Posts Tagged ‘Paleontologists’

WFS News: Utah Paleontologists Turn to Crowdfunding for Raptor Project

@ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev Millions of years ago, on a mud flat somewhere in Cretaceous Utah, a group of Utahraptors made a grave mistake: They tried to hunt near quicksand. The pack’s poor fortune has given modern paleontologists an opportunity to decode the giant raptor — its appearance, growth and behavior […]

WFS News: Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A discovery of well-preserved fossil plants by paleontologists from the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia has allowed researchers to identify a distant relative of the living plant Ginkgo biloba. The find helps scientists better understand the evolution and diversity of ancient seed plants. The fossils, from […]