Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty and Staff
LIU Jun
LIU Jun

Title: Professor

Fax: 010-68337001

E-mail: liujun@ivpp.ac.cn

Education and Appointments

03/2009-                Research Professor, IVPP

01/2008-03/2009     Research Associate Professor, IVPP

09/2002-06/2007     Faculty Fellow, Columbia University.

1998-2002              Research fellow, IVPP

Research Interests
Early tetrapods (Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic), especially therapsids: their morphology, phylogenetic systematics, function, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography.
Public Services
Honors
Selected Publications

2018

Liu, J., and Bever, Gabriel S., 2018, The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: a new species of Elginia (Pareiasauria): Papers in Palaeontology, v. 4. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1105

Liu, J., Ramezani, J., Li, L., Shang, Q.-H., Xu, G.-H., Wang, Y.-Y., and Yang, J.-S., 2018, High-precision temporal calibration of Middle Triassic vertebrate biostratigraphy: U-Pb zircon constraints for the Sinokannemeyeria Fauna and Yonghesuchus: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 56, no. 1, p. 16-24.

2017

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2017, The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 1. Shiguaignathus wangi gen. et sp. nov., the first akidnognathid therocephalian from China: PeerJ, v. 5, p. e4150.

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2017, Therocephalian (Therapsida) and chroniosuchian (Reptiliomorpha) from the Permo-Triassic transitional Guodikeng Formation of the Dalongkou Section, Jimusar, Xinjiang, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 55, no. 1, p. 24-40.

Liu, J., Schneider, V.P., and Olsen, P.E., 2017, The postcranial skeleton of Boreogomphodon (Cynodontia: Traversodontidae) from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina, USA and the comparison with other traversodontids: PeerJ, v. 5, p. e3521.

Liu, J., and Sullivan, C., 2017, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 3. Archosauriformes from Linxian, Shanxi, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 55, no. 2, p. 107-125.

Rey, K., Amiot, R., Fourel, F., Abdala, F., Fluteau, F., Jalil, N.-E., Liu, J., Rubidge, B.S., Smith, R.M.H., Steyer, J.S., Viglietti, P.A., Wang, X., and Lécuyer, C., 2017, Oxygen isotopes suggest elevated thermometabolism within multiple Permo-Triassic therapsid clades: eLife, v. 6, p. e28589.

Shi, J., Wang, G., Chen, X.e., Fang, Y., Ding, L., Huang, S., Hou, M., Liu, J., and Li, P., 2017, A new moth-preying alpine pit viper species from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Viperidae, Crotalinae): Amphibia-Reptilia, v. 38, no. 4, p. 517-532

2016

Liu, J., 2016, Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis, the second capitosauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic Badong Formation of Yuanan, Hubei, China: PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.1903

Wang, Y.-Y., Sullivan, C., and Liu, J., 2016, Taxonomic Revision of Eoalligator (Crocodylia, Alligatorinae) and the Paleogeographic Origins of the Chinese Alligatoroid: PeerJ. 10.7717/peerj.2356

2015

Liu, J., 2015, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 1. Kannemeyeriiformes from Shanxi, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 53, no. 1, p. 16-28.

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2015, New discoveries from the Sinokannemeyeria-Shansisuchus Assemblage Zone: 2. A new species of Nothogomphodon (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Ermaying Formation (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of Shanxi, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 53, no. 2, p. 123-132.

Liu, J., and Bever, G.S., 2015, The last diadectomorph sheds light on Late Palaeozoic tetrapod biogeography: Biology Letters, v. 11, no. 5, p. 2015.0100.

Liu, J., Butler, R., Sullivan, C., and Ezcurra, M., 2015, ‘Chasmatosaurus ultimus,’ a putative proterosuchid archosauriform from the Middle Triassic, is an indeterminate crown archosaur: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, no. 5, p. e965779.

Xu, L., Li, X.-W., Jia, S.-H., and Liu, J., 2015, The Jiyuan tetrapod Fauna of the Upper Permian of China——1. New pareiasaur materials and the reestablishment of Honania complicidentata: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v. 60, no. 3, p. 689-700.

Li, L., Joyce, W.G., and Liu, J., 2015, The oldest morphologically modern soft-shelled turtle, Perochelys lamadongensis (Testudines, Pan-Trionychidae), from the Jehol Biota of China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 35, no. 2.

Li, L., Tong, H., Gu, W., and Liu, J., 2015, A new trionychid turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Heilongjiang Province, Northeastern China: Cretaceous Research, v. 56, p. 155-160.

 

2014

Liu, J., and Abdala, F., 2014, The phylogeny and taxonomy of Traversodontidae, in Kammerer, C. F., Angielczyk, K. D., and Fr?bisch, J., eds., Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida: New York, Springer, p. 255-279.

Liu, J., Xu, L., Jia, S.-H., Pu, H.-Y., and Liu, X.-L., 2014, The Jiyuan tetrapod Fauna of the Upper Permian of China——2. Stratigraphy, Taxonomical review, and correlation with other assemblages: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 52, no. 3, p. 328-339.

Butler, R., Sullivan, C., Ezcurra, M., Liu, J., Lecuona, A., and Sookias, R., 2014, New clade of enigmatic early archosaurs yields insights into early pseudosuchian phylogeny and the biogeography of the archosaur radiation: BMC Evolutionary Biology, v. 14, no. 1, p. 128.

Sookias, R.B., Sullivan, C., Liu, J., and Butler, R.J., 2014, Systematics of putative euparkeriids (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Triassic of China: PeerJ.

 

2013

        Liu, J., 2013, On the taxonomy of Xinpusaurus (Reptilia: Thalattosauria): Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 51, no. 1, p. 17-23.

        Liu, J., 2013, Osteology, ontogeny and phylogenetic position of Sinophoneus yumenensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia) from Dashankou Fauna, middle Permian of China: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 33, no. 6, p. 1394-1407.

        Liu, J., and Li, L., 2013, Large tetrapod burrows from the Permian Naobaogou Formation of the Daqingshan area, Nei Mongol, China: Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), v. 87, no. 6, p. 1501-1507.

        Liu, J., Li, L., and Li, X.-W., 2013, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the Triassic Ermaying and Tongchuang formations in Shanxi, China and its stratigraphic implications: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 51, no. 2, p. 162-168.

        Liu, J., Zhao, L.-J., Li, C., and He, T., 2013, Osteology of Concavispina biseridens (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Xiaowa Formation (Carnian), Guanling, Guizhou, China Journal of Palaeontology, v. 87, no. 2, p. 341-350.

        Li, X.-W., and Liu, J., 2013, New specimens of pareiasaurs from the Upper Permian Sunjiagou Formation of Liulin, Shanxi and their indication for the taxonomy of Chinese pareiasaurs: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 51, no. 3, p. 199-204.

        Sullivan, C., Liu, J., Roberts, E.M., Huang, T.D., Yang, C., and Zhong, S., 2013, Pelvic morphology of a tritylodontid (Synapsida: Eucynodontia) from the Lower Jurassic of China, and some functional and phylogenetic implications: Comptes rendus Palevol, v. 12, no. 7-8, p. 505-518.

        Zhao, L.-J., Liu, J., Li, C., and He, T., 2013, A new thalattosaur, Concavispina biseridens gen. et sp. nov. from Guanling, Guizhou, China: Vertebrata Palasiatica, v. 51, no. 1, p. 24-28.

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