By poring over the fossilized skulls of ancient wildebeest-like animals (Rusingoryx atopocranion) unearthed on Kenya’s Rusinga Island, researchers have discovered that the little-known hoofed mammals had a very unusual, trumpet-like nasal passage similar only to the nasal crests of lambeosaurine hadrosaur dinosaurs. The findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on February 4 […]
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Oregramma illecebrosa: Discovery of ‘Jurassic butterflies’
February 4th, 2016 
Riffin IU paleobotanist David Dilcher is a co-author on a study out today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society: B that identifies a Jurassic age insect whose behavior and appearance closely mimic a butterfly — but whose emergence on Earth predates the butterfly by about 40 million years. Dilcher — who made international headlines last year for […]
Rocks of Tetons formed by continental collisions
February 3rd, 2016 Riffin Key: WFS,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev,World Fossil Society University of Wyoming scientists have found evidence of continental collisions in Wyoming’s Teton Range, similar to those in the Himalayas, dating to as early as 2.68 billion years ago.The research, published Jan. 22 in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, shows that plate tectonics were operating in […]
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No Comments »Genyornis newtoni: Extinction points to humans
January 30th, 2016 Riffin WFS,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev,World Fossil Society:Key The first direct evidence that humans played a substantial role in the extinction of the huge, wondrous beasts inhabiting Australia some 50,000 years ago — in this case a 500-pound bird — has been discovered by a University of Colorado Boulder-led team. The flightless bird, known as Genyornis […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: extinction, Genyornis newtoni, humans, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Ptilocercus kylin:Treeshrew fossil found in China
January 27th, 2016 Riffin Treeshrews are widely considered a “living model” of an ancestral primate, and have long been called”living fossils”. Actual fossils of treeshrews, however, are extremely rare. In a paper published 14 January in Scientific Reports (6), Drs. LI Qiang and NI Xijun, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported a new […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: China, Ptilocercus kylin, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Treeshrew fossil, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Explosive underwater volcanoes of ‘Snowball Earth’
January 26th, 2016 Riffin WFS,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev,World Fossil Society,Explosive underwater volcanoes of ‘Snowball Earth’ Around 720-640 million years ago, much of the Earth’s surface was covered in ice during a glaciation that lasted millions of years. Explosive underwater volcanoes were a major feature of this ‘Snowball Earth’, according to new research led by the University of Southampton. […]
world’s oldest Jurassic dinosaur fossil?
January 22nd, 2016 Riffin It could be the long-lost ancestor of the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. A fossil discovered in the UK is thought to be the oldest Jurassic dinosaur ever found and is one of the most complete specimens from the time period.The well-preserved remains of a juvenile dinosaur were found at Lavernock Point near Cardiff, Wales, a […]
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January 21st, 2016 Riffin Here’s a recipe for a mass extinction: Introduce a sudden ice age that piles the land with ice, and then, a few hundred thousand years later, rapidly warm the world. This one-two punch killed off about 50% of Earth’s genera 445 million years ago, ranking it as the third largest mass extinction, right below the […]
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January 19th, 2016 Riffin Spinosaurus gained a notorious reputation in Jurassic Park 3 (spoiler alert), stomping on to the screen to take down the mighty T. rex in a rather memorable duel. Since gaining global fame on the silver screen, researchers now believe Spinosaurus was an adept swimmer, terrorizing local inhabitants of ancient river systems in North Africa some […]
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January 17th, 2016 Riffin The Glossopteridales are an extinct group of seed plants that arose during the Permian on the great southern continent of Gondwana. These plants went on to become a dominant part of the southern flora through the rest of the Permian, though they dwindled to extinction by the end of the Triassic Period. Glossopteris, the genus […]
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