@WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct species for the first time. The […]
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WFS News: Historical RNA expression profiles from the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
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1 Comment »Ancient DNA reveals history of extinct Caribbean monkey
November 21st, 2018 Riffin Analysis of ancient DNA of a mysterious extinct monkey named Xenothrix — which displays bizarre body characteristics very different to any living monkey — has revealed that it was in fact most closely related to South America’s titi monkeys (Callicebinae). Having made their way overwater to Jamaica, probably on floating vegetation, their bones reveal they […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Ancient, animals, Bones, caribbean, DNA, Extinct, history, monkey, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society, xenothrix No Comments »WFS News: Giant extinct burrowing bat discovered in New Zealand
January 13th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international team of scientists. Teeth and bones of the extinct bat – which was about three times the size of an average bat today […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: burrowing bat, Extinct, Giant, new zealand, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Extinct 3-horned palaeomerycid ruminant found in Spain
December 8th, 2015 Riffin The extinct three-horned palaeomerycid ruminant, Xenokeryx amidalae, found in Spain, may be from the same clade as giraffes, according to a study published December 2, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Israel M. Sánchez from the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, and colleagues. Palaeomerycids, now extinct, were strange three-horned Eurasian Miocene […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 3-horned, Extinct, palaeomerycid, Riffin T Sajeev, ruminant, Russel T Sajeev, Spain, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Extinct carnivorous marsupial Nimbacinus dicksoni may have hunted prey larger than itself
April 15th, 2014 Riffin The reconstruction of an extinct meat-eating marsupial’s skull, Nimbacinus dicksoni, suggests that it may have had the ability to hunt vertebrate prey exceeding its own body size, according to results published April 9, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Marie Attard from the University of New England together with colleagues from the […]
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