Scientists have investigated the extensive collection of fruits and seeds from the Messel pit. They found 140 different plant species, 65 of which were previously unknown. They show that Messel had ...

Aug. 10 (UPI) --An analysis of ancient shark teeth suggests the marine predators were relatively unaffected by the extinction event that wiped out 75 percent of the planet's species, including the ...

A new study has warned that unless we mitigate current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, Western Europe and New Zealand could revert to the hot tropical climate of the early Paleogene period -- ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the ...

The Paleogene Santa Rosa local fauna: introduction / Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr. -- The Paleogene Santa Rosa local fauna of Amazonian Peru / Kenneth E. Campbell, Jr., Carl David Frailey, Lidia ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: • Scientists discovered that life rebounded at extraordinary speed after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, with new plankton species evolving ...

Prolific Paleogene-age Wilcox reservoirs extend from onshore to deepwater offshore Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Discovery wells delineated the play across more than 35,000 sq km, and oil production from ...

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction event, marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods approximately 66 million years ago, stands as one of the most profound ...

A team of American and European researchers have confirmed that the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction -- the event that wiped out roughly 75% of the planet's species, including almost every dinosaur -- ...

Stretching from Alaminos Canyon off south Texas to the east across Walker Ridge and Keathley Canyon, the Paleogene was inaugurated with production from Shell’s Perdido field development. Petrobras’ ...