@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A chance discovery in Mississippi provides the first evidence of an animal closely related to Triceratops in eastern North America. The fossil, a tooth from rocks between 68 and 66 million years old, shows that two halves of the continent previously thought to be separated by seaway were […]
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WFS News: The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America
May 23rd, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Calciavis grandei, Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago
July 14th, 2016 Riffin Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich, according to a new paper co-authored by Sterling Nesbitt of Virginia Tech’s College of Science and part of the university’s Global Change Center. The bird fossils were found more than a decade […]
A New Eocene Casquehead Lizard from North America
July 3rd, 2015 Riffin A new fossil showing affinities with extant Laemanctus offers the first clear evidence for a casquehead lizard (Corytophanidae) from the Eocene of North America. Along with Geiseltaliellus from roughly coeval rocks in central Europe, the new find further documents the tropical fauna present during greenhouse conditions in the northern mid-latitudes approximately 50 million years ago […]
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