@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Research on fossilized fish from the late Devonian period, roughly 375 million years ago, details the evolution of fins as they began to transition into limbs fit for walking on land. The new study by paleontologists from the University of Chicago, published this week in the Proceedings of the […]
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WFS News: 300 million year old atmospheric dust
December 29th, 2019 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Dust plays a crucial role in the life and health of our planet. In our modern world, dust-borne nutrients traveling in great dust storms from the Saharan Desert fertilize the soil in the Amazon Rainforest and feed photosynthetic organisms like algae in the Atlantic Ocean. In turn, it […]
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No Comments »WFS News: Fossilized Brains Found
December 19th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Inky stains found in fossils of 500-million-year-old bug-like creatures may be beautifully preserved, symmetrical brain tissue. The fossil find may help lay a heated scientific controversy to rest — the question of whether brains can be fossilized. Scientists discovered these splotchy marks in fossils of the arthropod Alalcomenaeus, an animal […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Fossilized Brains, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: 16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite
December 10th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that many animals face is dispersal — being able to pick up and leave to occupy new lands, find fresh resources and mates, and avoid intraspecies competition in times of overpopulation. For birds, butterflies and other winged […]
WFS News: Najash,Fossil of an ancient legged snake
December 8th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev New fossils of an ancient legged snake, called Najash, shed light on the origin of the slithering reptiles, including how snakes got their bite and lost their legs. The fossil discoveries published in Science Advances have revealed they possessed hind legs during the first 70 million years of their evolution. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: ancient legged snake, fossil, Najash, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News:Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber
December 2nd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber Citation: Heinrichs J, Scheben A, Bechteler J, Lee GE, Schäfer-Verwimp A, Hedenäs L, et al. (2016) Crown Group Lejeuneaceae and Pleurocarpous Mosses in Early Eocene (Ypresian) Indian Amber. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156301 Editor: William Oki Wong, Institute […]
Posted in General Tags: Amber, Lejeuneaceae, Pleurocarpous Mosses, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Fossil ‘Death Pit’ Preserves Dino Extinction Event … But Where Are the Dinosaurs?
November 28th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The New Yorker recently described a so-called dinosaur graveyard as holding the remains of an astonishingly diverse trove of dinosaur fossils, including hatchlings; it caused quite a buzz in the media. But even though the site is potentially groundbreaking, the New Yorker article is out of step with […]
Posted in General Tags: dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia
November 23rd, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A high-latitude fauna of mid-Mesozoic mammals from Yakutia, Russia The Early Cretaceous (?Berriasian-Barremian) Teete vertebrate locality in Western Yakutia, East Siberia, Russia, has produced mammal remains that are attributed to three taxa: Eleutherodontidae indet. cf. Sineleutherus sp. (Haramiyida; an upper molariform tooth), Khorotherium yakutensis gen. et sp. nov. (Tegotheriidae, Docodonta; maxillary fragment […]
Posted in General Tags: Mammals, mid-Mesozoic, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Ancient four-legged whale that looked like an otter discovered in Peru
November 21st, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A four-legged creature that had a tail and webbed feet similar to those found on otters, has been identified as an ancestor of the whale. Fossils unearthed in Peru have led scientists to conclude that the enormous creatures that traverse the planet’s oceans today are descended from small hoofed ancestors […]
WFS News: fossil hunter finds prehistoric sea creature inside ‘golden snitch’
November 20th, 2019 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev fossil hunter finds prehistoric sea creature inside ‘golden snitch’ Quidditch ball-shaped fossils are just some of the many discoveries made by amateur archaeologist Aaron Smith. The medical student has found several fossils that date back to the Jurassic period on the beaches of Whitby in Yorkshire. Perhaps […]
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