Massive volcanic eruptions have been linked to the demise of the dinosaurs. However, a new climate study shows that the ...

By the Ypresian, a recovery of the species diversity to the Maastrichtian levels is observed, followed by a series of fluctuations during the rest of the Paleogene. In particular, comparatively higher ...

Extinct species are every bit as interesting as those ... during the early part of the Paleogene period. The ancient mosasaur, a giant marine lizard, was a formidable predator that thrived during ...

The most recent and arguably best-known, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, which occurred approximately 66 Ma (million years ago), was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a set of remarkable footprints found recently in East Africa has revealed that two species of extinct human ancestor crossed paths within hours of each other some ...

The so-called Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction (or K-Pg ... insurmountable barrier to survival. While this extinction devastated countless species, it also led to the evolution of mammals and ...

It comes after the Jurassic Period and before the Paleogene - the first period of the ... released would have cooled the atmosphere. The Cretaceous extinction wiped out about 65% of all species.