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Fukangichthys longidorsalis2.jpg Re-examination of Fukangichthys Provides New Insights into the Evolution of Early Actinopteran Fishes
The scanilepiform ray-finned fish Fukangichthys longidorsalis, from the Middle Triassic non-marine Kelamayi Formation of Xinjiang, China, was previously described incompletely, with many of its morphological characteristics unnoticed or misidentified. A study published online July 08 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleont...
许家窑人颞骨及其3D复原的内耳迷路3.jpg Ancient Chinese Skull Has Neandertal-like Inner Ear
A closer look based on micro-CT scans at a 100,000-year-old human skull that was recovered 35 years ago in China revealed that it had an inner ear formation that was thought only to have occurred in Neanderthals. In comparison, none of the three other archaic human skulls analyzed from different parts of China had t...
Largest Silurian Vertebrate Discovered from Yunnan, China
An apparent absence of Silurian fishes more than half-a-metre in length has been viewed as evidence that gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) were restricted in size and diversity prior to the Devonian. A team led by Professor ZHU Min, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Acad...
Extinct Tibetan Fox Suggests High Tibet Was Cradle of Evolution for Cold-adapted Mammals
For the last 2.5 million years, our planet has experienced cold and warm, millennia-long cycles that collectively have become known as the Ice Age. During cold periods, continental-scale ice sheets blanketed large tracts of the northern hemisphere. As the climate warmed up, these colossal glaciers receded, leaving Y...
Sexually Dimorphic Tridimensionally Preserved Pterosaurs and Their Eggs Found from China
The pterosaur record is generally poor, with little information about their populations, and pterosaur eggs are even rarer, with only four isolated and flattened eggs found to date. Dr. WANG Xiaolin, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and his t...
罗平强壮鱼(Robustichthys Luopingensis)2.jpg Oldest Ionoscopiform Fish Found from the Middle Triassic of South China
Ionoscopiform fishes have been known only from the Late Jurassic of Europe and the Early Cretaceous of the New World, although potential ionoscopiforms based on poorly preserved specimens, questionably assigned in the genus Ophiopsis, have been reported from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Italy and Austria. Accor...
Podalic bones of Platybelodon danovi2.jpg New Material from the Miocene of Ningxia (Western China) Reveals Life History of Platybelodon
The middle Miocene Dingjiaergou Fauna in Tongxin County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, western China has yielded 27 taxa from more than 10 families and is approximately equivalent to European Neogene mammal zone (MN) 6. During recent fieldwork, Drs. WANG Shiqi and YE Jie, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Pa...
金国微椭圆蛋2.jpg New Dinosaur Egg with Avian Egg Shape Discovered from the Upper Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, China
Numerous dinosaur eggs and a clutch of turtle eggs have been recovered from the Tiantai Basin in Zhejiang Province of China. Paleontologists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(IVPP), and Zhejiang Museum of Natural History described a new egg from the th...
New Paleolithic Sites Discovered in Hanzhong Basin, Central China
The catchment of Hanjiang River is regarded as one of the most important Paleolithic sites in central China. During 2009-2012, a scientific team led by Dr. WANG Shejiang, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted surveys and discovered two new Pal...
Photograph and line drawing of Fortunguavis xiaotaizicus2.jpg New Enantiornithine Bird with Scansorial Adaptations Discovered From the Lower Cretaceous of China
Enantiornithes, an extinct group of primitive birds, were the most abundant and diverse avialans of the Mesozoic. The abundance of enantiornithine fossils, and in particular the well-preserved nearly complete skeletons known from the Lower Cretaceous of China, has made it possible for researchers to address question...
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