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Middle Miocene Ochotonids Found From Siziwang Qi, Nei Mongol |
| Ochotonids (commonly called pikas) are a group of small-sized lagomorphs, placed in the family Ochotonidae, and are most diversified in Asia, with only two species in North America and one in Europe. Though numerous fossil species have been found, only one genus of Ochotonidae, Ochotona, survives to the present. Fos... |
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New Material of Mammal Coryphodontid Found From the Erlian Basin Of Nei Mongol |
| Coryphodontids, are a group of extinct large herbivorous mammals widespread in Eurasia and North America from late Paleocene to middle Eocene, placed in the archaic, extinct order Pantodonta, and are among the most useful mammalian index fossils for stratigraphic correlations in North America. In Asia, however, they... |
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Primitive Cricetid Rodents Found From Middle Eocene of Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol |
Most known Eocene cricetids are from East and Central Asia, especially China and Kazakstan. The genus Pappocricetodon is considered to be the most primitive cricetid. However, the origin of Cricetidae and the relationships among the earliest species from Central and East Asia are still unclear.
Dr. LI Qian, Inst... |
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New Mesonychid Mammals Found From Lower Paleogene of Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol |
| Paleontologists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently collected some early Paleogene (Upper Paleocene through Middle Eocene) mesonychid specimens from the Huheboerhe area and Bayan Ulan, eastern Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia). Dr. JIN Xun de... |
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Primitive Eocene Rhinocerotoid (Eggysodontine) Found From Nei Mongol, China |
| Eggysodontines are a group of medium-sized rhinocerotoids, including the European Eggysodon and the Asian Allacerops, previously found only in Oligocene deposits from Europe and Asia. Scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a new primiti... |
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New Finding Further Reduces Morphological Gap Between Two Major Avian Groups |
| During the 2005 field season, Paleontologists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University, collected a partial postcranial skeleton of a new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Fo... |
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Fossil Nemacheilids (Cypriniformes) Found From the Tibetan Plateau, China |
| Scientists from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences found and described fossil nemacheilids from the Pliocene Lower Member of Qiangtang Formation in the Kunlun Pass Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, at a locality 4769 m above the sea level. The materials consist... |
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New Paleolithic Remains Found Near the Liuhuaishan Site in Bose Basin, Guangxi |
| The Liuhuaishan site is an important early Paleolithic site found in the Bose Basin. In December 2008, Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Youjiang Museum for Nationalities, Bose, carried out a short survey around this site and found... |
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