@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Bone cavities called air sacs emerged in the precursors of long-necked dinosaurs around 225 million years ago, according to the analysis of a specimen found in Rio Grande do Sul state, South Brazil. The missing link has just been found, bridging the gap between the […]
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WFS News: New Research Sheds Light on How Dinosaurs Became Giants
September 27th, 2023 
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No Comments »WFS News: Rhabdodontidae dinosaurs of Late Cretaceous Europe
September 10th, 2023 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new study published in Fossil Record brings together intriguing details about the little-known Rhabdodontidae dinosaurs of Late Cretaceous Europe. These gregarious herbivores, characterized by robust builds and beaks specialized for tough vegetation, inhabited the European archipelago. Despite being widespread and abundant, they vanished in Western Europe due […]
Posted in General Tags: Athira, dinosaurs, Europe, Late Cretaceous, Rhabdodontidae, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Evolution of the earliest dinosaurs
August 9th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Present knowledge of Late Triassic tetrapod evolution, including the rise of dinosaurs, relies heavily on the fossil-rich continental deposits of South America, their precise depositional histories and correlations. We report on an extended succession of the Ischigualasto Formation exposed in the Hoyada del Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, […]
Posted in General Tags: dinosaurs, Evolution, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil ‘Death Pit’ Preserves Dino Extinction Event … But Where Are the Dinosaurs?
November 28th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The New Yorker recently described a so-called dinosaur graveyard as holding the remains of an astonishingly diverse trove of dinosaur fossils, including hatchlings; it caused quite a buzz in the media. But even though the site is potentially groundbreaking, the New Yorker article is out of step with […]
Posted in General Tags: dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs
November 8th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs Citation: D’Emic MD, Whitlock JA, Smith KM, Fisher DC, Wilson JA (2013) Evolution of High Tooth Replacement Rates in Sauropod Dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 8(7): e69235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069235 Editor: Alistair Robert Evans, Monash University, Australia Abstract Background Tooth replacement rate can be calculated […]
Posted in General Tags: dinosaurs, Evolution, High Tooth Replacement Rates, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Sauropod, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Origin of unique respiratory system of birds and dinosaurs
January 4th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev “The respiratory organs of vertebrates exhibit a tremendous degree of diversity, but the lung-air sac system of birds is truly unique among extant species,” says Dr. Markus Lambertz from the Institute for Zoology at the University of Bonn in Germany. Air sacs are bellows-like protrusions of the lung, […]
Posted in General Tags: birds, dinosaurs, Origin, respiratory system, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, unique, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs?
November 2nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev More than 99% of all the species that have ever lived on our planet are now extinct, and while the majority of these die-offs can be attributed to competition or failure to adapt, many perished during dramatic cataclysmic events. The fossil record shows us that these mass extinctions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dark matter, dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Fossil sheds light on ‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaurs
May 2nd, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Brachiosaurus, depicted in Jurassic Park, now has an early relative, providing clues to the evolution of some of the biggest creatures on Earth.Scientists say the plant-eating dinosaur was longer than a double-decker bus and weighed 15,000kg.Its remains were found in the 1930s in the Jura region of […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dinosaurs, fossil, Jurassic Park, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
April 20th, 2017 riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev,WFS News Sixty six million years ago, the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs started the ascent of the mammals, ultimately resulting in humankind’s reign on Earth. Climate scientists now reconstructed how tiny droplets of sulfuric acid formed high up in the air after the well-known impact of a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: cold, darkness, dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: How old were the oldest dinosaurs?
February 11th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev How old were the oldest dinosaurs? This question remains largely unanswered. The natural life span of these long-extinct giants is of interest to scientists, in combination with questions regarding how fast they could grow and how they could obtain sufficient nutrients from their habitat. Palaeontologists at the University […]
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