@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The fossil of a predator fish that existed more than 100 million years ago has been discovered in north-west Queensland. Experts believe it is one Australia’s most intact fossils of the Cooyoo australis fish — a large carnivore that once swam Queensland’s inland Eromanga Sea. The rare find was stumbled […]
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WFS News: Australia’s most intact Cooyoo australis fossil discovered in Richmond with specimen in its belly
March 2nd, 2023 
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No Comments »WFS News: Fossil site reveals giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 million years ago
December 19th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Discoveries at a major new fossil site in Morocco suggest giant arthropods — relatives of modern creatures including shrimps, insects and spiders — dominated the seas 470 million years ago. Early evidence from the site at Taichoute, once undersea but now a desert, records numerous large “free-swimming” […]
Posted in General Tags: 470 million years, Arthropods, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS News: Fossil site, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 2-Billion-Year-Old Microbe Fossils found
October 26th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Not all fossils are remnants from ferocious dinos. Some of them are teeny-tiny blobs. Scientists recently discovered some of these blobs in the form of 2.5-billion-year-old fossils of primitive bacteria. These ancient microbes are likely cyanobacteria, but they are unusually large and have weird shapes protruding from them, […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, micro bacteria fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Paleontologists found a 500 Million Years Old fossils showcasing this three-eyed predator.
September 12th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev What had spiny claws protruding from its mouth, sported a body shaped like a toilet brush and looked as though it slithered off the cover of a sci-fi novel? An ocean predator from the Cambrian period known as Stanleycaris hirpex. Newfound fossils of the bizarre creature are […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Sawfish fossils suggest teeth likely evolved from body scales in ancient fish
August 26th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have long debated the origins of teeth. Did they evolve from body scales that migrated into the mouths of ancient vertebrates and became adapted for eating — an idea known as the “outside-in” hypothesis? Or did they evolve independent of scales, originating deep within the oral cavity […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Sawfish, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma,A fossil insect with 360 degree vision
August 12th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev While prehistoric insects encased in amber certainly are fascinating, they usually don’t look all that different from today’s insects. A newly discovered one, however, is so bizarre that it has been placed in its own unique family. Measuring just over 5 mm long, the insect was found in […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, fossil, Insect, Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Pachycormus: A prehistoric predator discovered in a farm field.
August 4th, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An exceptional prehistoric site containing the remains of animals that lived in a tropical sea has been discovered in a farmer’s field in Gloucestershire, England. Discovered beneath a field grazed by an ancient breed of English Longhorn cattle, the fossils are stunningly well preserved. Despite being approximately 183-million-year-old, […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Pachycormus, prehistoric predator, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS Nws, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Some species of Plesiosaur, traditionally thought to be sea creatures, may have lived in freshwater
August 3rd, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco’s Sahara Desert. This discovery suggests some species of plesiosaur, traditionally thought to be sea creatures, may have lived in freshwater. Plesiosaurs, first […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Plesiosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Mosasaurus: Apex ocean predator of the dinosaur age
July 1st, 2022 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Mosasaurus was a ferocious predator in the ancient oceans of the Cretaceous period (145.5 million to 65.5 million years ago). While dinosaurs dominated the land, Mosasaurus used its long tail and stumpy, paddle-like limbs to cruise through the water, devouring all kinds of prey with its massive jaws and sharp, cone-shaped teeth. Mosasaurus is one genus, […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Chemical clues reveal dinosaur metabolisms
June 13th, 2022 Riffin WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev, Athira For decades, paleontologists have debated whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, like modern mammals and birds, or cold-blooded, like modern reptiles. Knowing whether dinosaurs were warm- or cold-blooded could give us hints about how active they were and what their everyday lives were like, but the methods to determine […]
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