@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Did the transition to plate tectonics cause Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth? Citation: Stern RJ, Miller NR. Did the transition to plate tectonics cause Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth? Terra Nova. 2018;30:87–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12321 When Earth’s tectonic style transitioned from stagnant lid (single plate) to the modern episode of plate tectonics is important but unresolved, and all lines of […]
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WFS News: Did the transition to plate tectonics cause Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth?
May 20th, 2018 
Riffin WFS News: Globally discordant Isocrinida (Crinoidea) migration confirms asynchronous Marine Mesozoic Revolution
May 18th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new study of marine fossils from Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and South America reveals that one of the greatest changes to the evolution of life in our oceans occurred more recently in the Southern Hemisphere than previously thought. The results are published today (17 May 2018) in […]
WFS News:A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary
May 15th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea. Ősi A, Young MT, Galácz A, Rabi M. (2018) PeerJ 6:e4668 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4668 Based on associated and three-dimensionally preserved cranial and postcranial remains, a new thalattosuchian crocodyliform, Magyarosuchus fitosi gen. et […]
WFS News: Enamel Ultrastructure in Fossil Cetaceans
May 13th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Enamel Ultrastructure in Fossil Cetaceans (Cetacea: Archaeoceti and Odontoceti) Citation: Loch C, Kieser JA, Fordyce RE (2015) Enamel Ultrastructure in Fossil Cetaceans (Cetacea: Archaeoceti and Odontoceti). PLoS ONE 10(1): e0116557. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116557 Academic Editor: Matthew C. Mihlbachler, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, UNITED STATES Abstract The transition from terrestrial ancestry to […]
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No Comments »WFS News: An early Cambrian greenhouse climate
May 11th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An early Cambrian greenhouse climate Thomas W. Hearing et.al, Science Advances 09 May 2018:Vol. 4, no. 5, eaar5690,DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar5690 The oceans of the early Cambrian (~541 to 509 million years ago) were the setting for a marked diversification of animal life. However, sea temperatures—a key component of the early Cambrian marine […]
Posted in General Tags: Cambrian greenhouse climate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: A unified model of the formation mechanism of spherical carbonate concretions contain exceptionally well-preserved fossils
May 10th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fosssil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Spherical, isolated carbonate concretions occur throughout the world in marine argillaceous sedimentary rocks of widely varying geological ages. These concretions are characteristically highly enriched in CaCO3compared to the surrounding sedimentary rock matrices and are typically separated from these rock matrices by sharp boundaries1,2,3. These sharp boundaries mean that […]
WFS News: A new species of Late Cretaceous Peritresius sp. sea turtles found
May 6th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new species of Peritresius Leidy, 1856 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alabama, USA, and the occurrence of the genus within the Mississippi Embayment of North America Citation: Gentry AD, Parham JF, Ehret DJ, Ebersole JA (2018) A new species of Peritresius Leidy, 1856 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Late Cretaceous, new species, Peritresius, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, sea turtles, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil study reveals first bird beaks had teeth
May 3rd, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day birds. Ichthyornis dispar holds a key position in the evolutionary trail that leads from dinosaurian species to today’s avians. It lived nearly 100 million […]
Posted in General Tags: first bird beaks had teeth, Fossil study, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: A new archaic baleen whale Toipahautea waitaki (early Late Oligocene, New Zealand) and the origins of crown Mysticeti
May 2nd, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new archaic baleen whale Toipahautea waitaki (early Late Oligocene, New Zealand) and the origins of crown Mysticeti Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, R. Ewan Fordyce. A new archaic baleen whale Toipahautea waitaki (early Late Oligocene, New Zealand) and the origins of crown Mysticeti. Royal Society Open Science, 2018; 5 (4): 172453 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172453 A new […]
WFS News: Calcium Nodules as a Proxy for Quaternary Paleoclimate Change on China’s Loess Plateau
April 29th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fosssil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Calcium Nodules as a Proxy for Quaternary Paleoclimate Change on China’s Loess Plateau Citation: He W, He H, Zhu M (2015) Calcium Nodules as a Proxy for Quaternary Paleoclimate Change on China’s Loess Plateau. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143928 Editor: Juan A. Añel, Universidade de Vigo, SPAIN Abstract Different proxies […]
