Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty and Staff
YANG Tao
YANG Tao

Title: Associate Professor

Fax:

E-mail: yangtao@ivpp.ac.cn

Education and Appointments

B.Sc. (Geology), 2013. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

M.Sc. (Paleontology), 2018. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Ph.D. (Paleontology), 2022. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

2022–2025: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

Research Interests

He is now interested in the research on the fossil fishes in and around the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and their paleobiogeographic, paleoclimatic, and paleoenvironmental implications.

Public Services
Honors

Taylor & Francis Aword, SVP, 2019

Selected Publications

1. Yang, Tao; Li, Yanyu; Yang, Shuang; Wu, Feixiang; New Fossil Cyprinids from the Miocene of the Lunpola Basin, Northern Tibet, and their Implications, Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 2026, 100(1): 1-12.

2. Yang, Tao; Wu, Feixiang; Zhang, Chi; He, Pengju; He, Dekui; Yang, Shuang; Qu, Qingming; Liu, Fujiang; Redescription of Plesioschizothorax macrocephalus (Cyprinidae, Schizothoracini) from the Miocene of Lunpola Basin, Central Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and its paleobiogeographic and paleogeographical implications, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2025, 674.

3. Yang, Tao; Cai, Jia-Hao; Dai, Yan-Zhi; Chen, Hong-Yu; Han, Lei; Zhang, Li; Liang, Wei-Yu; Li, Xu-Jun; Li, Wen-Jia; Wu, Jing-Yu; Xie, San-Ping; Yan, De-Fei; Megafossils of Betulaceae from the Oligocene of Qaidam Basin and their paleoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications, Plant Diversity, 2024, 46(1): 101-115.

4. Yang, Tao; Liang, Weiyu; Cai, Jiahao; Gu, Haoran; Han, Lei; Chen, Hongyu; Wang, Haojian; Bao, Lin; Yan, Defei; A new cyprinid from the Oligocene of Qaidam Basin, north-eastern Tibetan plateau, and its implications, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2022, 19(17): 1161-1182.

5. Yang, Tao; Zhang, Li; Li, Wenjia; Jia, Jingwei; Han, Lei; Zhang, Yuxin; Chen, Yingquan; Yan, Defei; New schizothoracine from Oligocene of Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau, China, and its significance, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2018, 2(38): 1-12.

Supported Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2026

Chinese Academy of Sciences Special Research Assistant Funding Project, 2022-2024

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2022-2025