Posts Tagged ‘WFS NEWS’

WFS NEWS: Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah

Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation:Senter P, Kirkland JI, DeBlieux DD (2012) Martharaptor greenriverensis, a New Theropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043911Editor: Peter Dodson, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Therizinosaurs are an unusual group of Therapod Dinosaurs known from the Cretaceous of Asia and […]

WFS NEWS: Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri shed light on the early evolution of ants

Ants comprise one lineage of the triumvirate of eusocial insects and experienced their early diversification within the Cretaceous. The success of ants is generally attributed to their remarkable social behavior. Recent studies suggest that the early branching lineages of extant ants formed small colonies of either subterranean or epigeic, solitary specialist predators. The vast majority […]

WFS NEWS: Underwater ‘lost city’ found to be geological formation

Key: WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The ancient underwater remains of a long lost Greek city were in fact created by a naturally occurring phenomenon — according to joint research from the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Athens (Greece). When underwater divers discovered what looked like paved floors, courtyards […]

WFS News: Sclerocormus parviceps reveal rapid evolution after mass extinction ?

Two hundred and fifty million years ago, life on earth was in a tail-spin–climate change, volcanic eruptions, and rising sea levels contributed to a mass extinction that makes the death of the dinosaurs look like child’s play. Marine life got hit hardest–96% of all marine species went extinct. For a long time, scientists believed that […]

WFS news: How the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain became so bendy

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The physical mechanism causing the unique, sharp bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain has been uncovered in a collaboration between the University of Sydney and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Led by a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney’s School of Geosciences, researchers used the Southern […]

WFS NEWS : chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago

Using the oldest fossil micrometeorites — space dust — ever found, Monash University-led research has made a surprising discovery about the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago. The findings of a new study published today in the journal Nature — led by Dr Andrew Tomkins and a team from the School of Earth, […]