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Department of Paleoichthyology and Paleoherpetology Chair: Dr. LIU Jun Deputy Chair: Dr. ZHAO Wenjin The department focuses on the origin, evolution and taxonomy of fossil vertebrates that are not closely related to mammals, including fish, reptiles and amphibians. Our studies encompass a taxonomically diverse array of vertebrates from the past half-billion years of geological time. Our department includes the following research groups: 1) Early vertebrate group ZHU Min, ZHAO Wen-Jin, JIA Lian-Tao, GAI Zhi-Kun, Lu Jin, Qiao Tuo 2) Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish group ZHANG Mi-Man (Meemann Chang), JIN Fan, ZHANG Jiang-Yong, XU Guang-Hui, WANG Ning, WU Fei-Xiang 3) Dinosaur (excluding birds) and pterosaur group WANG Xiao-Lin, XU Xing, YOU Hai-Lu, ZHAO Qi, WANG Qiang, Corwin Sullivan 4) Bird group ZHOU Zhong-He, ZHANG Fu-Cheng, WANG Min, Jingmai K. O’CONNOR, Thomas A STIDHAM 5) Permo-Triassic tetrapod group LIU Jun, LI Chun, SHANG Qing-Hua, Corwin Sullivan 6) Lissamphibian and lizard group WANG Yuan, Dong Li-Ping, Yi Hong-Yu Current research priorities: 1) Origin and early evolution of Osteichthyes (bony fish) 2) Origin of tetrapods (land vertebrates) 3) Origin of birds and bird flight  Division Family Picture  A School of "Fish" |