Fossil melanosomes were first described in a fossil feather in 2008 by Jakob Vinther, a molecular paleobiologist at the University of Bristol and the senior author of the current study. (sciencedaily.com)
The foliage was so dense «a human would have had to chop through it with a machete,» says paleobiologist Bill DiMichele. (discovermagazine.com)
A pair of paleobiologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego have determined that the world's most numerous and diverse vertebrates ¬ - ray - finned fishes — began their ecological dominance of the oceans 66 million years ago, aided by the mass extinction event that killed off dinosaurs. (sciencedaily.com)