Sentences with phrase «during the age of dinosaurs»

In their study, published in the Springer scientific journal The Science of Nature, the team of scientists therefore postulates that the evolution of penguins started much earlier than previously thought, probably already during the age of dinosaurs.

«The discoveries show that penguin diversity in the early Paleocene was clearly higher than we previously assumed,» says Mayr, and he adds, «In turn, this diversity indicates that the first representatives of penguins already arose during the age of dinosaurs, more than 65 million years ago.»

The new finds «give us a very different view of mammal life during the age of dinosaurs,» says John Wible, an expert in mammalian evolution at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who was not involved in the work.

An international team of scientists has discovered a new lineage of extinct plankton - feeding sharks, Pseudomegachasma, that lived in warm oceans during the age of the dinosaurs nearly 100 million years ago.

But new research suggests that crocodilians employ an entirely separate sensory system that first evolved during the age of the dinosaurs.

Roberts said that «the presence of bone - borings provides a CSI - like opportunity to study the skeleton and reconstruct the timing of death and burial, and offers rare evidence of ancient insects and complex food webs during the age of the dinosaurs.»

When discussing the controversy over atmospheric oxygen levels during the age of the dinosaurs, Stephen Battersby asks: «Did the dinosaurs...

Researchers have discovered what may have been the world's first burrowing and tree - climbing mammals — two shrew - sized critters that lived in what is today China during the age of the dinosaurs.

«Dinosaur remains from the Arabian Peninsula and the area east of the Mediterranean Sea are exceedingly rare because sedimentary rocks deposited in streams and rivers during the Age of Dinosaurs are rare, particularly in Saudi Arabia itself» says Dr Tom Rich from Museum Victoria in Australia.

Shonisaurus represents the largest of the marine reptiles to have ever swum the seas during the age of dinosaurs, reaching lengths of up to 75 feet.

Published in the journal Nature Communications, the team's findings suggest mammals were more varied during the Age of Dinosaurs than previously believed.

And the early virtual field trips — journeys to the Florida Everglades for grades 6 — 12, through prehistoric caves formed during the age of dinosaurs for students in grade 5, in a covered wagon through the prairie during America's expansion in the 1800s for grades 6 — 12, and into a swamp for students in grades K — 2 — appear to be reasonably robust.

At one extreme are erosion - resistant metamorphosed submarine basalts, greenstones, formed over 100 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs, and often forming headlands that defy the battering waves.

As for solar radiation frying, if the field density of the earth's magnetic field lessens sufficiently, then that might explain earlier global warming (before man's influence) and the hot super tropical climates during the age of dinosaurs.

«In turn, this diversity indicates that the first representatives of penguins already arose during the age of dinosaurs, more than 65 million years ago.»

In their study, published today in the Springer scientific journal «The Science of Nature,» the team of scientists therefore postulates that the evolution of penguins started much earlier than previously thought, probably already during the age of dinosaurs.

Research suggested Quetzalcoatlus, which lived during the age of dinosaurs some 230 million to 65 million years ago did not catch prey in flight, but rather stalked them on land.

Kirkland and Shimada suspect the monster lungfish, which dates from between 160 million and 100 million years ago — during the age of dinosaurs — fed on turtles.

During the age of dinosaurs, tectonic forces slowly tore Pangaea apart.

The researchers conclude that because of this, the evolution of penguins started much earlier than assumed, likely already during the age of dinosaurs.