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New Oviraptorosaur Species Found In Mongolia

Scientists have found an incomplete skeleton of a feathered, bird-like dinosaur with unusually thick jaws, suggesting that the dinosaur fed on hard food items like eggs.

Winged Dinosaur Challenges Feathers’ Evolutionary History

The discovery of a winged dinosaur with large and complex feathers suggests that feathers were more diverse than previously thought.

How Early Mammals Adapted In An Age Of Dinosaurs

Ancestral mammals survived by occupying niche environments such as trees and subterranean caves.

Fossil Of History’s Most Successful Mammal Unearthed In China

A 160 million-year-old fossil in China is helping to explain how multituberculates evolved to become history's most successful mammals.

Larger Dinosaurs Feasted On Smaller, Flying Dinos

Researchers from the United States and China have found evidence that a feathered but flightless dinosaur was able to snag and consume small flying dinosaurs.

Jurrasic Era Fossil Of Earliest Placental Mammal Discovered In China

Scientists have discovered the Jurassic era fossil of the earliest known placental mammal, estimated to be 160 million years old, in China's Liaoning Province.

Chinese Researchers Say Archaeopteryx Is Not “Original Bird”

New research by Chinese scientists has thrown the winged Archaeopteryx off the evolutionary pedestal as the case study for evolution from dinosaur to bird.