supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31970223);the Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department(Grant No.202203AP140007);the Yunnan Key Laboratory for the Conservation of Tropical Rainforests and Asian Elephants(Grant No.202305AG070003);the Hainan Institute of National Park(Grant No.KY-24ZK02);the Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund(Grant No.ZDYF2023RDYL01)。
The origin of the biota of Hainan Island,China,remains a fundamental scientific problem.Comparative studies on the biota,geological tectonics,and paleomagnetism proposed that during the Eocene,Hainan Island connected ...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDB26030304,XDB26030300,XDA20070203&XDA19050100);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41625005)
We report 7 mammalian and 16 pollen species from the top of the Shimagou Formation in Kumkol Basin of northern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, whose age is latest Middle Miocene(about 12.5 Ma). We erect a new species of fossi...
This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDA20070203,XDA19050100&XDB26030300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41472025&41625005).
Mammals are the most important elements in Cenozoic terrestrial ecosystem. The composition and the character of a mammalian fauna are controlled by evolution time and evolutionary rate. Here we took 50 Asian Paleogene...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41430101)
Little is known regarding characteristics and evolution of radiolarian fossils in the early Cambrian due to its rarity and poor preservation. Here we report a new radiolarian fauna from the Cambrian Shuijingtuo Format...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41290260,41521061,41530103);Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDPB05)
It is the first time to document the trilobite Mucronaspis(Songxites) wuningensis and the brachiopod ParomalomenaAegiromenella Assemblage from the Xinkailing Bed(Hirnantian, uppermost Ordovician) in Taoyuan and Cili c...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41290253)
The Asian monsoon-arid environment system began to develop during the Oligocene, but the exact position of the arid zone boundary is uncertain in the Oligocene. Fossil mammal assemblages can be used to assess the envi...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Gant No. 41172025);China Geological Survey Project (Grant No. 1212011120116)
Many well-preserved silicified megalodontids found from the Jiapila Formation of the Upper Triassic in western China show great variations in the amorphous teeth and the massive hinge plate,making the internal molds v...
supported by National Science and Tech-nology Program of China (Grant No.2006BAK21B03)
The Erlitou site is located at Yanshi City,Henan Province.This site is a large settlement site of Erlitou culture,and it is dated to 3800-3500 a BP.Five kinds of domestic animals,i.e.,dogs,pigs,sheep,goats,and cattle ...
supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-Q050603);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806400);National Natural Science Foundation of China;CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams
The Cyathaxonia faunas are widely distributed in the Carboniferous and Permian strata in China.The fauna in China contains 12 families and 40 genera,and can be recognized as three episodes from Early Carboniferous to ...
supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-Q05-01);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40825006);Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant Nos. 2006CB806402,2006FY120300-5)
The Hirnantia Fauna is a globally-represented,cool water brachiopod fauna that originated and flourished in shallow marine environments at intermediate to low latitudes after the first episode of the end-Ordovician ma...