Site about the fossil mammals known from the Paleocene epoch. Contains an introduction to Paleocene mammals and a list of genera and species with their classification and taxonomy.

Mesozoic mammals Early Mammals The mammals first appeared at the same time as the dinosaurs, in the late Triassic, about 230 million years ago. Their ancestors were the mammal-like reptiles. During the first two thirds of mammalian history, when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the mammals were small, nocturnal animals about the size of mice and rats. When the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ...

A fossil site of international significance left intact for public viewing. Hundreds of skeletons of prehistoric animals have been found in a volcanic ash bed buried beneath the rolling farmlands of northeastern Nebraska. Some of the best-preserved fossil rhinos, horses, camels, and birds known anywhere have been, and are being, excavated by museum crews working in the Ashfall Fossil Beds in ...

Adaptation...Mammoths To Man Packet A INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH The Age of Mammals Small mammals were alive when dinosaurs roamed the earth. No one is quite certain why dinosaurs died out. Some scientists think it could have been a change in the climate. Others have said that there might have been a major disaster, like a comet crashing into the earth. With these large creatures ...

In the Field: Canadian Museum of Nature palaeontologist Jaelyn Eberle tracks a story of life and death when digging for fossils of mammals that survived the Great Extinction Event, near Denver, Colorado.