The end-Cretaceous extinction created space in the ecosystem for birds, but also for mammals. Mammals first evolved from ancestors called therapsids during the late Triassic Period. These were tiny ...
The End-Cretaceous (K-Pg) Extinction: The Final Curtain During the end-Cretaceous extinction, around 75% of all species on Earth vanished. ©Dima Zel/Shutterstock.com How Birds Survived Oviraptors are ...