@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have conducted experiments to accelerate degradation in keratinous tissues such as feathers, scales and hair in order to simulate the processes that occur over deep time as something becomes a fossil. Their findings demonstrate that previous claims showing the preservation of keratin protein in dinosaur fossils are […]
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WFS News:Dinosaur blood? New research urges caution regarding fossilized soft tissue
October 11th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism
October 9th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Researchers led by the University of Cambridge have found the earliest example of reproduction in a complex organism. Their new study has found that some organisms known as rangeomorphs, which lived 565 million years ago, reproduced by taking a joint approach: they first sent out an ‘advance […]
Posted in General Tags: complex organism, Earliest evidence, reproduction, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Fossil points to early rise of ancient crocodiles
October 5th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The discovery reveals that an extinct group of aquatic reptiles evolved millions of years earlier than was previously thought, researchers say.The new species was a 10-foot-long animal that lived in the warm, shallow seas that covered much of what is now Europe.Powerful jaws and big, serrated teeth […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: ancient crocodiles, fossil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Exceptional soft tissues preservation in a mummified frog-eating Eocene salamander
October 4th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new study on an exceptionally preserved salamander from the Eocene of France reveals that its soft organs are conserved under its skin and bones. Organs preserved in three dimensions include the lung, nerves, gut, and within it, the last meal of the animal, according to a […]
WFS News: The first known neonate Ichthyosaurus communis skeleton
October 4th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists from the UK have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and found an additional surprise preserved in its stomach. The ichthyosaur fossil has a total length of just around 70 cm and had the remains of a prehistoric squid in its stomach. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: communis, first known, Ichthyosaurus, neonate, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, skeleton, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Helicopter lifts chasmosaur fossil with ‘frill’ in Alberta
October 2nd, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Two years after paleontologist Jordan Mallon of the Canadian Museum of Nature and his team discovered the skull of a chasmosaur while going through a dinosaur bonebed in Alberta, he finally got to see a helicopter lift it into the air. “There’s no roads down to the […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Alberta, chasmosaur, fossil, Helicopter lifts, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: how Earth was first formed?
September 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Oxford University scientists have shed new light on how Earth was first formed. Based on observations of newly-forming stars, scientists know that the solar system began as a disc of dust and gas surrounding the centrally-growing sun. The gas condensed to solids which accumulated into larger rocky bodies […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Earth formed, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Utah Paleontologists Turn to Crowdfunding for Raptor Project
September 29th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev Millions of years ago, on a mud flat somewhere in Cretaceous Utah, a group of Utahraptors made a grave mistake: They tried to hunt near quicksand. The pack’s poor fortune has given modern paleontologists an opportunity to decode the giant raptor — its appearance, growth and behavior […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Paleontologists, Raptor Project, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Utah, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS news: new fossil discovery suggests Life on Earth could be nearly four billion years old
September 27th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Life on Earth could be nearly four billion years old, new fossil evidence suggests. Researchers analysed rocks found in Saglek in northern Labrador, Canada, which were dated to at least 3.95 billion years ago. At that time, the Earth was still relatively young – it was formed […]
WFS News: 3-D scanning methods allow an inside look into fossilized feces
September 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Coprolites are fossilized feces that give evidence of an organism’s behavior and often contain food residues, parasite remains and other fossils that provide clues to ancient paleoecological relations. Many of the inclusions in coprolites are delicate and fossilized soft tissues, which in many cases are more likely preserved […]
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