@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber Citation: Heinrichs J, Scheben A, Bechteler J, Lee GE, Schäfer-Verwimp A, Hedenäs L, et al. (2016) Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156301 Editor: William Oki Wong, Institute […]
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WFS News:Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber
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No Comments »WFS News: Amber imitation?
May 17th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Prehistoric Iberians created “imitation amber” by repeatedly coating bead cores with tree resins, according to a study published May 1, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Carlos Odriozola from Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, and colleagues. Many studies have confirmed the ornamental and symbolic importance of amber to European […]
Posted in General Tags: Amber, imitation, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »99-million-year-old beetle trapped in amber served as pollinator to evergreen cycads
August 19th, 2018 Riffin Flowering plants are well known for their special relationship to the insects and other animals that serve as their pollinators. But, before the rise of angiosperms, another group of unusual evergreen gymnosperms, known as cycads, may have been the first insect-pollinated plants. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on August 16 have uncovered […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Amber, beetle, evergreen, flowering, pollinator, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WorldFossilSociety No Comments »WFS News: Prehistoric frog in 99-million-year-old amber
June 16th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev In the film Jurassic Park, dinosaur DNA is extracted from mosquitoes which had been preserved in amber. Now, scientists have discovered an amber fossil of a juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar dating back about 99 million years.Although the species is extinct, it has now been named Electrorana limoae […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 99-million-year-old, Amber, Prehistoric frog, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur-Era Bird Found Trapped in Amber
February 4th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The squashed remains of a small bird that lived 99 million years ago have been found encased in a cloudy slab of amber from Myanmar (Burma). While previous birds found in Burmese amber have been more visually spectacular, none of them have contained as much of the skeleton […]
Posted in General Tags: Amber, Dinosaur-Era Bird, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, trapped, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS news: Dinosaur parasites trapped in 100-million-year-old amber tell blood-sucking story
December 15th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossilised ticks discovered trapped and preserved in amber show that these parasites sucked the blood of feathered dinosaurs almost 100 million years ago, according to a new article published in Nature Communications today. Sealed inside a piece of 99 million-year-old Burmese amber researchers found a so-called hard tick […]
WFS News: Dinosaur tail complete with its feathers trapped in a piece of amber
December 13th, 2016 Riffin Researchers from China, Canada, and the University of Bristol have discovered a dinosaur tail complete with its feathers trapped in a piece of amber.The finding reported today in Current Biology helps to fill in details of the dinosaurs’ feather structure and evolution, which can’t be surmised from fossil evidence. While the feathers aren’t the first […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Amber, Dinosaur tail, feathers, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Beetles with Orchid Pollinaria in Dominican and Mexican Amber
August 23rd, 2016 Riffin @WFS News,WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Beetles with Orchid Pollinaria in Dominican and Mexican Amber Orchids are extraordinary plants that have evolved the strategy of dispersing their pollen in little sacs called pollinia. Pollinia are normally attached by supports (caudicles) to adhesive pads (viscidia) that stick to various body parts of the pollinator. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Amber, Beetles with Orchid Pollinaria, Dominican, Mexican, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society 1 Comment »A fossilized lizard preserved in amber
March 6th, 2016 Riffin A fossilized lizard preserved in amber and found in Southeast Asia is 99 million years old scientists have determined. That makes it the oldest ever specimen of its kind and could hold the key to a ‘lost ecosystem’.The fossil is about 75 million years older than the previous oldest lizard discovered, researchers at Florida Museum […]
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August 13th, 2014 Riffin Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yielding fresh insights into ancient tropical insects and the world they inhabited. When the collection is fully curated, a task that will take many years, it will be the largest unbiased […]
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