Fossils in amber push the origin of feather-feeding insects back over 50 million years
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WFS News: Mesophthirus engeli,A newly discovered ancient insect species
February 21st, 2020 
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No Comments »WFS News: Paleoclimate Proxies
February 18th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Every year, particles eroding from the continents are transported to the oceans by the wind as dust and by rivers as sands and gravels. Once they get to the ocean, they mix with billions of tons of dead plankton shells, sink, and settle on the seafloor. There, […]
Posted in General Tags: Paleoclimate Proxies, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Thalattosaur. sea monster with needle-sharp snout
February 7th, 2020 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An articulated Late Triassic (Norian) thalattosauroid from Alaska and ecomorphology and extinction of Thalattosauria An iguana-like creature with a needle-sharp snout has been confirmed from a fossilized skeleton as a species of the marine reptile thalattosaur previously unknown to science that roamed the coast of what is now […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Thalattosaur, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Baby Pterosaurs Could Fly
February 3rd, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Baby pterosaurs — flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs — were probably able to spread their leathery wings and fly shortly after emerging from their eggs, scientists reported in a new study. Preserved eggs and embryos from Argentina and China suggested that pterosaur babies, or “flaplings,” according to the researchers, had skeletons […]
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