@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When most of us think of dinosaurs, we envision large, lumbering beasts, but these giants shared their ecosystems with much smaller dinosaurs, the smaller skeletons of which were generally less likely to be preserved. The fossilized egg shells of these small dinosaurs can shed light on this lost […]
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WFS News: Exceptionally small theropod eggs from Japan
July 16th, 2020 
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No Comments »WFS News: Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous , Japan
July 5th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan Abstract The Kamitaki Locality in the Albian Ohyamashimo Formation in the eastern Hyogo Prefecture of southwestern Japan is among the richest Lower Cretaceous fossil egg sites in the world. So far, eggshells of […]
Posted in General Tags: Japan, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Theropod eggs, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Prehistoric peopling in southeast Asia: Genomics of Jomon and other ancient skeletons
August 12th, 2018 Riffin Uncovering the expansion processes of human habitats in the past is of great importance for understanding the origins and establishment of present-day populations and the acquisition of genetic characteristics of individuals as well as for investigating mechanisms of resistance against diseases and pathogens. Previous genetic/genomic studies aimed to uncover the expansion processes using present-day human […]
WFS News: A new Miocene pinniped Allodesmus from Japan
June 21st, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, northern Japan Wataru Tonomori, Hiroshi Sawamura, Tamaki Sato, Naoki Kohno Published 16 May 2018.DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172440 A nearly complete pinniped skeleton from the middle Miocene Okoppezawa Formation (ca 16.3–13.9 Ma), Hokkaido, northern Japan, is described as the holotype of Allodesmus uraiporensis sp. nov. The new species is distinguishable from other […]
Posted in General Tags: Allodesmus, Japan, new Miocene pinniped, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: A new species of Tritylodontid found in Japan
August 13th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Teeth can reveal a lot, such as how the earliest mammals lived with their neighbors. Researchers have uncovered dozens of fossilized teeth in Kuwajima, Japan and identified this as a new species of tritylodontid, an animal family that links the evolution of mammals from reptiles. This finding suggests […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Japan, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Tritylodontid, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Fukuivenator : New Dinosaur from Japan
February 28th, 2016 Riffin A new kind of dinosaur has been confirmed in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, researchers said Friday, bringing the number of species discovered in Japan to seven. According to fossil analysis, the new creature was a small theropod that had both primitive and derived features, according to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Fukui Prefectural University. It […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Fukuivenator, Japan, new dinosaur, 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 […]
