@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Source: Article By Helen Briggs ,BBC News A new fossil is shedding light on the murky past of the sea reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs. With tiny heads on long necks and four pointed flippers, plesiosaurs have been likened to Scotland’s mythical Loch Ness […]
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WFS News: Rhaeticosaurus mertensi fossil gives clues to life in ancient oceans
December 14th, 2017 
Riffin WFS News: Enormous Extinct Sea Cow Fossil Found on Russian Island
November 22nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When Maria Shitova saw what looked like white poles jutting out of the sand at a beach in Russia, she thought they were part of a manmade fence. But instead of digging up city planning, her research team exhumed the nearly complete skeleton of a gargantuan sea cow […]
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No Comments »WFS News: Bryozoans: Fossil fills missing evolutionary link
November 18th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Lurking in oceans, rivers and lakes around the world are tiny, ancient animals known to few people. Bryozoans, tiny marine creatures that live in colonies, are “living fossils” — their lineage goes back to the time when multi-celled life was a newfangled concept. But until now, scientists were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bryozoans, fills, fossil, missing evolutionary link, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India
October 26th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur – an extinct marine reptile – in the western state of Gujarat. This is the first time an ichthyosaur fossil has been discovered in India.The fossil was found inside rocks from the Mesozoic Era, which […]
Posted in General Tags: discovered, first time in India, fossil, Ichthyosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: New tyrannosaur fossil is most complete found in Southwestern US
October 22nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A remarkable new fossilized skeleton of a tyrannosaur discovered in the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in southern Utah was airlifted by helicopter Sunday, Oct 15, from a remote field site, and delivered to the Natural History Museum of Utah where it will be […]
Posted in General Tags: complete, fossil, New, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Tyrannosaur, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore
October 14th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists working in Tanzania have identified a new species of hyaenodont, a type of extinct meat-eating mammal. The study is published today, National Fossil Day, in the journal PLOS ONE and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). After the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: bobcat-sized carnivore, discovery, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Tanzania, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Fossil points to early rise of ancient crocodiles
October 5th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The discovery reveals that an extinct group of aquatic reptiles evolved millions of years earlier than was previously thought, researchers say.The new species was a 10-foot-long animal that lived in the warm, shallow seas that covered much of what is now Europe.Powerful jaws and big, serrated teeth […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: ancient crocodiles, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Helicopter lifts chasmosaur fossil with ‘frill’ in Alberta
October 2nd, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Two years after paleontologist Jordan Mallon of the Canadian Museum of Nature and his team discovered the skull of a chasmosaur while going through a dinosaur bonebed in Alberta, he finally got to see a helicopter lift it into the air. “There’s no roads down to the […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Alberta, chasmosaur, fossil, Helicopter lifts, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Construction crew finds rare triceratops fossil
August 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,Wold Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Construction crews working on Thornton’s new Public Safety Facility uncovered a rare dinosaur fossil. Crews working at the site at 132nd Avenue and Quebec Street made uncovered what appeared to be a triceratops skull and skeleton on Friday. Scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science went to the […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Triceratops, WFS, WFS NEWS, Wold Fossil Society No Comments »WFS News:Teleosaster creasyi,Fossil of a new species of starfish
August 16th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new species of ancient starfish-like sea creature has been discovered in a remote town nearly 200 kilometres from the ocean by University of Western Australia, Curtin University and University of Cambridge researchers. Brittle stars, or ophiuroids, are closely related to starfish.More than 2,000 species are found in […]
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