First evidence found that group of animals that includes dinosaurs and birds also gave live birth to babies rather than only laying eggs A fossil found in China has provided the first evidence that a group of animals that includes dinosaurs, birds and crocodiles also gave live birth to babies rather than only laying eggs to produce offspring. The remains of a baby were found inside the fossil of a marine reptile called a Dinocephalosaurus discovered about 100km from Kunming in Yunnan province in southwest China.
Category: Paleontology
Chinese fossil – rewrites history of reproduction’
First evidence found that group of animals that includes dinosaurs and birds also gave live birth to babies rather than only laying eggs A fossil found in China has provided the first evidence that a group of animals that includes dinosaurs, birds and crocodiles also gave live birth to babies rather than only laying eggs to produce offspring. The remains of a baby were found inside the fossil of a marine reptile called a Dinocephalosaurus discovered about 100km from Kunming in Yunnan province in southwest China.
‘Ovation worm’: Bizarre new Burgess Shale species detailed in journal
The Ovatiovermis is shown in a handout photo from the Royal Ontario Museum. Researchers with the Royal Ontario Museum have for the first time identified an 18-limbed worm that lived some 500 million years ago.
15 amazing things humans discovered in 2016
While various pundits have claimed we are living in a post-truth world, those slaves to reality – scientists – have been busy discovering facts and explaining the world for anyone who cared to listen. NASA releases a video Christmas message from the crew aboard the International Space Station where the astronauts are spending the holidays and sharing some ‘haute’ space cuisine.