fossilized bones
Growing quickly allowed the earliest dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles to thrive in the wake of the mass extinction
It may be hard to imagine, but dinosaurs did not once dominate their world. When they first arose, they were just small, two-legged carnivores, dwarfed by a wide variety of other reptiles. How did they come to power? My colleagues and I recently studied the fossilized bones of the earliest known dinosaurs and their non-dinosaur … Read more
Megalosaurus, the fossil that introduced dinosaurs to the world
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. Dinosaurs are all around us, figuratively and literally speaking. Most of these diverse creatures became extinct 66 million years ago, but the ancient ancestors of modern birds are ingrained in the … Read more