@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic period. New research on fossils from Madagascar, published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ by Italian and French paleontologists, begin to fill the gap in a million-year-long ghost lineage. Deep and massive […]
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WFS News:Through fossil leaves, a step towards Jurassic Park
July 4th, 2017 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For the first time, researchers have succeeded in establishing the relationships between 200-million-year-old plants based on chemical fingerprints. Using infrared spectroscopy and statistical analysis of organic molecules in fossil leaves, they are opening up new perspectives on the dinosaur era. The unique results stem from a collaboration between […]
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No Comments »WFS News: ‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
July 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions. Using a technique called ‘seismic noise interferometry’ combined with geophysical measurements, the researchers measured the energy […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bulges, predict eruptions, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, volcanoes, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: fossil Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi reveals lifestyle of ancient armor-plated reptile
June 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An exceptionally-preserved fossil from the Alps in eastern Switzerland has revealed the best look so far at an armoured reptile from the Middle Triassic named Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi. The fossil is extremely rare in that it contains the animal’s complete skeleton, giving an Anglo-Swiss research team a very clear […]
WFS News: A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas
June 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation: Frederickson JA, Schaefer SN, Doucette-Frederickson JA (2015) A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0127162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127162 Abstract:Three large lamniform shark vertebrae are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. We interpret these fossils as belonging to a single individual […]
Posted in General Tags: cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation, Gigantic Shark, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Texas, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Hard rocks from Himalaya raise flood risk for millions
June 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have shown how earthquakes and storms in the Himalaya can increase the impact of deadly floods in one of Earth’s most densely populated areas. Large volumes of hard rock dumped into rivers by landslides can increase flood risk up to hundreds of kilometres downstream, potentially affecting millions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: flood risk, Hard rocks, Himalaya, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Palaeontologist William Fox’s dinosaur fossil finds displayed
May 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossils discovered by a Victorian clergyman who had four dinosaurs named after him are being exhibited on the Isle of Wight. Among Rev William Fox’s finds was one of the first, almost complete dinosaur fossils – a partial skeleton of a plant-eating Hypsilophodon foxii.Some of his fossils are […]
WFS News: New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia
May 26th, 2017 Riffin Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the ‘age of dinosaur’) has been found in Russia and profoundly change how we understand the evolution of the group, says an international team of scientists. Spanning more than 135 Ma during the ‘Age of […]
WFS News: 3-Billion-Year- fossilized Old Bubbles found
May 25th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation: Djokic, T. et al. Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits. Nat. Commun. 8, 15263 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15263 (2017). @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The ca. 3.48 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, is well known for hosting […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossilized Old Bubbles, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: The first reported ceratopsid dinosaur from eastern North America
May 23rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A chance discovery in Mississippi provides the first evidence of an animal closely related to Triceratops in eastern North America. The fossil, a tooth from rocks between 68 and 66 million years old, shows that two halves of the continent previously thought to be separated by seaway were […]
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