Scientists have reconstructed how an ancient reptile swam in the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs. Computer simulations suggest the plesiosaur moved through the water like a penguin, using its front limbs as paddles and back limbs for steering.The creature’s swimming gait has been a mystery since bones of the first known specimen were […]
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plesiosaur fossil mystery resolved
December 21st, 2015 
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No Comments »Morelladon beltrani: New Sail-Backed Dinosaur Species Discovered in Spain
December 19th, 2015 Riffin A new species of ornithopod dinosaur has been discovered in Spain dating back 125 million years to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.At roughly 20 feet (6 m) in length and 8 feet (2.5 m) high, the new species – scientifically named Morelladon beltrani – was a relatively large dinosaur.The dinosaur’s incomplete skeleton […]
Chilesaurus : New Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered in Chile
December 17th, 2015 Riffin An international team of paleontologists led by Dr Fernando Novas of the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires has described a new genus and species of plant-eating dinosaur that roamed what is now Chile during the Upper Jurassic, roughly 145 million years ago. The new dinosaur, named Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, belongs to Tetanurae, a […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Chile, Chilesaurus, New Herbivorous Dinosaur, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Stegoceras validum : A Radiator-nosed dinosaur?
December 15th, 2015 Riffin A bipedal, German shepherd–sized dinosaur may have had soft tissues in its nasal cavity that cooled the blood flowing to its brain, a new study suggests. The plant-eating Stegoceras validum belongs to a group called pachycephalosaurs (which in Greek means “thick-headed lizards”). CT scans of one particularly well preserved skull revealed delicate scrolls of bones […]
Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis: New Species of Ceratopsian Dinosaur Discovered in China
December 13th, 2015 Riffin An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of hornless ceratopsian dinosaur, called Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis, in China. This new dinosaur was a distant cousin of the famed ceratopsian dinosaur Triceratops and lived early in the Late Jurassic period, roughly 160 million years ago. According to a study published this week in the journal […]
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi: New Armored Dinosaur Species Discovered
December 12th, 2015 Riffin This new species is one of a group of four-legged armored herbivorous dinosaurs called ankylosaurs.The near-complete skeleton of the 100 million-year-old (Cretaceous period) beast, including most of the skull and mandible, along with postcranial material, was discovered in 1989 in the Allaru Mudstone on Marathon Station near Richmond, north-western Queensland, by Mr Ian Ievers. But […]
Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans a fossil from Japan
December 10th, 2015 Riffin An international research partnership is revealing the first mosasaur fossil of its kind to be discovered in Japan. Not only does the 72-million-year-old marine reptile fossil fill a biogeographical gap between the Middle East and the eastern Pacific, but also it holds new revelations because of its superior preservation. This unique swimming lizard, now believed […]
Extinct 3-horned palaeomerycid ruminant found in Spain
December 8th, 2015 Riffin The extinct three-horned palaeomerycid ruminant, Xenokeryx amidalae, found in Spain, may be from the same clade as giraffes, according to a study published December 2, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Israel M. Sánchez from the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, and colleagues. Palaeomerycids, now extinct, were strange three-horned Eurasian Miocene […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: 3-horned, Extinct, palaeomerycid, Riffin T Sajeev, ruminant, Russel T Sajeev, Spain, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Dinosaur Chase Digitally Reconstructed
December 7th, 2015 Riffin Historical Photogrammetry: Bird’s Paluxy River Dinosaur Chase Sequence Digitally Reconstructed as It Was prior to Excavation 70 Years Ago Peter L. Falkingham ,Karl T. Bates,James O. Farlow ,Published: April 2, 2014,DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093247 Sixteen of Bird’s original photographs used in the photogrammetric reconstruction of the trackway.Note that the state of excavation (flooded parallel trackways, sandbags, tools […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Dinosaur Chase, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Dinosaur extinction and Volcanic Activity
December 6th, 2015 Riffin The role volcanic activity played in dinosaur extinction events in Earth’s early history is likely to have been much less severe than previously thought, according to a study led by the University of Leeds. Asteroid impacts and long-lasting volcanic eruptions called continental flood basalts — the two most commonly cited possible causes of mass extinction […]
