@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Cutting-edge technology has revealed new insights about a globally famous fossil treasure trove, which may provide critical evidence concerning early life on Earth. Scientists investigating the 400 million-year-old fossil cache, discovered in the remote northeastern region of Scotland, report that their results display a higher level […]
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WFS News: The “Rosetta Stone” of Paleontology: 400 Million-Year-Old Fossil Cache Unveils Early Life
May 28th, 2023 
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No Comments »WFS News: Fossil site sheds light on Giant Arthropod Dominance 470 Million Years Ago
May 14th, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev New fossil site in Taichoute, Morocco, suggests giant arthropods, up to 2 meters long, dominated the seas 470 million years ago. The site offers new insights into the Fezouata Biota and early life on Earth. A new fossil site in Taichoute, Morocco, reveals that giant arthropods dominated […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Giant Arthropod, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Morphological evolution of cycads ?
May 10th, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Cycads, a group of gymnosperms which can resemble miniature palm trees (like the popular sago palm houseplant) were long thought to be “living fossils,” a group that had evolved minimally since the time of the dinosaurs. Now, a well-preserved 80-million-year-old pollen cone discovered in California has rewritten […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, cycads, Morphological evolution, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Foxaspis novemura: A new fossilized galeaspid species
May 4th, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new fossilized galeaspid species, Foxaspis novemura, has been discovered in China, featuring a unique nine-rayed caudal fin. The species was found to be an active swimmer with a faster cruising speed than its relatives. Researchers have discovered a new fossilized galeaspid species with “nine tails” in south China’s […]
WFS News: World’s oldest preserved brain found in prehistoric fish fossil
March 7th, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The “oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain” has been identified in a 319 million-year-old fish fossil. The fossilised Coccocephalus wildi was found in a coal mine in Lancashire more than a century ago and had been sitting in the archives of Manchester Museum. Research by teams […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, brain, Fish fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society, world’s oldest No Comments »WFS News: Australia’s most intact Cooyoo australis fossil discovered in Richmond with specimen in its belly
March 2nd, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The fossil of a predator fish that existed more than 100 million years ago has been discovered in north-west Queensland. Experts believe it is one Australia’s most intact fossils of the Cooyoo australis fish — a large carnivore that once swam Queensland’s inland Eromanga Sea. The rare find was stumbled […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Cooyoo australis fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 million years ago
December 19th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods — relatives of modern creatures including shrimps, insects and spiders — dominated the seas 470 million years ago. Early evidence from the site at Taichoute, once undersea but now a desert, records numerous large “free-swimming” […]
Posted in General Tags: 470 million years, Arthropods, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS News: Fossil site, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 2-Billion-Year-Old Microbe Fossils found
October 26th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Not all fossils are remnants from ferocious dinos. Some of them are teeny-tiny blobs. Scientists recently discovered some of these blobs in the form of 2.5-billion-year-old fossils of primitive bacteria. These ancient microbes are likely cyanobacteria, but they are unusually large and have weird shapes protruding from them, […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, micro bacteria fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Paleontologists found a 500 Million Years Old fossils showcasing this three-eyed predator.
September 12th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev What had spiny claws protruding from its mouth, sported a body shaped like a toilet brush and looked as though it slithered off the cover of a sci-fi novel? An ocean predator from the Cambrian period known as Stanleycaris hirpex. Newfound fossils of the bizarre creature are […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Sawfish fossils suggest teeth likely evolved from body scales in ancient fish
August 26th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have long debated the origins of teeth. Did they evolve from body scales that migrated into the mouths of ancient vertebrates and became adapted for eating — an idea known as the “outside-in” hypothesis? Or did they evolve independent of scales, originating deep within the oral cavity […]
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