Dr. XU Xing , Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his collaborators have identified a new ceratopsid dinosaur- Sinoceratops Zhuchengensis, from Upper Creta...
(The temperature curve and atmospheric O2 concentrations from Ordovician to Devonian, with stratigraphic ranges of main gnathostome taxa. Courtesy of Qu et al.)
Compared with other periods of the Palaeozo...
(Restoration of Ningxialepis spinosa)
A new antiarch, Ningxialepis spinosan. gen. n. sp., is described from the Zhongning Formation (Famennian, Late Devonian) of Shixiagou, Qingtongxia, Ningxia, northwest...
An anterior median dorsal plateof Silurolepis platydorsalis. (Courtesy of Prof. Zhang et al.)
A new basal antiarch, Silurolepis platydorsalis n. gen. n. sp., represented by a large-sized trunk armor and ...
(The tectonic units and the distribution of mid-Paleozoic vertebrate localities in China. Courtesy of Dr. Zhao and Zhu)
China, with a continuous mid-Paleozoic sequence, is one of the most important areas ...
(Distribution of Siluro-Devonian vertebrate fossil localities in Southeast Asia and western Yunnan. Courtesy of Wang et al.)
The Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate remains from Southeast Asia are distributed in...
The special issue – Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography: palaeogeography and climate (IGCP 491) has published recently.
The IGCP Project 491 (Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography: palaeogeography a...
Fig.1: Stratigraphic succession, carbonate and total organic carbon as well as stable isotopic ratio of organic carbon versus depth in the Yanglugou Section, West Qinling of China. (Courtesy of Dr. Wen-jin Zh...
The Holocene is the primary epoch for the formation, differentiation and migratory patterning of Modern human populations throughout the world. Many changes in Homo sapiens’ lifestyle, culture, technology, behav...
The oviraptorids are a theropod group in which the kull and mandible are highly modified, and are characterized by a short snout, the absence of teeth, a tall mandible, a long parietal, an enlarged tooth-like pro...