree in North America Discovered. And It Was Huge.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Flowering trees were part of the North American landscape in the Cretaceous period.
Mystery of Spiky-Skulled Utah Dinosaur Solved
By Laura Geggel published
When paleontologists in Utah first dug up the fossil of a spiky-skulled ankylosaur in Utah, they were perplexed.
Photos: Spiky-Headed Dinosaur Found in Utah, But It Has Asian Roots
By Laura Geggel published
A newly identified species of ankylosaur from Utah had an especially spiky skull.
Oldest Fossil of a Baby Snake Discovered Trapped in Amber Tomb
By Mindy Weisberger published
A fossil of a baby snake entombed in amber dates to 99 million years ago.
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.
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