Archive for April, 2022

WFS News: Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal

@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according to a new study published today in AGU Advances, AGU’s journal for high-impact, open-access research and commentary across the Earth and space sciences. These […]

WFS News: Scientists claim they’ve found a perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil killed when the mass extinction asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev,Athira Scientists say that the perfectly preserved leg of a Thescelosaurus dinosaur, complete with scaly skin, can be dated back to the mass extinction event because of the presence of debris from the impact, the BBC said. It is widely believed that when the 7.5 mile-wide asteroid, approximately the size of […]

WFS News: Well-preserved new dinosaur fossil found in Alberta

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev six years after miners had discovered it by accident, the best preserved dinosaur fossil was was unveiled at Canada’s Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Dinosaur fossils are not more than a rock for the casual observers, before they are put into the museum. However, the observers this time […]