All mammals are vertebrates, but not all vertebrates are mammals ... Kangaroos and opossums are both marsupials. Placental mammals make up the majority of the mammal group. By having a placenta to ...

By analysing small-fossilised bone fragments, specifically end of limb bones, from marsupial and placental mammals found in Western North America -- the only place with a well-preserved ...

Scientists discovered two small mammals inside the juvenile dinosaur’s stomach cavity. One was a eutherian, a distant relative of modern placental mammals. The second was a gobiconodontid ...

The investigators, headed by Professor Christine Janis, used fossil bones of marsupials and placental mammals excavated in Western North America, the only place with a good representation of ...

Fossilised remains of newly identified dinosaur species and mammal suggest they were both predator and quarry to each other ...

Unlike those provided by coniferous vegetation, woodland and forest habitats have a dense and complex understory as well as larger trees, providing high biodiversity and resources for terrestrial ...

During the early Paleocene, about 66 to 56 million years ago, a species of small mammal known as Mixodectes pungens […] ...

The study, published today in the journal Palaeontology, provides fresh evidence that many mammals were already shifting toward a more ground-based lifestyle leading up to the asteroid’s impact. By ...

Picture the Australian wilderness at dawn: the soft glow of sunlight dances across gum tree leaves, a gentle breeze stirs, ...

According to Phys.org, Professor Janis and her team analyzed more than 300 small fossilized bone fragments, specifically the ends of limb bones from marsupials and placental mammals found in ...

The study, published in the journal Palaeontology, focused on tiny fossilized bones from marsupial and placental mammals. These fossils came from Western North America, the only place with a well ...