The Miocene is even named using the Greek words for “less” and “new.” In the oceans, molluscs and crocodilians radiated into diverse new forms. Continents were arranged quite similarly to ...

During the late Miocene epoch, about seven million years ago, large areas of the continents experienced drying, enhanced seasonality, and a restructuring of terrestrial plant and animal communities.

A Miocene fish fossil with soft tissue and intact pigmentation has been discovered in New South Wales, revealing prehistoric ...

During the Miocene epoch, as many as 100 species of ... it is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere. So mused Charles Darwin in his ...

the vast ice sheet covering the continent was much more unstable than previously thought. During this period in the Middle Miocene (13-17 million years ago), the ice sheet retreated and possibly ...

Lead author Dr Marc Jones, UCL Cell and Developmental Biology, says: "It has been argued that New Zealand was completely submerged during the Oligo-Miocene drowning of the continent some 25 to 22 ...

Since the flat was discovered, paleontologists have catalogued more than 2,000 fossils from the Miocene ... ecosystem shifted when the Australian continent transformed from an arboreal landscape ...

However, a new study revealed that their origins trace back to the Miocene, when the Japanese archipelago separated from the continent. Japan Sea element plants are generally thought to have ...

However, as the continent became more arid over millions ... By examining the fossilized remains of this giant spider and other Miocene-era specimens, researchers gain insights into how the ...

The find suggests overlooked rocks across the continent may contain more fossilized ... and dating to the Miocene Epoch, 15 million years ago.Credit...Michael Frese Supported by By Jack Tamisiea ...

Lead author Dr Marc Jones, UCL Cell and Developmental Biology, says: "It has been argued that New Zealand was completely submerged during the Oligo-Miocene drowning of the continent some 25 to 22 ...