The Geological Society of America (GSA) 2016 Annual Meeting 25–28 September 2016 Denver, United States This year’s five prestigious Pardee Keynote Symposia will scrutinize: • Subsurface energy systems, which account for 80% of total […]
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WFS News: Calciavis grandei, Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago
July 14th, 2016 Riffin
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich, according to a new paper co-authored by Sterling Nesbitt of Virginia Tech’s College of Science and part of the university’s Global Change Center. The bird fossils were found more than a decade […]