@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Climate evolution shows some regularities, which can be traced throughout long periods of earth’s history. One of them is that the global average temperature and the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere usually go hand-in-hand. To put it simple: If the temperatures decline, the CO2values also decrease and […]
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WFS News:Falling sea level caused volcanoes to overflow
July 7th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News:Rapid rise of the Mesozoic sea dragons
June 26th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev In the Mesozoic, the time of the dinosaurs, from 252 to 66 million years ago, marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs were top predators in the oceans. But their origins and early rise to dominance have been somewhat mysterious. New research published this week in the journal […]
WFS News: A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas
June 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation: Frederickson JA, Schaefer SN, Doucette-Frederickson JA (2015) A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0127162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127162 Abstract:Three large lamniform shark vertebrae are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. We interpret these fossils as belonging to a single individual […]
Posted in General Tags: cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation, Gigantic Shark, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Texas, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Just how old are animals?
May 31st, 2017 Riffin The origin of animals was one of the most important events in the history of Earth. Beautifully preserved fossil embryos suggest that our oldest ancestors might have existed a little more than half a billion years ago.
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: animals, embryo, fossil, old, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Paleozoic echinoderm hangover: Waking up in the Triassic
March 17th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The end-Paleozoic witnessed the most devastating mass extinction in Earth’s history so far, killing the majority of species and profoundly shaping the evolutionary history of the survivors. Echinoderms are among the marine invertebrates that suffered the most severe losses at the end-Permian extinction. At least that was the […]
Posted in General Tags: Paleozoic echinoderm, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Triassic, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS Dino Facts: Nyctosaurus
January 16th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Name: Nyctosaurus (Night lizard). Phonetic: Nick-toe-sore-us. Named By: Othniel Charles Marsh - 1876. Synonyms: Nyctodactylus. Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Nyctosauridae, Nyctosaurinae. Species: N. gracilis (type), N. nanus, N. lamegoi, N. bonneri. Type: Piscivore. Size: 2 meter wingspan, possibly larger. Known locations: USA, Kansas - Niobrara Formation. […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: Nyctosaurus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS Dino Facts, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: This oviraptorosaur may have met its end in a Chinese slush pit
November 17th, 2016 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev The workmen were building a high school, blasting out the site with dynamite in the southern Chinese city of Ganzhou when they saw it: the newly exposed fossil of a small, child-sized dinosaur. It was well preserved despite the construction, and it struck a curious pose: head […]
Posted in General Tags: Chinese slush pit, oviraptorosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Ameloblastoma — a rare, non-cancerous tumor on Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus
July 6th, 2016 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The dinosaur fossil, estimated to be 69-67 million years old (Cretaceous period), was discovered in an outcrop of the Sinpetru Formation along the banks of the Sibisel River, in the Haţeg County Dinosaurs Geopark, western Romania. The specimen is represented by a pair of well-preserved, associated lower […]
