@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A study of tiny mineral ‘inclusions’ within diamonds from Botswana has shown that diamond crystals can take billions of years to grow. One diamond was found to contain silicate material that formed 2.3 billion years ago in its interior and a 250 million-year-old garnet crystal towards its outer […]
Archive for February, 2017
WFS Dinofact : SYNTARSUS “Fused or Flat Ankle”
February 19th, 2017 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev ANATOMY Syntarsus was a small, lightly-built dinosaur that walked on two long legs. This predator was about 10 feet long (3 m) and weighed about 60-70 pounds. It had light, hollow bones, a long, pointed head with dozens of small, serrated teeth, and a long neck. Syntarsus had […]
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No Comments »WFS News: Live birth in an archosauromorph reptile
February 16th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A remarkable 250 million-year-old “terrible-headed lizard” fossil found in China shows an embryo inside the mother — clear evidence for live birth. Head of The University of Queensland’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and co-author Professor Jonathan Aitchison said the fossil unexpectedly provided the first evidence for […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: archosauromorph, Live birth, reptile, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: How old were the oldest dinosaurs?
February 11th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev How old were the oldest dinosaurs? This question remains largely unanswered. The natural life span of these long-extinct giants is of interest to scientists, in combination with questions regarding how fast they could grow and how they could obtain sufficient nutrients from their habitat. Palaeontologists at the University […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dinosaurs, old, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Soot may have killed off the dinosaurs and ammonites
February 8th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new hypothesis on the extinction of dinosaurs and ammonites at the end of the Cretaceous Period has been proposed by a research team from Tohoku University and the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute. The researchers believe that massive amounts of stratospheric soot ejected from rocks following […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dinosaurs and ammonites, killed, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Soot, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Researchers confirm the existence of a ‘lost continent’ under Mauritius
February 6th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have confirmed the existence of a “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius that was left-over by the break-up of the supercontinent, Gondwana, which started about 200 million years ago. The piece of crust, which was subsequently covered by young lava during volcanic eruptions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: lost continent, Mauritius, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur (Lufengosaurus) rib bones reveal remnants of 195-million-year-old protein
February 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Is fossilized rock all that remains when a dinosaur decomposes? New research from scientists at the University […]
WFS News:Exceptionally preserved fossilized mantle of a vampyropod
February 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils discovered in Canada, rare for recording soft-bodied species that normally don’t fossilize, is expanding scientists’ view of the rich marine life of the period. The preservation of the fossils — which include soft body parts as well as shells and […]
