Posts Tagged ‘Russel T Sajeev’
Collection of Jerry Bastedo And Collegues from Penn Dixie paleontological site
Living” molecules found in fossil
“Living” molecules, meaning intact cellular structures that haven’t fossilized, were recently retrieved from 350-million-year-old remains of aquatic sea creatures uncovered in Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, according to a study that will appear in the March issue of the journal Geology. The animals- crinoids– were spindly and had feathered arms. Their relatives today are called by […]
First Known Feeding Trace of the Eocene Bottom-Dwelling Fish Notogoneus osculus and Its Paleontological Significance
Background The Green River Formation (early Eocene, about 42–53 Ma) at and near Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming, USA, is world famous for its exquisitely preserved freshwater teleost fish in the former Fossil Lake. Nonetheless, trace fossils attributed to fish interacting with the lake bottom are apparently rare, and have not been associated directly […]
Fossil from China Cast Evolution in New Light
Strange fossils, including some that could be predecessors to modern animals, found in China shed new light on the evolution of large, complex organisms, and indicate that they may have diversified earlier than thought. Researchers believe that the rocks containing these fossils, found in southern Anhui Provence, date between 635 million and 580 million years […]
WFS and Transect Consortia conducts an Earth Science Exhibition For Students.
Fossil egg found in Spain
Washington: A new type of dinosaur egg discovered in Lleida, Spain, represents proof in favour of the hypothesis that non avian theropods, the dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period, and birds could have had a common ancestor. Before her death in December 2010, Nieves Lopez Martínez, palaeontologist of the Complutense University of Madrid, was working on […]
TRANSECT CONSORTIA, India: A consortium of field Practitioners in Earth Science
The transect is a non-profitable [NGO] scientific society intended to give the students in Earth science some firsthand experience in working on the Earth – acquiring raw data and training to approach the complexities and historical depth of geological phenomena with a liberal, open and unbiased spirit leading to better career and knowhow on problems […]
Fossil leaves uncover mass plant extinction
A previously unknown mass extinction of plants occurred around a million years ago in the southeast corner of Australia, an analysis of fossilised leaves shows. The findings, by Australian researchers, helps explain a spectacular but mysterious diversity of sclerophyll plants elsewhere – in Australia’s southwest region. Australian Research Council Fellow Dr Kale Sniderman, of the […]
Fossil Discovery May Be Of Earliest Dinosaur Known
Some of the earliest known dinosaurs to have walked the planet were considered to be small dinosaurs like the swift-footed Eoraptor. But researchers have discovered a new dinosaur-like fossil that may be even older. Called Nyasasaurus parringtoni, the specimen is thought to have existed 10 to 15 million years earlier than dinosaur fossils have previously […]
Flying fish fossil recovered
Chinese researchers have tracked the “exceptionally well-preserved fossils” to the Middle Triassic of China (235-242 million years ago). The Triassic period saw the re-establishment of ecosystems after the Permian mass extinction. The fossils represent new evidence that marine ecosystems re-established more quickly than previously thought. The Permian mass extinction had a bigger impact on the […]