@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A newly discovered fossil species of green algae indicates that photosynthesis originated in plants at least 1 billion years ago, paleobiologists reported in Nature Ecology & Evolution yesterday (February 24). The discovery of Proterocladus antiquus helps pinpoint what has been a very broad estimation of when the chlorophyte group of green algae, the relatives […]
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WFS News: Oldest Green Algae Fossil
June 18th, 2020 
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No Comments »WFS News: Fossil bite marks of Theropod connected with feeding nature
June 14th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Bite marks provide direct evidence for trophic interactions and competition in the fossil record. However, variations in paleoecological dynamics, such as trophic relationships, feeding behavior, and food availability, govern the frequency of these traces. Theropod bite marks are particularly rare, suggesting that members of this clade might not […]
Posted in General Tags: bite marks, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, theropod, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates
May 31st, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Ectoparasitism and infections in the exoskeletons of large fossil cingulates Studies on paleopathological alterations in fossil vertebrates, including damages caused by infections and ectoparasites, are important because they are potential sources of paleoecological information. Analyzing exoskeleton material (isolated osteoderms, carapace and caudal tube fragments) from fossil cingulates of the […]
Posted in General Tags: cingulates, Ectoparasitism, fossil, infections, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation
May 28th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the United Kingdom An isolated, partial premaxilla from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation of Yaverland, Isle of Wight, UK is identified as pterosaurian on account of its overall morphology and thin bone walls. It is […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, tapejarid pterosaur, Wessex Formation, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Cassowary gloss and a novel form of structural color in birds
May 17th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Cassowaries are big flightless birds with blue heads and dinosaur-looking feet; they look like emus that time forgot, and they’re objectively terrifying. They’re also, along with their ostrich and kiwi cousins, part of the bird family that split off from chickens, ducks, and songbirds 100 million years ago. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Cassowary, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 200-million-year-old ‘squid’ attack revealed
May 7th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey, in a fossil dating back almost 200 million years. The fossil was found on the Jurassic coast of southern England in the 19th century and is currently housed within the collections of the […]
WFS News: Scientists have reconstructed the skulls of some of the world’s oldest known dinosaur embryos in 3D, using synchrotron techniques.
April 19th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An international team of scientists led by the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has been able to reconstruct, in the smallest details, the skulls of some of the world’s oldest known dinosaur embryos in 3D, using powerful and non-destructive synchrotron techniques at the ESRF, the European […]
Posted in General Tags: Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, synchrotron techniques, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: ‘Dineobellator notohesperus’ ,dinosaur with nasty gouge mark on claw
April 10th, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev About 70 million years ago, a cousin of Velociraptor got in a brawl with a larger predator that left it with a nasty rib injury. But this dinosaur, a feathered hypercarnivore, lived to tell the tale, as its rib showed signs of healing, a new study finds. The newfound species, dubbed Dineobellator […]
Posted in General Tags: claw, Dineobellator notohesperus, Dinosaur, gouge mark, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Iridescent Bones of a Lost Dinosaur Herd Discovered in an Opal Mine
April 3rd, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Gemstones are precious, especially when they come filled with dinosaur bones. Back in the 1980s, a miner unearthed a slew of fossils preserved in opals in an opal mine near Lightning Ridge in Australia. A recent analysis of those opalized fossils revealed that they held the remains of […]
Posted in General Tags: Dinosaur Herd, Iridescent Bones, Opal Mine, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia
April 1st, 2020 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most familiar animals today, including humans. The tiny, wormlike creature, named Ikaria wariootia, is the earliest bilaterian, or organism […]
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