@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Gobies or Gobioidei are one of the most species-rich groups of marine and freshwater fish in Europe. Spending most of their lives on the bottom of shallow waterbodies, they make substantial contributions to the functioning of many ecosystems. With the identification of a new genus […]
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WFS News: Scientists found a pterosaur with vast wingspan
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Scientists studying a fossil of a flying reptile that excavated from a gravel pit have found it had a vast wingspan of 3.75m (12ft). The pterosaur was dug out from the floor of a quarry near Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in June 2022. Scans of its wing […]
WFS News: Vasuki Indicus,49 Feet Long – Ancient Giant Snake Discovered in India
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that a recently identified ancient snake species, named Vasuki Indicus, may have been among the largest snakes ever. This species, which existed approximately 47 million years ago in Gujarat, India, reached lengths of 11 to 15 meters (36 – 49 feet). Belonging […]
WFS News: Scientists discover hidden step in evolution of dinosaur feather
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered that some feathered dinosaurs had scaly skin like reptiles today, thus shedding new light on the evolutionary transition from scales to feathers. The researchers studied a new specimen of the feathered dinosaur Psittacosaurus from the early Cretaceous […]
WFS News: Abelisauroid, a dinosaur with very tiny arms
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev A team of paleontologists from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has identified a new species of abelisauroid dinosaur. They have named it Koleken inakayali. The work is published in the journal Cladistics. […]
WFS News: Scientists Discover Potential Origin of the First “Warm-Blooded” Dinosaurs
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev A new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Vigo suggests that the ability to regulate body temperature, a characteristic shared by all modern mammals and birds, may have first developed among certain dinosaurs in the early Jurassic period, approximately 180 million years ago. […]
WFS News: Jurassic fossil fish more than 180 million years old found
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev A fierce-looking fossil fish has been discovered in a new Jurassic dig site in Gloucestershire, having been perfectly preserved for almost 200 million years. The fossil shows pronounced big eyes and teeth with its mouth wide open of a fish which lived in a tropical sea […]
WFS News: Tyrannosaurus rex had lips over its teeth, research suggests
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev While T rex is often depicted prowling the landscape while sporting a toothy grin, its fearsome teeth may actually have been concealed behind a pair of thin, scaly lips, research suggests. Experts say the perception that theropods were lipless arose because of the huge size […]
WFS News: Large fossil discovery finally exposes origins of Welsh dragons
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev A large fossil discovery has helped shed light on the history of dinosaurs in Wales. The find is reported in Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association. Until recently, the land of the dragon didn’t have any dinosaurs. However, in the last 10 years, several dinosaurs have been reported, but […]
WFS News: Musankwa sanyatiensis, a new dinosaur from Zimbabwe
@WFS,World Fossil Society, Athira, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev Fossils found on the shoreline of Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe represent a completely new dinosaur species. This remarkable find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis, marks only the fourth dinosaur species named from Zimbabwe. The research detailing this significant discovery is set to be published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica […]