Nearly two years ago, an international team of paleontologists discovered a bizarre fossil — Atopodentatus unicus, a 10 feet (3 m) long marine reptile that lived in what is now China 247 to 242 million years ago (Middle Triassic). Atopodentatus unicus’ head was poorly preserved, but it seemed to have a flamingo-like ‘beak.’ But according […]
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WFS NEWS: Pterosaur flies safely home after 95 million years
June 24th, 2016 
Riffin @WFS News: With the help of University of Alberta scientists, a newly described pterosaur has finally flown home. This spectacular fossil material was discovered in a private Lebanese limestone quarry more than a decade ago and has led to what UAlberta paleontologist Michael Caldwell calls “priceless scientific findings.” “This is the first complete pterosaur from […]
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No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur-era fossils unearthed in Antarctica
June 22nd, 2016 Riffin An international research team just made a big fossil discovery in Antarctica, unearthing a haul of remains that date between 67 million and 71 million years old. “We found a lot of really great fossils,” Steve Salisbury, of the University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences, said in a press release. “The rocks the were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Antarctica, Dinosaur-era, fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: ‘Fossil’ meteorite was from asteroid smash-up
June 17th, 2016 Riffin Scientists have identified a completely new type of meteorite. The 8cm space rock is said to be chemically distinct from any of the 50,000 other such objects held in collections.Called Österplana 65, it was found in a limestone quarry in Thorsberg, Sweden, that produces floor tiles.Dating suggests the meteorite’s parent body was involved in a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: asteroid smash-up, Fossil meteorite, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered
June 13th, 2016 Riffin A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct prior to the impact and provides further evidence as to whether the impact was in fact the cause of their extinction. Researchers from […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Last dinosaur, mass extinction, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »If Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Arose in Association with Dinosaurs, Did They Also Suffer a Mass Co-Extinction at the K-Pg Boundary?
June 12th, 2016 Riffin WFS News: World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The evolutionary success of beetles and numerous other terrestrial insects is generally attributed to co-radiation with flowering plants but most studies have focused on herbivorous or pollinating insects. Non-herbivores represent a significant proportion of beetle diversity yet potential factors that influence their diversification have been largely […]
WFS NEWS: Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah
June 10th, 2016 Riffin Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation:Senter P, Kirkland JI, DeBlieux DD (2012) Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043911Editor: Peter Dodson, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Therizinosaurs are an unusual group of Therapod Dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of Asia and […]
WFS NEWS: Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri shed light on the early evolution of ants
June 8th, 2016 Riffin Ants comprise one lineage of the triumvirate of eusocial insects and experienced their early diversification within the Cretaceous. The success of ants is generally attributed to their remarkable social behavior. Recent studies suggest that the early branching lineages of extant ants formed small colonies of either subterranean or epigeic, solitary specialist predators. The vast majority […]
WFS NEWS: Underwater ‘lost city’ found to be geological formation
June 6th, 2016 Riffin Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon — according to joint research from the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Athens (Greece). When underwater divers discovered what looked like paved floors, courtyards […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: geological formation, lost city, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS NEWS:Radix carbonica (320 MYO stem-cell fossil)
June 4th, 2016 Riffin Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists at Oxford University have discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a 320-million-year-old fossil. The cells, which gave rise to the roots of an ancient plant, were found in a fossilized root tip held in the Oxford University Herbaria. As well as […]
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