@WFS,World Fossil Society,Athira,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossils of the oldest long-necked dinosaur that inhabited Earth about 167 million years ago have been unearthed in India that reveal the country was a “major centre of dinosaur evolution”, experts said. The discovery unearths some of the oldest plant-eating giant reptiles to have roamed the planet. The dinosaur, named Tharosaurus indicus after India’s Thar desert, walked […]
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WFS News: Tharosaurus indicus, an oldest long-necked dinosaur unearthed in India
November 3rd, 2023 Riffin
WFS News: Fruits of Euphorbiaceae from the Late Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India.
February 21st, 2022 Riffin
@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia. Before the two landmasses merged, however, India rafted over a “hot spot” within the Earth’s crust, triggering one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history, which likely […]