Archive for December, 2017

WFS News: Feathered dinosaurs were even fluffier than we thought

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A University of Bristol-led study has revealed new details about dinosaur feathers and enabled scientists to further refine what is potentially the most accurate depiction of any dinosaur species to date. Birds are the direct descendants of a group of feathered, carnivorous dinosaurs that, along with true birds, […]

WFS News: Ancient flying reptiles cared for their young, fossil trove suggests

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A spectacular fossil find is providing tantalizing new clues about the habits of pterosaurs, ancient flying reptiles that lived at the same times as dinosaurs. The cache of more than 200 fossil eggs found with bones of juvenile and adult animals in northwestern China is “one of the […]