supported by agrant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40872017)
The Zhutian and Dafeng formations (Upper Cretaceous) of the Heyuan Basin in northeastern Guangdong Province, China, have produced thousands of dinosaur eggs. Macromorphological features (egg diameter, egg shape, ou...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.90914003,40872017);National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2006CB70145)
The sequence stratigraphy and geochronology of the terrestrial dinosaur-bearing strata,i.e.,the Qiupa Formation,were poorly studied in the Luanchuan-Tantou Basin in western Henan,China.This study shows that these stra...
supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(90914003, 40872017);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology (J1003;J0703)
A new species of Darwinopterus,D.robustodens sp.nov.is described and named.Based on the new specimen,the diagnostic characters of Darwinopterus are amended and include:rostral dentition composed of well-spaced,spike-...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(40872017);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China,and the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry,to L J.C
Here, we examine 145 dinosaur eggshells from a new fossil locality in the Qiupa Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of the Luanchuan area in western Henan Province, China. The eggshells display elongatoolithid macro- and m...
sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry;the Key Laboratory of Stratigraphy and Paleontology,Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (KL05-5);the Natural Science Foundation of China (40872017);a Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University,Japan to Lü J.C.
A new dinosaur Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis gen.et sp.nov.is erected based on a nearly complete skull.The taxon is characterized by the lacrimal perpendicular to the ventral margin of the upper jaw,which is similar to ...
supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (40872017,90914003);the 973 Project (2006CB701405);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology (J1003; J0703)
A new pterosaur Archaeoistiodactylus linglongtaensis gen. et sp. nov. is erected based on an incomplete skeleton with a partial skull and lower jaw. The new taxon is characterized by circular tooth sockets of anterior...