@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A University of Bristol-led study has revealed new details about dinosaur feathers and enabled scientists to further refine what is potentially the most accurate depiction of any dinosaur species to date. Birds are the direct descendants of a group of feathered, carnivorous dinosaurs that, along with true birds, […]
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WFS News: Feathered dinosaurs were even fluffier than we thought
December 2nd, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Ancient flying reptiles cared for their young, fossil trove suggests
December 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A spectacular fossil find is providing tantalizing new clues about the habits of pterosaurs, ancient flying reptiles that lived at the same times as dinosaurs. The cache of more than 200 fossil eggs found with bones of juvenile and adult animals in northwestern China is “one of the […]
WFS News: Biomass recycling and Earth’s early phosphorus cycle
November 28th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The amount of biomass — life — in Earth’s ancient oceans may have been limited due to low recycling of the key nutrient phosphorus, according to new research by the University of Washington and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The research, published online Nov. 22 in […]
WFS News: Matheronodon provincialis ,New Herbivorous Dinosaur Species
November 27th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Matheronodon provincialis was a primitive cousin of the well-known European dinosaur Iguanodon. The ancient beast lived 70 million years ago (Late Cretaceous epoch) and was approximately 16 feet (5 m) long. The fossilized jawbone and three teeth of the new species were discovered at the site of Velaux-La […]
WFS News: Climate change could increase volcano eruptions
November 26th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, warn scientists. A new study, led by the University of Leeds, has found that there was less volcanic activity in Iceland when glacier cover was more extensive and as the glaciers melted volcanic eruptions increased due to […]
WFS News: Enormous Extinct Sea Cow Fossil Found on Russian Island
November 22nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When Maria Shitova saw what looked like white poles jutting out of the sand at a beach in Russia, she thought they were part of a manmade fence. But instead of digging up city planning, her research team exhumed the nearly complete skeleton of a gargantuan sea cow […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Enormous, Extinct Sea Cow, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Russian Island, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: When water meets iron at Earth’s core–mantle boundary
November 20th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron between Earth’s core and mantle could have played a major role in Earth’s history, including the breakup of supercontinents, drastic changes in Earth’s atmospheric makeup, and the creation of life, according to recent work from an international research team published in National Science Review. […]
WFS News: Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption
November 19th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev On May 29, 2006, mud started erupting from several sites on the Indonesian island of Java. Boiling mud, water, rocks and gas poured from newly-created vents in the ground, burying entire towns and compelling many Indonesians to flee. By September 2006, the largest eruption site reached a peak, […]
WFS News: Bryozoans: Fossil fills missing evolutionary link
November 18th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Lurking in oceans, rivers and lakes around the world are tiny, ancient animals known to few people. Bryozoans, tiny marine creatures that live in colonies, are “living fossils” — their lineage goes back to the time when multi-celled life was a newfangled concept. But until now, scientists were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bryozoans, fills, fossil, missing evolutionary link, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »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 […]
