Recent Advances in Studies on Mesozoic and Paleogene Mammals in China  

作　　者：WANG Yuanqing NI Xijun 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS, Beijing 10004, China

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2010年第2期107-110,共4页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：Like in other fields of paleontology, research in paleomammalogy mainly falls into two aspects. One is related to the biological nature of fossil mammals, such as their systematics, origin, evolution,Like in other fields of paleontology, research in paleomammalogy mainly falls into two aspects. ＇One is related to the biological nature of fossil mammals, such as their systematics, origin, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, transformation of key features and paleobiogeography, and the other is related to the geological context, involving biostratigraphy, biochronology, faunal turnover and its relations to the global and regional environmental changes.

关 键 词：哺乳动物化石 古近纪 中生代 中国 生物古地理 生物性质 系统分类 亲缘关系 

分 类 号：Q915.87[天文地球—古生物学与地层学] P512.2[生物学—古生物学]