@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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: ceratopsid, Dinosaur, North America, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, The first reported, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Galeamopus pabsti , A new sauropod species
May 21st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers from Italy and Portugal describe yet another new sauropod species from 150 million years ago, from Wyoming, USA. The new species, Galeamopus pabsti, is the most recent dinosaur to be described by paleontologists from the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Turin, Italy; the Faculty […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Galeamopus pabsti, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, sauropod species, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society 1 Comment »WFS News: Parvancorina fossil suggests Life in the Precambrian may have been much livelier
May 20th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Garden of the Ediacaran was a period in the ancient past when Earth’s shallow seas were populated with a bewildering variety of enigmatic, soft-bodied creatures. Scientists have pictured it as a tranquil, almost idyllic interlude that lasted from 635 to 540 million years ago. But a new […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil, Life in the Precambrian, Parvancorina, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:The Biomechanics Behind strong bites of Tyrannosaurus rex
May 19th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The giant Tyrannosaurus rex pulverized bones by biting down with forces equaling the weight of three small cars while simultaneously generating world record tooth pressures, according to a new study by a Florida State University-Oklahoma State University research team. In a study published today in Scientific Reports, Florida […]
WFS News: Arctostrea Oyster fossils found in India
May 18th, 2017 Riffin WFS News: Arctostrea Oyster fossils found in India The fossil of Arcostrea from Dalmiapuram formation has a well defined high zigzag commissure. The problem of oxygen and food supply is particularly important to the development of oysters. Passive mode of life on the basin floors of muddy and often turbid waters and gregarious occurrence did […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Arctostrea, found in India, Oyster fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: fossilized flowers found in Argentina
May 16th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Around 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, a giant asteroid crashed into the present-day Gulf of Mexico, leading to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. How plants were affected is less understood, but fossil records show that ferns were the first plants […]
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May 13th, 2017 Riffin Some 110 million years ago, this armored plant-eater lumbered through what is now western Canada, until a flooded river swept it into open sea. The dinosaur’s undersea burial preserved its armor in exquisite detail. Its skull still bears tile-like plates and a gray patina of fossilized skins. On the afternoon of March 21, 2011, a […]
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