@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists in New Zealand have discovered a partial skeleton of platypterygiid ichthyosaur dating to the Cretaceous period. “Ichthyosaurs were a clade of secondarily aquatic marine reptiles that inhabited the seas for much of the Mesozoic Era, first appearing in the Early Triassic before their ultimate extinction at […]
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WFS News: platypterygiid ichthyosaur,98-Million-Year-Old Ichthyosaur Fossil Uncovered in New Zealand
December 12th, 2024 
Riffin WFS News: Rare whitefly fossils found in New Zealand shed light on ancient forest life
December 9th, 2024 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Newly discovered insect fossils are so small they can barely be seen by the human eye but have been preserved in an extraordinary way. Published in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, a study reveals rare whitefly insect fossils have been found in Miocene age crater lake sediments at […]
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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 »WFS News: Fossil hunters find bones of human-sized penguin on New Zealand beach
December 13th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The remnants of an ancient penguin that stood as tall as a human have been found encased in rock on a beach in New Zealand. Fossil hunters chanced upon the prehistoric bones in sedimentary rock that formed 55m to 60m years ago on what is now Hampden beach […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bones, Fossil hunters, human-sized, new zealand, penguin, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps
June 3rd, 2017 Riffin Unusually high temperatures, greater than 100°C, have been found close to Earth’s surface in New Zealand – a phenomenon typically only seen in volcanic areas such as Iceland or Yellowstone, USA.
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