@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev At Northern Illinois University, Dan Gebo opens a cabinet and pulls out a drawer full of thin plastic cases filled with clear gelatin capsules. Inside each numbered capsule is a tiny fossil — some are so small they rival the diminutive size of a mustard seed. It’s hard […]
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WFS News: Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago
November 10th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Mammals were nocturnal until dinosaur extinction…
November 8th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev With enormous predators like Tyrannosaurus Rex skulking around in the daytime it is not surprising that the first mammals chose to live under the cover of darkness. In fact, a new study, from University College London has found that our ancestors did not emerge from the shadows until […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur, extinction, Mammals, nocturnal, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: komatiites may offer new insights into earth’s evolution
November 6th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The first 1.5 billion years of Earth’s evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the lack of any significant rock record prior to four billion years ago and a very limited record until about three billion years ago. Rocks of this age are usually extensively altered […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: earth's evolution, komatiites, new insights, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Chicxulub asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
November 5th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to new research. A new study makes a more refined estimate of how much sulfur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earth’s atmosphere from […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Asteroid impact, Chicxulub, cooled, Earth's climate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: why the largest are not always the fastest
November 4th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev No other animal on land is faster than a cheetah — the elephant is indeed larger, but slower. For small to medium-sized animals, larger also means faster, but for really large animals, when it comes to speed, everything goes downhill again. For the first time, it is now […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fastest, largest, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs?
November 2nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev More than 99% of all the species that have ever lived on our planet are now extinct, and while the majority of these die-offs can be attributed to competition or failure to adapt, many perished during dramatic cataclysmic events. The fossil record shows us that these mass extinctions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dark matter, dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Past Ocean Temperatures were colder?
November 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A team of researchers has discovered a flaw in the way past ocean temperatures have been estimated up to now. Their findings could mean that the current period of climate change is unparalleled over the last 100 million years. According to the methodology widely used by the scientific […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: colder, Past Ocean Temperatures, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS Dino Facts : Ophthalmosaurus (Eye lizard)
October 30th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Name: Ophthalmosaurus (Eye lizard). Phonetic: Of-fal-moe-sore-us. Named By: Harry Govier Seeley - 1874. Synonyms: Apatodontosaurus, Ancanamunia, Baptanodon, Paraophthalmosaurus, Yasykovia. Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Ophthalmosaurinae. Species: O. icenicus (type), O. natans, O. saveljeviensis, O. yasykovi. Diet: Piscivore, possibly a specialist in deep water squid. Size: Up to […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Eye lizard, Ophthalmosaurus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS Dino Facts, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil Footprints Reveal Existence of Big Early Dinosaur Predator
October 29th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trail of fossilized three-toed footprints that measure nearly two feet (57 cm) long shows that a huge meat-eating dinosaur stalked southern Africa 200 million years ago at a time when most carnivorous dinosaurs were modest-sized beasts. Scientists on Thursday described the footprints from an […]
WFS News: Ichthyosaur fossil discovered for first time in India
October 26th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur – an extinct marine reptile – in the western state of Gujarat. This is the first time an ichthyosaur fossil has been discovered in India.The fossil was found inside rocks from the Mesozoic Era, which […]
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