@WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Pleistocene Epoch is typically defined as the time period that began about 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago. The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth. There have been at least five documented major […]
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WFS Facts : The Pleistocene Epoch,Last Ice Age
July 10th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News:Falling sea level caused volcanoes to overflow
July 7th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Climate evolution shows some regularities, which can be traced throughout long periods of earth’s history. One of them is that the global average temperature and the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere usually go hand-in-hand. To put it simple: If the temperatures decline, the CO2values also decrease and […]
Posted in General Tags: Falling sea level, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, volcanoes, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Razanandrongobe sakalavae, the oldest known notosuchian
July 6th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic period. New research on fossils from Madagascar, published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ by Italian and French paleontologists, begin to fill the gap in a million-year-long ghost lineage. Deep and massive […]
WFS News:Through fossil leaves, a step towards Jurassic Park
July 4th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For the first time, researchers have succeeded in establishing the relationships between 200-million-year-old plants based on chemical fingerprints. Using infrared spectroscopy and statistical analysis of organic molecules in fossil leaves, they are opening up new perspectives on the dinosaur era. The unique results stem from a collaboration between […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: fossil leaves, Jurassic Park, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: ‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
July 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T sajeev A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions. Using a technique called ‘seismic noise interferometry’ combined with geophysical measurements, the researchers measured the energy […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Bulges, predict eruptions, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, volcanoes, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: fossil Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi reveals lifestyle of ancient armor-plated reptile
June 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev An exceptionally-preserved fossil from the Alps in eastern Switzerland has revealed the best look so far at an armoured reptile from the Middle Triassic named Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi. The fossil is extremely rare in that it contains the animal’s complete skeleton, giving an Anglo-Swiss research team a very clear […]
WFS News:Rapid rise of the Mesozoic sea dragons
June 26th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev In the Mesozoic, the time of the dinosaurs, from 252 to 66 million years ago, marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs were top predators in the oceans. But their origins and early rise to dominance have been somewhat mysterious. New research published this week in the journal […]
Tiny fossils reveal backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive
June 25th, 2017 Riffin The fossils of an extinct species from the Triassic Period are the long-missing link that connects Kermit the Frog’s amphibian brethren to wormlike creatures with a backbone and two rows of sharp teeth, new research shows. Named Chinlestegophis jenkinsi, the newfound fossil is the oldest relative of the most mysterious group of amphibians: caecilians. Today, these limbless, colorful serpentine carnivores live underground and range in size from 6 inches to 5 feet.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: amphibian, Chinlestegophis, fossil, jenkinsi, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, vertebrate, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas
June 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Citation: Frederickson JA, Schaefer SN, Doucette-Frederickson JA (2015) A Gigantic Shark from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation of Texas. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0127162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127162 Abstract:Three large lamniform shark vertebrae are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. We interpret these fossils as belonging to a single individual […]
Posted in General Tags: cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation, Gigantic Shark, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Texas, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto land
June 22nd, 2017 Riffin The fossil of an early snake-like animal — called Lethiscus stocki — has kept its evolutionary secrets for the last 340-million years. Now, an international team of researchers has revealed new insights into the ancient Scottish fossil that dramatically challenge our understanding of the early evolution of tetrapods, or four-limbed animals with backbones.
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