The 36 well-preserved cervical vertebrae and 50 neck bones indicate that Traskasaura had a very long neck. While not much is ...

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are ...

In a collaboration between The Conversation and BBC South West, Secrets of the Sea is a new series that showcases local ...

“Now we know that those rocks there are marine sedimentary rocks, it solidifies it a bit.” And DiGregorio was so gobsmacked by the discovery he thought Nasa was preparing an announcemen ...

At the summit of Mount Everest, for example, there is the sedimentary rock limestone known as the "Qomolangma Limestone". Within it are several fossilized marine creatures from the Ordovician ...

The Cenozoic sedimentary cover corresponds to continental to marine sedimentary rocks and sediments deposited from the Oligocene to the present day in a drift tectonic framework. It presents a ...

"The Tonto Group of Grand Canyon holds a treasure trove of sedimentary layers ... new insights into rock sedimentation speeds and offered clues on how rapidly marine species, such as trilobites ...

“Answering that question will help us get a better fundamental understanding about the functioning of sedimentary systems and how climatic changes imprint on the deep marine sedimentary ... onshore ...

Characterization of source rocks and assessment of hydrocarbon generation potential in gypsum-salt sequences in marine sedimentary basins. Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ...

That's based on a new analysis of marine sedimentary rocks in the Franceville Basin off the west coast of Africa that were deposited some 2.1 billion years ago. The general consensus is that animals ...

Evidence was found in marine sedimentary rocks near Gabon in Central Africa. A team of international researchers has challenged the long-held belief that complex life forms first emerged on Earth ...