An Early Cretaceous branchiopod community in northeastern China: Discovery of daphniid (Cladocera: Anmopoda) ephippia in the early assemblage of the Jehol Biota
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104491
Abstract: Abstract Freshwater branchiopod communities exhibit morphological and ecological stasis with the remote past. Here, we describe a new freshwater branchiopod community from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation near Weichang County, northern Hebei Province (China), representing… read more here.
Keywords: branchiopod community; community; jehol biota; china ... See more keywords
New chronostratigraphic constraints on the Yixian Formation with implications for the Jehol Biota
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.09.026
Abstract: Abstract The fossils of the Cretaceous Jehol Biota exhibit excellent preservation and extraordinary diversity. Terrestrial fossils, including plants, insects, dinosaurs, birds, mammals and freshwater invertebrates have been discovered from the Dabeigou, Yixian and Jiufotang Formations… read more here.
Keywords: unit; lujiatun unit; age; yixian formation ... See more keywords
Timing of the late Jehol Biota: New geochronometric constraints from the Jixi Basin, NE China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.063
Abstract: Abstract The Jehol Biota is a world-famous Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem in East Asia and has revealed exceptionally well–preserved fossils which provide significant insights into the origin and evolution of birds and feathers, and the… read more here.
Keywords: late jehol; timing late; biota new; jehol biota ... See more keywords
A new mammal from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota and implications for eutherian evolution
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0042
Abstract: Here we report on a new Early Cretaceous eutherian represented by a partial skeleton from the Jiufotang Formation at Sihedang site, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province that fills a crucial gap between the earliest eutherians from… read more here.
Keywords: jehol biota; biota implications; mammal lower; new mammal ... See more keywords