@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Karoo igneous rocks represent one of the largest continental flood basalt events (by volume) on Earth, and are not normally associated with fossils remains. However, these Pliensbachian–Toarcian lava flows contain sandstone interbeds that are particularly common in the lower part of the volcanic succession and are occasionally […]
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WFS News: reptiles persisted in Jurassic Africa even as volcanism ruined their habitat?
September 11th, 2020 
Riffin WFS News: Early adaptation to eolian sand dunes by basal amniotes is documented in two Pennsylvanian Grand Canyon track ways
August 23rd, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev We report the discovery of two very early, basal-amniote fossil trackways on the same bedding plane in eolian sandstone of the Pennsylvanian Manakacha Formation in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Trackway 1, which is Chelichnus-like, we interpret to be a shallow undertrackway. It displays a distinctive, sideways-drifting, footprint pattern not previously […]
WFS News: Digital microscopy showed the fossilised trilobite had a ‘fully modern type of visual system’ similar to that of living bees and other insects.
August 15th, 2020 Riffin WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T sajeev,Russel T Sajeev
WFS News: Vectaerovenator inopinatus,New dinosaur related to T. rex
August 12th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new species of dinosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. Palaeontologists at the University of Southampton believe four bones found at Shanklin last year belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur. It lived in the Cretaceous period, 115 million years ago, and is estimated […]
WFS News: A new fossil reveals how a mysterious ancient insect captured its meals.
August 7th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Specialized Predation Drives Aberrant Morphological Integration and Diversity in the Earliest Ants Published:August 06, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.106 Extinct haidomyrmecine “hell ants” are among the earliest ants known . These eusocial Cretaceous taxa diverged from extant lineages prior to the most recent common ancestor of all living ants and possessed bizarre […]
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No Comments »WFS News: Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years
July 29th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years Morono, Y., Ito, M., Hoshino, T. et al. Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years. Nat Commun, 2020 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17330-1 Sparse microbial populations persist from seafloor to basement in the […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: Aerobic microbial, oxic marine, sediment, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Cassowary gloss and a novel form of structural color in birds
May 17th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Cassowaries are big flightless birds with blue heads and dinosaur-looking feet; they look like emus that time forgot, and they’re objectively terrifying. They’re also, along with their ostrich and kiwi cousins, part of the bird family that split off from chickens, ducks, and songbirds 100 million years ago. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Cassowary, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 300 million year old atmospheric dust
December 29th, 2019 Riffin @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 […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 300 million, atmospheric dust, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossilized Brains Found
December 19th, 2019 Riffin @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 […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Fossilized Brains, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Najash,Fossil of an ancient legged snake
December 8th, 2019 Riffin @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. […]
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