@ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Dinosaurs are a popular topic of study, whether in the public imagination or in scientific research. The scientific community, however, has a dirty little secret regarding the manner in which that research is handled. If dinosaur DNA doesn’t “look like chicken” (or a crocodile), it will most […]
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WFS News:Dinosaur DNA Research: Is the tale wagging the evidence?
October 17th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News:Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore
October 14th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists working in Tanzania have identified a new species of hyaenodont, a type of extinct meat-eating mammal. The study is published today, National Fossil Day, in the journal PLOS ONE and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). After the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: bobcat-sized carnivore, discovery, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Tanzania, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: ‘Obscure’ stalked filter feeder lived in Utah some 500 million years ago
October 12th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev To the untrained eye, it looks like a flower crudely etched into rock — as if a child had scratched a picture of a bloom. But to the late fossil hunter Lloyd Gunther, the tulip shape he unearthed at Antimony Canyon in northern Utah looked like the remnant […]
Posted in General Tags: 500 million years ago, filter feeder, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Dinosaur blood? New research urges caution regarding fossilized soft tissue
October 11th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have conducted experiments to accelerate degradation in keratinous tissues such as feathers, scales and hair in order to simulate the processes that occur over deep time as something becomes a fossil. Their findings demonstrate that previous claims showing the preservation of keratin protein in dinosaur fossils are […]
Posted in General Tags: caution, Dinosaur blood, fossilized soft tissue, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism
October 9th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers led by the University of Cambridge have found the earliest example of reproduction in a complex organism. Their new study has found that some organisms known as rangeomorphs, which lived 565 million years ago, reproduced by taking a joint approach: they first sent out an ‘advance […]
Posted in General Tags: complex organism, Earliest evidence, reproduction, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 3-D scanning methods allow an inside look into fossilized feces
September 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Coprolites are fossilized feces that give evidence of an organism’s behavior and often contain food residues, parasite remains and other fossils that provide clues to ancient paleoecological relations. Many of the inclusions in coprolites are delicate and fossilized soft tissues, which in many cases are more likely preserved […]
Posted in General Tags: 3-D scanning, fossilized feces, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society 1 Comment »WFS News: Birgeria americana,Large-mouthed fish was top predator after mass extinction
July 27th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The most catastrophic mass extinction on Earth took place about 252 million years ago — at the boundary between the Permian and Triassic geological periods. Up to 90 percent of the marine species of that time were annihilated. Worldwide biodiversity then recovered in several phases throughout a period […]
WFS News: Ponomarenkia belmonthensis,300 MYO beetle
July 25th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev He’s Australian, around half a centimetre long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years old, and he’s currently causing astonishment among both entomologists and palaeontologists. The discovery of a beetle from the late Permian period, when even the dinosaurs had not yet appeared on the scene, is throwing a completely […]
WFS News: Albertavenator curriei named in honor of renowned paleontologist
July 18th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum have identified and named a new species of dinosaur in honour of renowned Canadian palaeontologist Dr. Philip J. Currie. Albertavenator curriei, meaning “Currie’s Alberta hunter.” It stalked Alberta, Canada, about 71 million years ago […]
Posted in General Tags: Albertavenator curriei, paleontologist, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society 2 Comments »WFS News: Can satellites be used as an early warning system for landslides?
July 17th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system. The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have […]
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