@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Paleontologists in China have discovered a new species of fossil bird that they say reveals a pivotal point in the evolution of flight, when birds had lost the long bony tail seen in dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and the early bird Archaeopteryx, but before they had developed the fan of feathers on a […]
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WFS News: Jinguofortis perplexus,New Species of Dinosaur-Era Bird
October 22nd, 2019 
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No Comments »WFS News: A new carcharodontosaurian theropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand
October 15th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new carcharodontosaurian theropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand Fossils discovered in Thailand represent a new genus and species of predatory dinosaur, according to a study released October 9, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong of Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, Thailand and colleagues. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Carcharodontosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: The anatomy of a crushing bite: The specialised cranial mechanics of a giant extinct kangaroo.
October 6th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An in-depth analysis of the skull biomechanics of a giant extinct kangaroo indicates that the animal had a capacity for high-performance crushing of foods, suggesting feeding behaviors more similar to a giant panda than modern-day kangaroo. The new findings, published in PLOS ONE, support the hypothesis that some short-faced […]
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil Stingrays (Myliobatiformes) gives new insights into evolution after end-Cretaceous mass extinction
October 3rd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà from the Institute of Paleontology of the University of Vienna discovered a new and well-preserved fossil stingray with an exceptional anatomy, which greatly differs from living species. The find provides new insights into the evolution of these animals and sheds […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Stingrays (Myliobatiformes), WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Unusual fossil marine invertebrate has been uncovered
September 21st, 2019 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A species of wormlike marine invertebrate has been uncovered. The animals are fossil echinoderms from the Silurian Period, making them about 435 million years old. Now extinct, they are distant relatives of starfish and sea cucumbers. They were found after researchers discovered a group of well-preserved […]
Posted in General Tags: fossil marine invertebrate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossilized hair is rare,Why?
September 20th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When most people hear the word fossil, they probably think of gigantic leg bones or sharp teeth. But, given the right conditions, after an animal dies even delicate body coverings like skin, hair and feathers can be preserved. New research led by The University of Texas at Austin […]
Posted in General Tags: Fossilized hair, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Heracles inexpectatus : Giant bird lived in New Zealand around 19 MYA
September 14th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Imagine a parrot standing 3 feet (1 meter) tall, about the height of a 2-year-old child. This giant bird lived in New Zealand around 19 million years ago; it was the largest parrot that ever lived, and is the only known giant parrot in the world. Paleontologists recently […]
Posted in General Tags: Heracles inexpectatus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFSWorld Fossil Society No Comments »WFS News: A New Clevosaurid from the Triassic (Carnian) of Brazil and the Rise of Sphenodontians in Gondwana
September 10th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Research published in Scientific Reports describes Clevosaurus hadroprodon, a new reptile species from Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Its fossils remains — jaws and associated skull bones — were collected from Triassic rocks (c. 237-228 million-years old) making it the oldest known fossil of its kind in […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Sphenodontian, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Filter feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs supported by coprolite contents
September 7th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Filter feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs supported by coprolite contents Citation: Qvarnström M, Elgh E, Owocki K, Ahlberg PE, Niedźwiedzki G. 2019. Filter feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs supported by coprolite contents. PeerJ 7:e7375 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7375 Diets of pterosaurs have mainly been inferred from indirect evidence such as comparative anatomy, associations of co-occurring fossils, […]
WFS News: Spatial Bias in the Marine Fossil Record
September 1st, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Spatial Bias in the Marine Fossil Record Citation: Vilhena DA, Smith AB (2013) Spatial Bias in the Marine Fossil Record. PLoS ONE 8(10): e74470. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074470 Editor: Richard J. Butler, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Inference of past and present global biodiversity requires enough global data to distinguish biological pattern […]
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