Late Cretaceous Period Current Affairs, GK & News
66-million-year-old dinosaur embryo found in China
A 66-million-year-old dinosaur embryo was discovered in Ganzhou in southern China. Highlights The embryo is believed to be a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, It has been named Baby Yingliang. The discovery of embryo has also provided researchers a greater understanding of the link between dinosaurs and modern birds. The fossil provides that, embryo was ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: jurassic • Late Cretaceous Period • UPSC
Big John- Biggest Triceratops to be auctioned
Big John, an enormous triceratops, is to be auctioned in October 2021 and is expected to get big bucks on the auction block in France. Key Points Big John’s skeleton is more than 66 million years old and is 60% complete, It is the largest triceratops ever found, measuring about 26 feet long. Its skull ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Auction of Triceratops • Big John • Cretaceous • France • Late Cretaceous Period • Tri-horned triceratops • Triceratops • Walter W. Stein
Study on Rudist Clams
Scientists recently studied an ancient molluscan (Torreites sanchezi) fossil to estimate the length of day, 70 million years ago. Torreites sanchezi The Torreites sanchezi is a species of molluscan (shelled animal) that belongs to an extinct group of clams called the rudist clams. They lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago. ..
Topics: Earth Day • Fossils • Late Cretaceous Period • Moon's Retreat