@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev With enormous predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex skulking around in the daytime it is not surprising that the first mammals chose to live under the cover of darkness. In fact, a new study, from University College London has found that our ancestors did not emerge from the shadows until […]
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WFS News: Mammals were nocturnal until dinosaur extinction…
November 8th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News:Dinosaur Gets Strange Diagnosis 78 Million Years After Its Death
October 16th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev There weren’t any doctors when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, but one duck-billed dino has managed to get a diagnosis for its unusual joint condition about 78 million years after its death, thanks to a group of researchers who analyzed its strangely fused and pitted fossilized bones. The […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 78 Million Years, Dinosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Shingopana songwensis: A new species of titanosaurian dinosaur
August 27th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur. The research is reported in a paper published this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The new species is a member of the gigantic, long-necked sauropods. Its fossil remains […]
WFS News: Unique imaging of a dinosaur’s skull tells evolutionary tale
August 19th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers using Los Alamos’ unique neutron-imaging and high-energy X-ray capabilities have exposed the inner structures of the fossil skull of a 74-million-year-old tyrannosauroid dinosaur nicknamed the Bisti Beast in the highest-resolution scan of tyrannosaur skull ever done. The results add a new piece to the puzzle of how […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur, Evolutionary Tale, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Well-preserved 110 MYO dinosaur found in Canada
August 6th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society ,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev AN EXTRAORDINARILY well-preserved 110-million-year-old dinosaur found in a mine pit in Canada now has a name and evidence of a troubled past, researchers said Thursday. With fossilized skin and scales, the dragon-like creature is actually a new kind of nodosaur, coined Borealopelta markmitchelli, after the museum […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 110 MYO, Canada, Dinosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »World’s ‘first named dinosaur’ reveals new teeth with scanning tech!
June 16th, 2017 Riffin Pioneering technology has shed fresh light on the world’s first scientifically-described dinosaur fossil — over 200 years after it was first discovered — thanks to research.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dating, Dinosaur, fossil, palaeontology, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tooth, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America
May 23rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A chance discovery in Mississippi provides the first evidence of an animal closely related to Triceratops in eastern North America. The fossil, a tooth from rocks between 68 and 66 million years old, shows that two halves of the continent previously thought to be separated by seaway were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: ceratopsid, Dinosaur, North America, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, The first reported, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Nodosaur,The Amazing Dinosaur Accidentally Found
May 13th, 2017 Riffin Some 110 million years ago, this armored plant-eater lumbered through what is now western Canada, until a flooded river swept it into open sea. The dinosaur’s undersea burial preserved its armor in exquisite detail. Its skull still bears tile-like plates and a gray patina of fossilized skins. On the afternoon of March 21, 2011, a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur, Nodosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS Dinofact : SYNTARSUS “Fused or Flat Ankle”
February 19th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev ANATOMY Syntarsus was a small, lightly-built dinosaur that walked on two long legs. This predator was about 10 feet long (3 m) and weighed about 60-70 pounds. It had light, hollow bones, a long, pointed head with dozens of small, serrated teeth, and a long neck. Syntarsus had […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinofact, Dinosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, SYNTARSUS, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur (Lufengosaurus) rib bones reveal remnants of 195-million-year-old protein
February 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Is fossilized rock all that remains when a dinosaur decomposes? New research from scientists at the University […]
