An international team of paleontologists, geoscientists and biologists has found via analysis of melanosome patterns in ...

It was a mammaliaform, part of the group that includes mammals and our ancient relatives. And for a long time, scientists had thought of the mammaliaformes that lived during the Mesozoic ...

according to a quantitative reconstruction of Mesozoic mammal coloration, hinting at their shrouded and nocturnal nature. The findings, drawn from a comparative analysis of fossilized melanosomes ...

During the Mesozoic, mammals were generally small-bodied, with the majority comparable in size to shrews, rats and mice. But the discovery of Patagomaia supports the view that mammals in the ...

New discoveries about Mesozoic mammals challenge the classical picture of small, insect-hunting, vulnerable animals that lived in the Age of Dinosaurs. Learn what early mammals were really like and ...

“There’s often the tendency to think of mesozoic mammals as these kind of meager critters that were just running around hiding,” says Weaver. Though that may be true for many, ...

The early mammals in this study — like many during the Mesozoic Era — were small creatures much like rodents, shrews or moles. They also appear to have had similarly gray and brown coats.

Even the largest Mesozoic mammals maxed out at the size of a badger. On supporting science journalism. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing.

Most modern mammals experience rapid growth early in life before plateauing as they approach adult size. Krusatodon and other early Mesozoic mammals may have slowly grown throughout their long lives.

While there is little doubt that many a Mesozoic mammal became a meal for a dinosaur, it may come as a surprise to learn that some mammals also dined on dinos.. A dramatic fossil unearthed in ...

In 2003, a fossil belonging to a mammaliaform was discovered in an ancient lakebed in what's now China. It was an almost complete skeleton the size of a platypus, a find that complicated the ...

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - While there is little doubt that many a Mesozoic mammal became a meal for a dinosaur, it may come as a surprise to learn that some mammals also dined on dinos.