Posts Tagged ‘discovery’

WFS News: Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia   A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most familiar animals today, including humans. The tiny, wormlike creature, named Ikaria wariootia, is the earliest bilaterian, or organism […]

WFS News: Archaeology fossil teeth discovery in Germany could re-write human history

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A 9.7-million-year-old discovery has left a team of German scientists scratching their heads. The teeth seem to belong to a species only known to have appeared in Africa several million years later. A team of German archaeologists discovered a puzzling set of teeth in the former riverbed of […]

WFS News:Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore

@ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists working in Tanzania have identified a new species of hyaenodont, a type of extinct meat-eating mammal. The study is published today, National Fossil Day, in the journal PLOS ONE and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). After the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million […]