The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a thorough examination of the pigment-producing cells present in living mammals, ...

What distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? Paleontologists have been able to gauge the lifespan and growth rates of these ancient animals, and even ...

Zebra stripes? Leopard print? Neither were in vogue among the earliest mammals during the Age of Dinosaurs. Early mammals and their close relatives probably sported dark, drab coats from snout to tail ...

According to most experts, the first mammal was Morganucodon, a small, shrew-like rodent that appeared during the Jurassic Period, approximately 200 million years ago. It weighed a few ounces and ...

Recent discoveries have shown that brightly colored crests and eye-catching patterns adorned many dinosaurs. Meanwhile, our earliest mammalian ancestors survived these flamboyant predators by being as ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no doubt scientists had a lot of luck on their side in discovering a critter from the age of dinosaurs that rewrites our understanding of the history of early mammals.

A university student on a fossil-hunting field trip in Dorset made a stunning discovery: a 145-million-year-old jawbone belonging to a previously unknown mammal species with razor-like teeth. With the ...

This mammal, about the size of an opossum, had a mix of strange characteristics that haven't been seen together before. It highlights evolutionary strangeness that can arise when evolution occurs in ...

Postcanine replacement in the gomphodont cynodont Diademodon / James A. Hopson -- Bimodal wear of mammalian teeth / R.G. Every and W.G. Kuhne -- The dentition of Morganucodon / J.R.E. Mills -- The ...

On the left is a parent of the early mammal Dryolestes which raises a brood after reaching sexual maturity at age four. On the right is a Haldanodon, a member of the family of mammal-like docodonts, ...