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The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life | |
Benton, Michael J.; Zhou Zhonghe; Orr, Patrick J.; Zhang Fucheng; Kearns, Stuart. L.; [email protected] | |
2008 | |
发表期刊 | P GEOLOGIST ASSOC |
ISSN | 0016-7878 |
卷号 | 119 |
摘要 | BENTON. M. J., ZHOU Z., ORR, P. J., ZHANG, F. & KEARNS, S. L. 2008. The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 119, 209-228. Palaeontologists and others have been repeatedly amazed by reports of spectacularly well-preserved fossils from China, and one of the key Sources has been the Jehol Biota of Liaoning, Hebei and Inner Mongolia in NE China. The Jehol Biota consists of three main horizons, the Dabeigou, Yixian and Jiufotang formations, spanning the late Hauterivian to early Aptian (131-120 Ma) of the Early Cretaceous and, collectively, these have produced thousands of essentially complete specimens of plants, insects, aquatic invertebrates, fishes, frogs, salamanders, turtles, lizards, choristoderes, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, birds and mammals. Most of the specimens show some aspect of exceptional preservation, ranging from clear impressions of the body outlines to traces of soft tissues (liver, teleost air sac, eye spots) and external body coverings (scales, feathers, hair). The claim was made that these discoveries have revolutionized Our understanding of evolution through this critical part of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Key insights have conic from the numerous specimens of dinosaurs with feathers, but numerical Study shows that only the finds of birds and mammals have substantially changed our views about global diversity and patterns of evolution through the Early Cretaceous. |
关键词 | Early Evolution Feathered Dinosaurs Toxic Cyanobacteria Northeastern China Theropod Dinosaur Marine Diversity Avian Flight Bird Record Patterns |
收录类别 | SCI收录 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4871 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | [email protected] |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Benton, Michael J.,Zhou Zhonghe,Orr, Patrick J.,et al. The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life[J]. P GEOLOGIST ASSOC,2008,119. |
APA | Benton, Michael J.,Zhou Zhonghe,Orr, Patrick J.,Zhang Fucheng,Kearns, Stuart. L.,[email protected].(2008).The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life.P GEOLOGIST ASSOC,119. |
MLA | Benton, Michael J.,et al."The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life".P GEOLOGIST ASSOC 119(2008). |
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