Life in the Jurassic Thicket.
In the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of China paleontologists have found the oldest known paravians: the animals that gave rise to birds. There is no reason to think that the […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Bennettites: The Nearly Invisible Mesozoic Plants
This is the third installment of my series on bennettites and this time I will try to describe them, for paleoartists, in plain language. For more scientific language or references […]
Bennettite Paleoenvironments
Bennettites show up in the fossil record first in the Middle Triassic. Late Triassic beds around the world show many fronds of Anomozamites, Pterophyllum, and Zamites. Throughout the Jurassic bennettites […]
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