Cretaceous System is widely represented in South America. “Conchostracans” are best represented with 47 early Cretaceous species and only 5 Late Cretaceous ones. Its warm climate with rainfall and marked seasonality...
supported by the Major Basic Research Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology,China(National 973 Project 2006CB701403);the German Science Foundation(DFG:Wi725/21,Wi725/23);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40572005,40632010,J0630967);State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing(073106)(SKLPS).
The diagnosis of the conchostracan genus Tenuestheria from the Lanxi Formation in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province in Southeast China is revised following an examination of the type species under a scanning electron microsco...