@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Antarctica wasn’t always a land of ice. Millions of years ago, when the continent was still part of a huge Southern Hemisphere landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, newfound, intricate fossils of some of these trees are revealing how the plants thrived — and […]
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WFS News: 280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest Discovered in Antarctica
November 16th, 2017 
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2 Comments »WFS news: World’s longest sauropod dinosaur track way brought to light
November 14th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev In 2009, the world’s largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of excavations at the site has uncovered other tracks, sprawling over more than 150 meters. They form the longest sauropod trackway ever to be found. […]
WFS News: Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life
November 12th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere. Soot is a strong, light-absorbing aerosol […]
WFS News:Fossil of beaver the size of a bear found in Manitoba
November 11th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Part of the skull of a prehistoric giant beaver — which rivalled the modern bear in size — has been found in a gravel pit in southeastern Manitoba. The jaw bone, including a long front incisor and the back teeth in near-perfect condition, was discovered in a quarry […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Fossil of beaver, Manitoba, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, size of a bear, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago
November 10th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev At Northern Illinois University, Dan Gebo opens a cabinet and pulls out a drawer full of thin plastic cases filled with clear gelatin capsules. Inside each numbered capsule is a tiny fossil — some are so small they rival the diminutive size of a mustard seed. It’s hard […]
Posted in General Tags: 45 million years ago, Finger and toe, fossils, primates, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Mammals were nocturnal until dinosaur extinction…
November 8th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev With enormous predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex skulking around in the daytime it is not surprising that the first mammals chose to live under the cover of darkness. In fact, a new study, from University College London has found that our ancestors did not emerge from the shadows until […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur, extinction, Mammals, nocturnal, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: komatiites may offer new insights into earth’s evolution
November 6th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The first 1.5 billion years of Earth’s evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the lack of any significant rock record prior to four billion years ago and a very limited record until about three billion years ago. Rocks of this age are usually extensively altered […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: earth's evolution, komatiites, new insights, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Chicxulub asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
November 5th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to new research. A new study makes a more refined estimate of how much sulfur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earth’s atmosphere from […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Asteroid impact, Chicxulub, cooled, Earth's climate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: why the largest are not always the fastest
November 4th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev No other animal on land is faster than a cheetah — the elephant is indeed larger, but slower. For small to medium-sized animals, larger also means faster, but for really large animals, when it comes to speed, everything goes downhill again. For the first time, it is now […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fastest, largest, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: mysterious ancient cone-shaped sea creatures(Hyoliths ) are Palaeozoic lophophorates
November 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev One branch on the tree of life is a bit more crowded today. A team of scientists led by 20-year-old University of Toronto (U of T) undergraduate student Joseph Moysiuk has finally determined what a bizarre group of extinct cone-shaped animals actually are. Known as hyoliths, these marine […]
