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04 2012
The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation and clim...
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03 2012
Among sarcopterygians (lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods), coelacanths are known for their evolutionary conservatism. Epitomized by the legendary living fossil Latimeria, the distinctive body plan of anatomically m...
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04 2012
Palaeontologists have known for more than a decade that some small dinosaurs had bird-like feathers, mainly thanks to beautifully preserved fossils from northeastern China. Now three specimens of a new tyrannosaur...
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03 2012
The fossil record shows that the pectoral girdles of early osteichthyans retained part of the primitive gnathostome pectoral girdle condition with spines and/or other dermal components. However, very little is kno...
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03 2012
Although paleontologists have greatly increase the pterosaur diversity in the last decades, particularly due to discoveries made in western Liaoning, China, very little is known regarding pterosaur biogeography. A...
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03 2012
The research of Chinese pterosaurs has made remarkable contributions to the study of those flying reptiles. Most specimens were unearthed from the Yixian and Jiufotang formations of western Liaoning, China. More r...
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03 2012
The evolutionary relationships among Mammuthus, Palaeoloxodon and Elephas within the tribe Elephantini is still not quite clear. In China, the best fossil materials of elephantid ever recovered are exclusively att...
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02 2012
Pleistocene Gigantopithecus blacki is the largest species of all extinct and extant primates. Its diet, distribution and evolution remained unclear. According to a paper in press in the journal of Quaternary Inter...
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02 2012
Periodicity of Retzius lines of primates is a key factor in dental development, and provides information on classification, evolution and adaptation of hominoids in different times and areas. Paleoanthropologists ...
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02 2012
The Jehol Group of northeastern China continues to be the world’s richest source of knowledge on Mesozoic birds. Multiple lineages of birds are recognized, ranging from primitive long-tailed birds to the close-re...
