Delicate fossil remains of tomatillos found in Patagonia, Argentina, show that this branch of the economically important family that also includes potatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias and tomatoes existed 52 million years ago, long before the dates previously ascribed to these species, according to an international team of scientists. Tomatillos, ground cherries and husk tomatoes — […]
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WFS News: Fossil tomatillos show nightshades
January 8th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Fossil clues to aftermath of dinosaur asteroid strike
November 7th, 2016 Riffin Rapid recovery of Patagonian plant–insect associations after the end-Cretaceous extinction Michael P. Donovan,, Ari Iglesias,, Peter Wilf,, Conrad C. Labandeira, & N. Rubén Cúneo The Southern Hemisphere may have provided biodiversity refugia after the Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K/Pg) mass extinction. However, few extinction and recovery studies have been conducted in the terrestrial realm using well-dated macrofossil sites that […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: asteroid strike, Dinosaur, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Jurassic ‘sea monster’ fossil emerges in Scotland
September 5th, 2016 Riffin A Jurassic sea monster in all its prehistoric glory has finally re-emerged into the light after 50 years cooped up in a museum storage room in Scotland. Nicknamed the Storr Lochs Monster, the newly revealed creature is actually an ichthyosaur, a kind of extinct swimming reptile that ruled the waves while the dinosaurs reigned over […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 'sea monster', fossil, Jurassic, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Scotland, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: New T Rex fossil discovered
August 21st, 2016 Riffin @ WFS,T Rex,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev A significant new Tyrannosaurus rex fossil has been unearthed by palaeontologists from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the University of Washington (UW). The find includes a nearly complete skull. Despite the fact it is one of the most iconic and well-known dinosaurs, […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, T rex, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News : Heterodontosaurus tucki Fossil found in SA finally gives up its secrets
July 28th, 2016 Riffin Johannesburg – A remarkable dinosaur fossil discovery made by a South African palaeontologist in 2005 has finally revealed its secrets.The fossil, the most complete ever found of a species known as Heterodontosaurus tucki, was recently scanned at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. The Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, Heterodontosaurus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Oesia fossil – an acron worm
July 11th, 2016 Riffin Paleontologists have finally identified two kinds of mysterious fossils misidentified for a century — and traced them both to some phallus-shaped worms that lived 505 million years ago and built themselves some very elaborate homes.Key to solving the mystery was an extraordinary new fossil bed discovered just four years ago and insights gained by the scientists through dissecting […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: acron worm, fossil, Oesia, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »world’s oldest Jurassic dinosaur fossil?
January 22nd, 2016 Riffin It could be the long-lost ancestor of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. A fossil discovered in the UK is thought to be the oldest Jurassic dinosaur ever found and is one of the most complete specimens from the time period.The well-preserved remains of a juvenile dinosaur were found at Lavernock Point near Cardiff, Wales, a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur, fossil, Jurassic, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society, world’s oldest No Comments »Machimosaurus: Giant crocodile fossil
January 12th, 2016 Riffin The biggest sea-dwelling crocodile ever found has turned up in the Tunisian desert. The whopper of a prehistoric predator grew to over 30 feet long (nearly ten meters) and weighed three tons.Paleontologists have dubbed the new species Machimosaurus rex and describe it Monday in the journal Cretaceous Research.Although the recovered remains are fragmentary, enough remained […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, Giant crocodile, Machimosaurus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »plesiosaur fossil mystery resolved
December 21st, 2015 Riffin Scientists have reconstructed how an ancient reptile swam in the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs. Computer simulations suggest the plesiosaur moved through the water like a penguin, using its front limbs as paddles and back limbs for steering.The creature’s swimming gait has been a mystery since bones of the first known specimen were […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, mystery, plesiosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans a fossil from Japan
December 10th, 2015 Riffin An international research partnership is revealing the first mosasaur fossil of its kind to be discovered in Japan. Not only does the 72-million-year-old marine reptile fossil fill a biogeographical gap between the Middle East and the eastern Pacific, but also it holds new revelations because of its superior preservation. This unique swimming lizard, now believed […]
