supported by the National Science Centre(NCN,Poland)(A.B.,DEC-2012/07/B/NZ8/02701);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(41172001)
Our perception of biodiversity in the geological past is incomplete and biased because most organisms did not have mineralized skeletons and therefore had little chance of fossilization. This especially refers to shal...
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-EW-QN110);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05130302);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40602006 and 40872115)
More than ten thousand bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province, during 2005 and 2006. A taphonomic analysis of the faunal remains strongly indicates that hominids have a dominant role in t...
supported by funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX2-YW-122,2008ZX05008-001-001);the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006CB806402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40772002)
supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2-YW-106);the National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB806400)
A mammalian fauna composed of 40 species associated with Xiaogushan Man was unearthed during the archaeological excavations from 1981 to 2007 at Xiaogushan Paleolithic Site,Haicheng,Liaoning Province.The analyses of t...
supported by the Natural Science Fund Project of Shaanxi Province (Grant NoSJ08D02)
The mammalian fauna with clear characteristics of transitional region has been found in the Shanyangzhai cave of the Qin-huangdao area where the three Chinese zoogeographical regions (the Northeast region, the North r...
Supported by Key Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sci-ences (KZCX2-YW-106);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806400)
Among the most important faunas in the Late Cenozoic, the Gigantopithecus faunas have received a good deal of attention. The Gigantopithecus fauna recently discovered in Sanhe Cave consists of more than 80 mammal spec...
Supported by the Chinese National Key Project for Basic Research (Grant No. 2002CB412610);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40542008 and 40672012) ;Chinese Geological Survey Project (Grant No. 200213000009)
The Angjie Formation and Xiala Formation,present in the Shiquanhe area of Gar County in the western part of Gangdise,Tibet,belong to the Gangdise stratigraphic subregion. Conodonts have been found in the Angjie Format...
Supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40306007)
Quantitative analysis of benthic foraminifera from ODP Site 1146 in the northern South China Sea (SCS) shows that abundance of Bulimina alazanensis, sometimes up to about 90%, decreased gradually since 3.2 Ma, especia...
the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy(Nanjing institute of Geology and Palaeontology,CAS)(Grant No.053109);the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40162002.40372023.40232020);the Foundation of the Key and Basic Project of Science and Technology of Guizhou(Grant No.2002-309); the Earlyand Special Project of Key Basic Project of the Ministry of Science andTechnology.China(Grant No.2002,CCC02600).
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49972004).
The faunal ecological type and sequence in the Tertiary red clay indicate that Hipparion fauna during the period 7.4-6.1 Ma in the middle reaches of the Yellow River is composed mainly of dorcadoides and mixed types. ...