Archive for December, 2019

WFS News: 300 million year old atmospheric dust

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Dust plays a crucial role in the life and health of our planet. In our modern world, dust-borne nutrients traveling in great dust storms from the Saharan Desert fertilize the soil in the Amazon Rainforest and feed photosynthetic organisms like algae in the Atlantic Ocean. In turn, it […]

WFS News: Fossilized Brains Found

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Inky stains found in fossils of 500-million-year-old bug-like creatures may be beautifully preserved, symmetrical brain tissue. The fossil find may help lay a heated scientific controversy to rest — the question of whether brains can be fossilized. Scientists discovered these splotchy marks in fossils of  the arthropod Alalcomenaeus, an animal […]

WFS News: 16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that many animals face is dispersal — being able to pick up and leave to occupy new lands, find fresh resources and mates, and avoid intraspecies competition in times of overpopulation. For birds, butterflies and other winged […]

WFS News: Najash,Fossil of an ancient legged snake

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles, including how snakes got their bite and lost their legs. The fossil discoveries published in Science Advances have revealed they possessed hind legs during the first 70 million years of their evolution. […]

WFS News:Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber Citation: Heinrichs J, Scheben A, Bechteler J, Lee GE, Schäfer-Verwimp A, Hedenäs L, et al. (2016) Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156301 Editor: William Oki Wong, Institute […]