New Spinosaurus Fossil Sparks Debate on Ancient Predator's Lifestyle

New Spinosaurus fossil found with head crest. Scientists debate if it hunted like a wading bird or crocodile. Learn how this changes views on ancient life.

#Spinosaurus, #DinosaurFossil, #Paleontology, #AncientLife, #CretaceousPeriod

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A new Spinosaurus fossil shows a strange head crest, making scientists think it hunted like a bird, not a crocodile. This changes what we thought about dinosaurs 95 million years ago.

#Spinosaurus, #DinosaurFossil, #Paleontology, #AncientLife, #CretaceousPeriod

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New Spinosaurus Fossil Shows Different Ancient Predator Life

New Spinosaurus fossil found with head crest. Scientists debate if it hunted like a wading bird or crocodile. Learn how this changes views on ancient life.

Weeping about a sedimentary line and pollen in the last breath of a cretaceous fish

(video about the line of iridium that marks the before/after the end on the cretaceous extinction)

#geology #ScienceMastodon #cretaceousperiod

For some reason, now, while I'm drawing this, I'm reminded of the old Disney cartoon "earth before the beginning of time."
I've already shed a tear🥲.

There are two references on the sides, on the left is a reconstruction of what the earth looked like during the Jurassic-Cretaceous periods, on the right is a landscape located, located near the petrified forest in Khabarovsk.
#art #prehistory_time #JurassicPeriod #cretaceousperiod #artist #artwork

Futurism: Scientists Find Evidence of an Ancient Rainforest in Antarctica…

Scientists have discovered amber in a sediment core recovered thousands of feet below the surface of the Antarctic, a baffling finding that could indicate the existence of an ancient temperate rainforest in the now-frozen region dating back to the Cretaceous Period around 90 million years ago... futurism.com #antarctica #cretaceousperiod #rainforest #amber #science #geologicaltime

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/futurism-scientists-find-evidence-of-an-ancient-rainforest-in-antarctica/

Futurism: Scientists Find Evidence of an Ancient Rainforest in Antarctica…

Scientists have discovered amber in a sediment core recovered thousands of feet below the surface of the Antarctic, a baffling finding that could indicate the existence of an ancient temperate rain…

for much deliberation
Neuroptera: Greater insect diversity in the Cretaceous period

Human activity is currently driving a loss of natural diversity that some experts describe as the sixth major mass extinction event in the history of the Earth. The decline in insects is particularly alarming: Insects are not just a highly diverse group of creatures in and off themselves, but they are also of tremendous ecological and economic importance.

Phys.org