After a temperature spike in the mid-Cretaceous, the climate began to cool, and the tenor changed. Other creatures, such as frogs, salamanders, turtles, crocodiles, and snakes, proliferated on the ...

The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our current changing climate. The findings ... during the Cretaceous period. "We do know that during this time period, average ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

This highlights the heterogeneous nature of the environmental perturbations during this period and the role of volcanic activity in shaping the mid-Cretaceous climate. Another important study ...

A selection of fossilized micrometeorites recovered from Cretaceous chalk. These particles were initially ... Demonstrate the utility of fossil micrometeorites as a climate proxy for Earth’s upper ...