The Upper Cretaceous successions of Wadi Umm-Khayshar,southern Galala Plateau,North Eastern Desert,Egypt,are composed of highly diversified faunas and subdivided from base to top into the Galala(Middle-Late Cenomanian...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project NO.41172037);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,NO.2012CB822002);the China Geological Survey(Project NO.1212011120142)
Defining the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary is a controversy in stratigraphic study of the world. It has been widely accepted that this boundary can be defined at the bottom of Berriasian in Tetbys, with the appearance ...
Supported by RFBR (Grant No. 09-05-00456);Grant of the President of the Russian Federation (Grant No. MK-856.2008.5);Program of the Presidium of RAS (Grant No. 16)
The current ammonite- and buchiid-based biostratigraphical successions of the Volgian Stage are outlined, with an analysis of the most important data that support correlation throughout the Panboreal Superrealm. Updat...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40572013,40672012);the National Bureau of Geological Survey(Grant No.1212010818095)
End-Triassic ammonoid and bivalve faunas of the Germig area, Tibetan Himalaya, lived in a tropical, shallow-water environment during the Triassic-Jurassic boundary interval. High stratigraphic resolution based on ammo...
Supported by Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Origin of the Biosphere and the Evolution of Geo-biological Systems"
The stratigraphic record shows a considerable decrease in ammonoid taxonomic diversity and distinct changes of ammonite shell morphology toward end of the Jurassic in the Central Russian Basin. By the end-Volgian, amm...
The 'Falang Formation' of western Guizhou was previously called the 'Halobia Bed' and considered to be I .adinian in age. It was subdivided upward into the Zhuganpo, Laishike and Longchang members based on ammonites a...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40072001) and the National Geographic Society of USA (Grant No.5865-97)
New fossil collections in the Lanongla area, Tibetan Himalaya enables the establishment of the Upper Jurassic ammonoidsuccession. Middle Oxfordian ammonite-fauna is characterized by endemic epimayaittds with a marine ...