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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia
Geological Society of London
Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved
© 2022 The Author(s)
ISBN electronic:
9781786205834
ISBN print:
9781786205674
Publication date:
July 29, 2022
Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia covers a wide range of topics, encompassing palaeoenvironments, palaeoecosystems and important vertebrate, invertebrate and plant fossils, some found in amber with excellent preservation of delicate morphological features. Fifty-three authors from a number of different disciplines – geochronology, palaeontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, tectonics and geochemistry – contribute to the 18 articles in the volume.
Well-preserved fossils and rocks continue to be found from marine and terrestrial sediments across East Asia. Over some years, the palaeontological and geological evidence discovered from this region has significantly improved our understanding of Mesozoic environments. In discussing feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, early mammals, diverse insects, amber inclusions, the oldest-known flowers and research utilizing new, advanced methods, this volume explores Earth's history in even greater detail. What other exciting discoveries are waiting to be unveiled in the future?
Table of Contents
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Mesozoic biological events and ecosystems in East Asia: introductionSu-Chin Chang;Su-Chin Chang1Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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First evidence for tooth–tooth occlusion in a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota
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The reproductive biology of oviraptorosaurs: a synthesisTzu-Ruei Yang;Tzu-Ruei Yang1Department of Geology, National Museum of Natural Science, Guanqian Rd 1, 404605 Taichung,Taiwan2Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, University Rd 1, 701401 Tainan,Taiwan3Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Guoguang Rd 250, 402202 Taichung,Taiwan4Institut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische Wilhelms-Friedrich-Universität Bonn, Nußallee 8, 53115 Bonn,GermanySearch for other works by this author on:
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New prospects on the cranial evolution of non-avialan paravian theropods based on geometric morphometricsRui Pei;Rui Pei1Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044,China2CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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A review of Triassic insects in ChinaQianqi Zhang;Qianqi Zhang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Daran Zheng;Daran Zheng1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,China3Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Bo Wang;Bo Wang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Haichun ZhangHaichun Zhang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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True hopper fossils (Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha) in the Jurassic to Cretaceous of eastern Asia and their evolutionary implicationsJun ChenJun ChenSearch for other works by this author on:
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A Jurassic flower bud from ChinaDa-Fang Cui;Da-Fang Cui1College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Yemao Hou;Yemao Hou2Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Pengfei Yin;Pengfei Yin2Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Xin WangXin Wang3State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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A Late Triassic vegetation record from the Huangshanjie Formation, Junggar Basin, China: possible evidence for the Carnian Pluvial EpisodeJungang Peng;Jungang Peng1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing,China2Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,SwedenSearch for other works by this author on:Sam M. Slater;Sam M. Slater2Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,SwedenSearch for other works by this author on:Vivi VajdaVivi Vajda2Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,SwedenSearch for other works by this author on:
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Clam shrimp of the Middle–Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota in ChinaHuanyu LiaoHuanyu Liao1Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650500,China2State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Ostracods from the Pingyi Basin (eastern China) and their significance for the K/Pg boundaryHe Wang;He Wang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Tingting Yu;Tingting Yu1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,China5University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:David J. HorneDavid J. Horne6School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS,UKSearch for other works by this author on:
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New record of Zhangsolva Nagatomi and Yang, 1998 (Diptera, Zhangsolvidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber and its implicationsQingqing Zhang;Qingqing Zhang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,ChinaPresent addressesInstitute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115,Germany2Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115,GermanySearch for other works by this author on:
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New material for Peleserphidae (Proctotrupoidea, Hymenoptera) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amberAlexandr P. Rasnitsyn;Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn2A.A. Borissiak Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647 Moscow,Russia3Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD,UKSearch for other works by this author on:Qi ZhangQi Zhang1School of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826,China4State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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New data on gastropod genus Hirsuticyclus (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amberTingting YuTingting YuSearch for other works by this author on:
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Is the beetle Omma (Insecta: Coleoptera) a living fossil?Edmund A. Jarzembowski;Edmund A. Jarzembowski1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Protohemiphlebiidae fam. nov., a stem hemiphlebioid damselfly from Cretaceous amber in KachinDaran Zheng;Daran Zheng1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:André NelAndré Nel3Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, CP 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris,FranceSearch for other works by this author on:
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Carbon cycle perturbation and mercury anomalies in terrestrial Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b from Jiuquan Basin, NW ChinaXiangdong Zhao;Xiangdong Zhao1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:He Wang;He Wang1State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Estimates of late Albian atmospheric CO2 based on stomata of Pseudofrenelopsis from Jilin Province, NE ChinaXiao-Ju Yang;Xiao-Ju Yang1Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Jehol fossils from the Jiaolai Basin of Shandong, North China: review and new perspectivesChang-Fu Zhou;Chang-Fu Zhou3College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266590,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Fred Jourdan;Fred Jourdan4Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102,AustraliaSearch for other works by this author on:Su-Chin ChangSu-Chin Chang5Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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Detrital zircon geochronology of Late Cretaceous successions in the Ganzhou Basin, South China: evidence of a major tectonic transitionJun Wang;Jun Wang1School of Geosciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500,China2State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069,China3Engineering Research Center of Domestic High-Resolution Satellite Universities of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650500,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Yujie Yuan;Yujie Yuan1School of Geosciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:Dexian Zhang;Dexian Zhang4Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitor, School of Geosciences and Info-physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083,ChinaSearch for other works by this author on:
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