Until now, interpreting flattened fossils was a major challenge. Now, a new approach for the analysis of such fossils has been developed by a team bringing together researchers from the IPANEMA unit (CNRS / French Ministry of Culture and Communication), the Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CNRS / MNHN / UPMC) […]
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Bones of a previously unknown species prove to be one of the oldest seabirds
February 3rd, 2014 
Riffin Fossils discovered in Canterbury, New Zealand reveal the nature of one of the world’s oldest flying seabirds. Thought to have lived between 60.5 and 61.6 million years ago, the fossil is suggested to have formed shortly after the extinction of dinosaurs and many marine organisms. Bones of the bird were discovered in 2009 by Leigh […]
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Tags: Bones, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, seabirds, unknown species, WFS, world fossil society 
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