@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 […]
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WFS News: A unified model of the formation mechanism of spherical carbonate concretions contain exceptionally well-preserved fossils
May 10th, 2018 
Riffin 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 […]
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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 […]
WFS News: Forensic scanning technology reveals Dodo’s violent death
April 28th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=hhpM5KZSNBg The famous Oxford Dodo died after being shot in the back of the head, according to breakthrough research by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and WMG at the University of Warwick. Using revolutionary forensic scanning technology and world-class expertise, researchers have discovered surprising evidence that […]
Posted in General Tags: Dodo, Forensic scanning, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, violent death, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Resolving the identity of Platylithophycus, an enigmatic fossil
April 27th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Resolving the identity of Platylithophycus, an enigmatic fossil from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian–Campanian) Citation:Allison W. Bronson, John G. Maisey. Resolving the identity of Platylithophycus, an enigmatic fossil from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian–Campanian). Journal of Paleontology, 2018; 1 DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2018.14 Misidentified fossils are common in paleontology, but Platylithophycus has undergone a […]
WFS News: Global Diversity and Phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata)
April 24th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Global Diversity and Phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata) Citation: Mah CL, Blake DB (2012) Global Diversity and Phylogeny of the Asteroidea (Echinodermata). PLoS ONE 7(4): e35644. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035644 Editor: Jonathan H. Badger, J. Craig Venter Institute, United States of America Members of the Asteroidea (phylum Echinodermata), popularly known as starfish or […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Asteroidea, Echinodermata, Global Diversity, Phylogeny, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Putnisite: A new Mineral
April 22nd, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A University of Adelaide mineralogy researcher has discovered a new mineral that is unique in structure and composition among the world’s 4,000 known mineral species. Published in Mineralogical Magazine, Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Peter Elliott has described ‘putnisite’, found in a surface outcrop […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: new Mineral, Putnisite, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Collagen Fingerprinting: A New Screening Technique for Radiocarbon Dating Ancient Bone
April 19th, 2018 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Collagen Fingerprinting: A New Screening Technique for Radiocarbon Dating Ancient Bone Citation: Harvey VL, Egerton VM, Chamberlain AT, Manning PL, Buckley M (2016) Collagen Fingerprinting: A New Screening Technique for Radiocarbon Dating Ancient Bone. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150650. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150650 Editor: Siân E. Halcrow, University of Otago, NEW ZEALAND Collagen is […]
