Archive for December 9th, 2017

WFS News:Wakaleo schouteni,New species of extinct marsupial lion

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A team of Australian scientists has discovered a new species of marsupial lion which has been extinct for at least 19 million years. The findings, published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, are based on fossilised remains of the animal’s skull, teeth, and humerus (upper arm bone) found […]

WFS News: Recently discovered fossil shows transition of a reptile from life on land to life in the sea

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Using modern research tools on a 155-million-year-old reptile fossil, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the American Museum of Natural History report they have filled in some important clues to the evolution of animals that once roamed land and transitioned to life in the water. A report on the […]