Fossils discovered of 425-million-year-old tiny shrimp-like creatures are of a species new to science, say experts. Found in Herefordshire, the invertebrates were preserved by volcanic ash when the UK had a subtropical climate. The fossils show the animals’ shells and soft tissues, such as eyes and limbs, the Leicester experts say. Prof David Siveter said […]
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December 11th, 2012 Riffin Paleontologists have long been perplexed by dinosaur fossils with missing pieces – sets of teeth without a jaw bone, bones that are pitted and grooved, even bones that are half gone. Now a Brigham Young University study identifies a culprit: ancient insects that munched on dinosaur bones. BYU professor Brooks Britt will publish his study […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Camptosaurus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Earliest evidence for reptiles
December 10th, 2012 Riffin Newly discovered fossilised footprints provide the earliest evidence yet for the evolution of reptiles – a major event in the history of life. They are 315 million years old, making reptiles up to 3 million years older than previously thought. The footprints were discovered by Dr Howard Falcon-Lang from the University of Bristol in sea […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Reptiles, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »200-million-year-old fossil of leech found
December 9th, 2012 riffin Move over amber. When it comes to preserving soft-bodied animals through the ages, there’s a newcomer in town: fossilised leech “cocoons”. The cocoons are secreted by many leech and worm species as mucous egg cases that harden and often fossilise. Almost two decades ago, Norwegian scientists found a perfectly preserved nematode worm embedded in the wall […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Fossil leech, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Nyasasaurus parringtoni:Mysterious fossil identified
December 8th, 2012 Riffin Researchers have found what could be the earliest known dinosaur to walk the earth lurking in the corridors of London’s Natural History Museum. A mysterious fossil specimen that has been in the museum’s collection for decades has now been identified as most likely coming from a dinosaur that lived about 245 million years ago – […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Nyasasaurus parringtoni, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Nysasaurus parringtoni: world’s oldest dinosaur lived 245 million years ago ?
December 7th, 2012 Riffin A creature about the size of a Labrador retriever with a 1.5-metre-long tail could be the earliest-known dinosaur to have walked the Earth, according to scientists.Research published Wednesday in the journal Biology Letters describes a set of fossilized bones from Tanzania that predates all other discoveries by 10 to 15 million years. The new findings […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Nysasaurus parringtoni, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Racemization:New Test Adds to Scientists’ Understanding of Earth’s History
December 6th, 2012 riffin A new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher provides the first direct chronological test of sequence stratigraphy, a powerful tool for exploring Earth’s natural resources. The model allows geologists to better understand how sedimentary rocks are related to one another in time and space and predict what types of rocks are located in […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Racemization, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeevv, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossils and Genes Brought Together to Piece Together Evolutionary History
December 5th, 2012 riffin Paleontology, with its rocks and fossils, seems far removed from the world of developmental genetics, with its petri dishes and embryos. Whereas paleontology strives to determine “What happened in evolution?,” developmental genetics uses gene control in embryos to try to answer “How did it happen?” Combined, the two approaches can lead to remarkable insights that […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Evolutionary History, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Holes in fossil bones reveal dinosaur activity
December 4th, 2012 riffin New research from the University of Adelaide has added to the debate about whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded and sluggish or warm-blooded and active. Professor Roger Seymour from the University’s School of Earth & Environmental Sciences has applied the latest theories of human and animal anatomy and physiology to provide insight into the lives of dinosaurs. The results will be published […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: holes in fossils, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »More Intense North Atlantic Tropical Storms Likely in the Future
December 3rd, 2012 riffin Tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East Coast of the United States, likely will become more intense during the rest of this century. That’s the prediction of one University of Iowa researcher and his colleague as published in an early online release in the Journal of Climate, the […]
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