Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Critiques & Debates: Is the monotreme middle ear primitive for mammals?

　　A commentary was recently published as a piece of Critiques & Debates at National Science Review (NSR) (hereinafter referred to as "Commentary"), which raised issues about the article (referred to as "Original") published in Nature. The title of the "Original" is "A monotreme-like auditory apparatus in a Middle Jurassic haramiyida...

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Research Progress

The Largest Eugaleaspiform Nochelaspis Reoccurr...

　　New findings on the ~420-million-year-old fossil of Nochelaspis maeandrine found in Qujing help to unveil the mystery of the largest known eugaleaspiform, according to researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthrop...

Organic Molecule Remnants found in the Nuclei o...

　　A team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature (STM) have isolated exquisitely preserved cartilage cells in a 12...

News and Events

Xinhua: Ancient fossils of new rodent species d...
3D reconstruction of the fossil teeth of Yuomys robustus (Photo/Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology)
　　Chinese scientists have discovered ancient fossils in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region and confirmed the...

Global Times: Fossils of new dinosaur species d...

　　(Photo/Courtesy of Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology)
　　Chinese palaeontologists, together with a team from Brazil, have discovered two new dinosaur species dated back to 130 million ye...

the First Herbivorous Filter-feeding Marine Reptile