@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev How old were the oldest dinosaurs? This question remains largely unanswered. The natural life span of these long-extinct giants is of interest to scientists, in combination with questions regarding how fast they could grow and how they could obtain sufficient nutrients from their habitat. Palaeontologists at the University […]
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WFS News: How old were the oldest dinosaurs?
February 11th, 2017 
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No Comments »WFS News: Soot may have killed off the dinosaurs and ammonites
February 8th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new hypothesis on the extinction of dinosaurs and ammonites at the end of the Cretaceous Period has been proposed by a research team from Tohoku University and the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute. The researchers believe that massive amounts of stratospheric soot ejected from rocks following […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dinosaurs and ammonites, killed, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, Soot, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Researchers confirm the existence of a ‘lost continent’ under Mauritius
February 6th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have confirmed the existence of a “lost continent” under the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius that was left-over by the break-up of the supercontinent, Gondwana, which started about 200 million years ago. The piece of crust, which was subsequently covered by young lava during volcanic eruptions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: lost continent, Mauritius, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Dinosaur (Lufengosaurus) rib bones reveal remnants of 195-million-year-old protein
February 3rd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Is fossilized rock all that remains when a dinosaur decomposes? New research from scientists at the University […]
WFS News:Exceptionally preserved fossilized mantle of a vampyropod
February 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils discovered in Canada, rare for recording soft-bodied species that normally don’t fossilize, is expanding scientists’ view of the rich marine life of the period. The preservation of the fossils — which include soft body parts as well as shells and […]
WFS News: mio-pliocene Oysters from East coast of India
January 29th, 2017 Riffin WFS News: mio-pliocene Oysters from East coast of India @WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Crassostrea Sp. Image copyright @WFS,world Fossil Society, Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Crassostrea Sp. Image copyright @WFS,world Fossil Society,Riffin […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: East coast of India, mio-pliocene, Oysters, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Pyritized in situ trilobite eggs from the Ordovician of New York
January 28th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For the past two years, Western Illinois University Assistant Professor of Geology Thomas Hegna has been part of a three-member team conducting research on what are believed to be the first-ever discovered trilobite eggs paired with a fossil of the segmented creature. The ancient eggs, believed to be […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: eggs, New York, Ordovician, Pyritized, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, trilobite, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 80 MYO dinosaur collagen confirmed
January 24th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Utilizing the most rigorous testing methods to date, researchers from North Carolina State University have isolated additional collagen peptides from an 80-million-year-old Brachylophosaurus. The work lends further support to the idea that organic molecules can persist in specimens tens of millions of years longer than originally believed and […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 80 MYO, collagen, Dinosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: New species of prehistoric palm discovered in Canada
January 22nd, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A researcher identified a new species of small palm that once grew in Canada after examining a fossil that had been part of an Alberta museum collection for decades. Palms are typically associated with warm, tropical climates. However, this newly […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Canada, new species, prehistoric palm, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Heat from earth’s core could be underlying force in plate tectonics
January 19th, 2017 Riffin @ WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates is driven largely by negative buoyancy created as they cool. New research, however, shows plate dynamics are driven significantly by the additional force of heat drawn from the Earth’s core. The new findings also challenge […]
