Posts Tagged ‘Russel T Sajeev’

WFS News: Prehistoric Bat Fossil Discovered

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, pushing back the evolutionary record for bats on that continent to the dawn of the Eocene and boosting the possibility that the bat family’s “mysterious” origins someday might be traced to Asia. A team based […]

WFS News: Evidence of preserved collagen in an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur revealed by synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy

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WFS News: Molecular and Paleontological Evidence for a Post-Cretaceous Origin of Rodents

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Molecular and Paleontological Evidence for a Post-Cretaceous Origin of Rodents Citation: Wu S, Wu W, Zhang F, Ye J, Ni X, Sun J, et al. (2012) Molecular and Paleontological Evidence for a Post-Cretaceous Origin of Rodents. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46445. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046445 Editor: Alistair Robert Evans, Monash University, Australia The timing […]

WFS News: Evidence of a belemnite’s “killer”

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev During the early Jurassic period, a squid-like creature was in the midst of devouring a crustacean, when it was interrupted by another marine beast, possibly a shark, that chomped into its squishy side and killed it, a new study finds. The shark swam away, but the crustacean and the […]

WFS News: Shingopana, New species of gigantic, long necked dinosaur

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered a new species of long-necked titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania that lived about 70 to 100 million years ago. The new species named Shingopana songwensis is a member of the gigantic, long-necked sauropods. Its fossil was discovered in the Songwe region of the Great Rift Valley […]

WFS News: Evidence of ancient protein?

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Dinosaurs roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago, and paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters are still unearthing traces of them today. The minerals in fossilized eggs and shell fragments provide snapshots into these creatures’ early lives, as well as their fossilization processes. Now, researchers reporting in ACS […]

WFS News: Enantiornithes,smallest known prehistoric baby bird

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird dating back to the Mesozoic Era (250-65 million years ago) has been discovered by scientists, which they feel can help them understand how early avians came into the world in the age of dinosaurs. According to researchers at the University […]

WFS News: Fossil pollen ‘sneeze’ caught by research team

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Like capturing a sneeze, researchers including a University of Guelph scientist have recorded the only known example of prehistoric pollen caught in explosive mid-discharge from a fossil flower. The team describes this “freeze-frame” fossilized pollen release — preserved in amber more than 20 million years ago — in […]

WFS News: Angiosperms were around during the Jurassic ?

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev We may recognize our world by its flowering plants and trees, but evolutionarily speaking angiosperms are the new kids on the block, coming after epochs when giant fungus ruled the Earth and nonflowering trees, including cycads and conifers, fed dinosaurs. A controversial study is now suggesting that flowering plants aren’t […]

WFS News:World’s Oldest Flower Unfurled Its Petals More Than 174 Million Years Ago

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Dinosaurs that lived during the early Jurassic period could stop and smell the flowers if they so desired, according to a new study that describes the oldest fossil flower on record. The flower, named Nanjinganthus dendrostyla, lived more than 174 million years ago, the researchers said. Until now, the […]