The fossils at John Day span 40 million years and offer one of the richest evolutionary records of the Cenozoic Era, including prehistoric alligators, bears, dogs, pigs, horses, cougars and even ...

In turn, the extinction of the dinosaurs and several other animal groups 65.5 million years ago defines the beginning of the Cenozoic era. We are including several ... to connect with the ...

Phorusrhacids, as they are known by their scientific name, were meat-eating birds that during the Cenozoic Era were at the ...

New fossil discoveries reveal more of this early ... and molars. In the early Cenozoic era, after the dinosaurs became extinct, the number and diversity of mammals exploded. In just 10 million ...

3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and giant marine reptiles were conspicuously absent from the face of the Earth. Rodent-size ...

The fossil in question dates back to the eocene epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago) of the cenozoic era, confirmed a ...

The remains were found in a soil layer dating from the Miocene epoch of the Neogene period of the Cenozoic era. A full-scale excavation began after the lower jaw fossil was discovered on Sept.

That puts Megatooth, and probably some of its ancestors, at the top step of the prehistoric food chain when it stalked the seas during the Cenozoic era, which began about 66 million years ago and ...

The fossil in question dates back to the eocene epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago) of the cenozoic era, confirmed a GSI official. “The fossil is at least 50 million years old,” said ...