A new raptorial dinosaur fossil with exceptionally long feathers has provided exciting insights into dinosaur flight. A paper published in Nature Communications on July 15, 2014 asserts that the fossil — discovered by an international team led by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) paleontologist Dr. Luis Chiappe — has a long feathered […]
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Changyuraptor yangi sheds light on dinosaur flight
July 17th, 2014 
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No Comments »Gomphothere mandible uncovered
July 15th, 2014 Riffin An animal once believed to have disappeared from North America before humans ever arrived there might actually have roamed the continent longer than previously thought — and it was likely on the list of prey for some of continent’s earliest humans, researchers from the University of Arizona and elsewhere have found. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Gomphothere, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »First Record of Eocene Bony Fishes and Crocodyliforms from Canada’s Western Arctic
July 14th, 2014 Riffin Discovery of Eocene non-marine vertebrates, including crocodylians, turtles, bony fishes, and mammals in Canada’s High Arctic was a critical paleontological contribution of the last century because it indicated that this region of the Arctic had been mild, temperate, and ice-free during the early – middle Eocene (~53–50 Ma), despite being well above the Arctic Circle. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Crocodyliforms, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Earthquakes: Friction and Fracture are interrelated
July 13th, 2014 Riffin Overturning conventional wisdom stretching all the way to Leonardo da Vinci, new Hebrew University of Jerusalem research shows that how things break (fracture) and how things slide (friction) are closely interrelated. The breakthrough study marks an important advance in understanding friction and fracture, with implications for describing the mechanics that drive earthquakes. Over 500 years […]
Shark teeth analysis provides detailed new look at Arctic climate change
July 11th, 2014 Riffin Source : University of Chicago A new study shows that some shark species may be able to cope with the rising salinity of Arctic waters that may come with rising temperatures. The Arctic today is best known for its tundra and polar bear population, but it wasn’t always like that. Roughly 53 to 38 million […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: analysis, Arctic, climate change, detailed, new look, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Shark teeth, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Ancient amber revealed one secret
July 10th, 2014 Riffin The warm beauty of amber was captivating and mysterious enough to inspire myths in ancient times, and even today, some of its secrets remain locked inside the fossilized tree resin. But for the first time, scientists have now solved at least one of its puzzles that had perplexed them for decades. Their report on a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Amber, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossilized Elephant Tusk Found on Seafloor
July 9th, 2014 Riffin A fossilized elephant tusk at least 100,000 years old has been discovered on the seafloor off the Sicilian coast, according to a survey of underwater archaeologists. Discovered during a series of archaeological dives in the waters off Torretta Granitola, a village on the island’s southwestern coast, the tusk is more than 3 feet long. “It […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Elephant Tusk, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Argentavis magnificens: Largest Prehistoric Bird
July 8th, 2014 Riffin Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20-24-foot wingspan, the creature surpassed size estimates based on wing bones from the previous record holder — a long-extinct bird named Argentavis magnificens — and was twice as big as the Royal […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Argentavis magnificens, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society 1 Comment »Ammonite fossil discovered in Hawkes Bay
July 6th, 2014 Riffin The fossil of a squid-like creature wiped out with the dinosaurs has been discovered in a Hawkes Bay streambed. The surprise find of the ammonite fossil – found contained in a 50kg boulder in the Waiau River – has excited scientists about what other specimens may lay hidden in New Zealand’s under-explored wilderness. The uncovered […]
Scientists Discover Why Female Dinosaurs Laid Smaller Eggs
July 5th, 2014 Riffin A team of researchers have discovered that though dinosaurs were the largest creatures to have ever walked on Earth, they did not lay the world’s largest eggs. Both individual egg size and clutch size of sauropods, one of the largest group of dinosaurs, were found to be a lot smaller than previously thought. Sauropods, including diplodocus, […]
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