@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia The Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian-Barremian) Teete vertebrate locality in Western Yakutia, East Siberia, Russia, has produced mammal remains that are attributed to three taxa: Eleutherodontidae indet. cf. Sineleutherus sp. (Haramiyida; an upper molariform tooth), Khorotherium yakutensis gen. et sp. nov. (Tegotheriidae, Docodonta; maxillary fragment […]
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WFS News: A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia
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No Comments »WFS News: Ancient four-legged whale that looked like an otter discovered in Peru
November 21st, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A four-legged creature that had a tail and webbed feet similar to those found on otters, has been identified as an ancestor of the whale. Fossils unearthed in Peru have led scientists to conclude that the enormous creatures that traverse the planet’s oceans today are descended from small hoofed ancestors […]
WFS News: First skeletal remains of Phoebodus found in Morocco
November 5th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev An international team of researchers has found the first skeletal remains of Phoebodus—an ancient shark—in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes the fossil and compares it to a modern shark and fish. Ancient sharks […]
Posted in General Tags: Morocco, Phoebodus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Morphological characteristics of preparator air-scribe marks: Implications for taphonomic research
November 3rd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Morphological characteristics of preparator air-scribe marks: Implications for taphonomic research Taphonomic analyses of bone-surface modifications can provide key insights into past biotic involvement with animal remains, as well as elucidate the context(s) of other biostratinomic (pre-burial) processes, diagenesis, excavation, preparation and storage. Such analyses, however, first require researchers […]
WFS News: Fossil shows trilobites go marching one by one
November 2nd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The trilobites go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah … well, at least they did, some 480 million years ago. New fossils from Morocco show lines of trilobites in orderly queues, likely buried by a storm as they trekked from one place to another under the Ordovician seas […]
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October 25th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Rapid ocean acidification and protracted Earth system recovery followed the end-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact Debate lingers over what caused the last mass extinction 66 million years ago, with intense volcanism and extraterrestrial impact the most widely supported hypotheses. However, without empirical evidence for either’s exact environmental effects, it is […]
Posted in General Tags: Chicxulub impact, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Jinguofortis perplexus,New Species of Dinosaur-Era Bird
October 22nd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists in China have discovered a new species of fossil bird that they say reveals a pivotal point in the evolution of flight, when birds had lost the long bony tail seen in dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and the early bird Archaeopteryx, but before they had developed the fan of feathers on a […]
Posted in General Tags: Jinguofortis perplexus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: The anatomy of a crushing bite: The specialised cranial mechanics of a giant extinct kangaroo.
October 6th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An in-depth analysis of the skull biomechanics of a giant extinct kangaroo indicates that the animal had a capacity for high-performance crushing of foods, suggesting feeding behaviors more similar to a giant panda than modern-day kangaroo. The new findings, published in PLOS ONE, support the hypothesis that some short-faced […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil Stingrays (Myliobatiformes) gives new insights into evolution after end-Cretaceous mass extinction
October 3rd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà from the Institute of Paleontology of the University of Vienna discovered a new and well-preserved fossil stingray with an exceptional anatomy, which greatly differs from living species. The find provides new insights into the evolution of these animals and sheds […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Stingrays (Myliobatiformes), WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Unusual fossil marine invertebrate has been uncovered
September 21st, 2019 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A species of wormlike marine invertebrate has been uncovered. The animals are fossil echinoderms from the Silurian Period, making them about 435 million years old. Now extinct, they are distant relatives of starfish and sea cucumbers. They were found after researchers discovered a group of well-preserved […]
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