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 […]
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TRANSECT CONSORTIA, India: A consortium of field Practitioners in Earth Science
February 16th, 2013 
Riffin 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 […]
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No Comments »Fossil leaves uncover mass plant extinction
February 16th, 2013 Riffin 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 […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, sclerophyll plants, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossil Discovery May Be Of Earliest Dinosaur Known
February 14th, 2013 Riffin 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
February 13th, 2013 Riffin 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 […]
Inoceramus : Stock Photo, World Fossil Society
February 13th, 2013 Riffin This Inoceramus specimen on limestone clump is from Cretaceous Trichy, India. Name: Inoceramus (Strong pot). Phonetic: In-o-cer-a-mus. Named By: James Sowerby – 1814. Classification: Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia, Praecardioida, Inoceramidae. Species: I. bellvuensis, I. biformis, I. comancheanus, I. dakotensis, I. perplexus, I. pictus, I. proximus, I. triangularis. Type: Filter feeder. Size: Largest specimen measures 1.87 meters. […]
Isotope Patterns in Ancient Volcanic Sulfur Tell Which Global Cooling Episodes Were Caused by Volcanic Eruptions
February 12th, 2013 Riffin Volcanoes are well known for cooling the climate. But just how much and when has been a bone of contention among historians, glaciologists and archeologists. Now a team of atmosphere chemists, from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Copenhagen, has come up with a way to say for sure which historic episodes […]
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February 11th, 2013 Riffin Every year, sensors designed to detect nuclear explosions see harmless bursts in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the breakup of an asteroid a few yards across. Tiny asteroids are much more numerous than big ones, so destructive hits to Earth are very rare. However, because of their potential for devastation, NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) observations program […]
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February 10th, 2013 Riffin From a clay smoking pipe to Neolithic flint, a 19th Century garden has been revealing some of its secrets to an archaeological team from London’s Kingston University. Dr Helen Wickstead spotted an opportunity to delve below the surface of an area of land at the University’s Seething Wells hall of residence after looking at historic […]
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February 8th, 2013 Riffin An international team of scientists including University of Florida researchers has generated the most comprehensive tree of life to date on placental mammals, which are those bearing live young, including bats, rodents, whales and humans. Appearing February 7 in the journal Science, the study details how researchers used both genetic and physical traits to reconstruct […]
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