Fossil teeth reveal that seaweed and other ocean-derived food may have supported dinosaur ecosystems along Cretaceous ...
Chemical traces locked in Cretaceous fossil teeth point to a surprising item on the dinosaur menu: seaweed. Researchers studying coastal animals from ancient North America say marine food reached ...
Carbon in dinosaur teeth from ancient coastlines points to seaweed entering the food chain, but one plant-eater stuck to land ...
While dwarfed by most dinosaurs, Megacauda was twice as big as the next-largest member of the mammalian lineage in the ...
Chemical signatures preserved in fossil teeth suggest that dinosaurs and other Cretaceous animals living near ancient ...
Storms routinely wash marine material ashore, providing food for land animals and other organisms. This is known as marine ...
Dinosaurs loved to snack on seafood washed up on ancient beaches, reveals new research. They also munched on seaweed — which ...
The behavior resembles that of modern fur seals and marine crocodiles, according to a study published by Cambridge University Press ...
Feathers are built to be light, flexible and replaceable, which also makes them poor candidates for surviving deep time. Yet a fossil collected in northeastern Montana preserved one feather on its ...
Storms wash marine matter ashore, which can serve as food sources for land-dwelling animals. This is known as marine subsidization and is particularly common today in coastal ecosystems – especially ...
The fossilized feather exposed on the surface of the fossilized dinosaur poop. Image credits: O’Connor et al./Current Biology ...