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A global dataset of fossil foraminifera to examine how marine ecosystems changed
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (170+ words) UCL | University College London A global dataset of fossil foraminifera to examine how marine ecosystems changed Global fossil foraminifera data reveal the Eocene'Oligocene transition reshaped marine ecosystems through complex, multi-stage changes driven by cooling, ice-sheet growth, and ocean circulation. We…...
Baby dinosaurs a common prey for Late Jurassic predators
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (594+ words) Babies and very young sauropods " the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land " were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic, according to a new study led by a…...
'Mammoth' project cataloguing Ice Age animal bones begins in Jersey
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (240+ words) Archaeologists from UCL are helping archivists at Jersey Heritage to carefully study, catalogue and store hundreds of pieces of Ice Age animal bone, that were discovered on the Channel Island more than 60 years ago. The finds, which are part of…...