@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic period. New research on fossils from Madagascar, published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ by Italian and French paleontologists, begin to fill the gap in a million-year-long ghost lineage. Deep and massive […]
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WFS News:Through fossil leaves, a step towards Jurassic Park
July 4th, 2017 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For the first time, researchers have succeeded in establishing the relationships between 200-million-year-old plants based on chemical fingerprints. Using infrared spectroscopy and statistical analysis of organic molecules in fossil leaves, they are opening up new perspectives on the dinosaur era. The unique results stem from a collaboration between […]
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No Comments »WFS News: ‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
July 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions. Using a technique called ‘seismic noise interferometry’ combined with geophysical measurements, the researchers measured the energy […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bulges, predict eruptions, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, volcanoes, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: fossil Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi reveals lifestyle of ancient armor-plated reptile
June 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An exceptionally-preserved fossil from the Alps in eastern Switzerland has revealed the best look so far at an armoured reptile from the Middle Triassic named Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi. The fossil is extremely rare in that it contains the animal’s complete skeleton, giving an Anglo-Swiss research team a very clear […]
Tiny fossils reveal backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive
June 25th, 2017 Riffin The fossils of an extinct species from the Triassic Period are the long-missing link that connects Kermit the Frog’s amphibian brethren to wormlike creatures with a backbone and two rows of sharp teeth, new research shows. Named Chinlestegophis jenkinsi, the newfound fossil is the oldest relative of the most mysterious group of amphibians: caecilians. Today, these limbless, colorful serpentine carnivores live underground and range in size from 6 inches to 5 feet.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: amphibian, Chinlestegophis, fossil, jenkinsi, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, vertebrate, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto land
June 22nd, 2017 Riffin The fossil of an early snake-like animal — called Lethiscus stocki — has kept its evolutionary secrets for the last 340-million years. Now, an international team of researchers has revealed new insights into the ancient Scottish fossil that dramatically challenge our understanding of the early evolution of tetrapods, or four-limbed animals with backbones.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Evolution, fish, fossil, Lethiscus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Snake, WFS, WorldFossilSociety No Comments »WFS news: Massive vertebrae sheds new light on Alamosaurus sanjuanensis
June 20th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The discovery nearly two decades ago of nine beautifully articulated vertebrae at Big Bend National Park is shedding new light on a 66 million-year-old sauropod native to Texas and the North American southwest called Alamosaurus sanjuanensis. Paleontologists from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas have […]
World’s ‘first named dinosaur’ reveals new teeth with scanning tech!
June 16th, 2017 Riffin Pioneering technology has shed fresh light on the world’s first scientifically-described dinosaur fossil — over 200 years after it was first discovered — thanks to research.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dating, Dinosaur, fossil, palaeontology, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tooth, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Brazilian carnivorous mammal-like reptile fossil may be new Aleodon species
June 15th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Some Late Triassic Brazilian fossils of mammal-like reptiles, previously identified as Chiniquodon, may in fact be the first Aleodon specimens found outside Africa, according to a study published June 14, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by AgustÃn Martinelli from the Universidade Federal of Rio Grande do […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Aleodon, carnivorous, mammal, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, species, WFS, WorldFossilSociety No Comments »WFS News : Corals reveals source of 1586 Sanriku, Japan tsunami
June 13th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A team of researchers, led by Dr. Rhett Butler, geophysicist at the University of Hawai’i at M?noa (UHM), re-examined historical evidence around the Pacific and discovered the origin of the tsunami that hit Sanriku, Japan in 1586 — a mega-earthquake from the Aleutian Islands that broadly impacted the […]
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