supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-02);the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB835000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41222013, 40872010, 400772020 and J1210006)
Anomalocaridids were large predators of the Cambrian seas at the top of the trophic pyramid.Complete anomalocaridid specimens have been rarely discovered and the rigid isolated frontal appendages and mouthparts are mo...
provided by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB821903);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91114201 and 41222013);the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2012049);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-QN104);U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB-0542909)
The recently discovered definite giant fleas from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna and the Early Cretaceous Jehol fauna of northeastern China represent significant evidence for understanding ectoparasitism in the Me...