New species and material of Hagloidea (Insecta, Ensifera) from the Yanliao biota of China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of Cyrtophyllitinae, Archaboilus polyneurus sp. nov. Gu, Yue & Ren, is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China.
Jun-Jie Gu +5 more
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The rise of predation in Jurassic lampreys [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Lampreys, one of two living lineages of jawless vertebrates, are always intriguing for their feeding behavior via the toothed suctorial disc and life cycle comprising the ammocoete, metamorphic, and adult stages. However, they left a meager fossil record,
Feixiang Wu, Philippe Janvier, Chi Zhang
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A new neornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northern China [PDF]
PeerJThe Middle and Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota is different from other contemporaneous fossil assemblages in that it lacks neornithischian dinosaurs. Here, we report a new, early-diverging neornithischian, Pulaosaurus qinglong gen. et sp.
Yunfeng Yang, James L. King, Xing Xu
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Jurassic scorpionflies (Mecoptera) with swollen first metatarsal segments suggesting sexual dimorphism [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background Sexual dimorphism is widespread in insects. The certain specialized structures may be used as weapons in male–male combats or as ornaments to enhance mating opportunities.
Yan-jie Zhang +6 more
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The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new species of Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea), Parelcana pulchmacula sp. nov., is described based on four new specimens from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. The new species differs from all other known Archelcaninae
He Tian +3 more
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New information on the Wukongopteridae (Pterosauria) revealed by a new specimen from the Jurassic of China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The Wukongopteridae is an important pterosaur group discovered from Yanliao Biota, because it combines character states seen in non-pterodactyloid and pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
Xin Cheng +3 more
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A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 A number of paravian dinosaurs have been described from the Jurassic Yanliao biota, but these have tended to be morphologically similar to Archaeopteryx. Here, Hu. describe the new paravian dinosaur, Caihong juji gen. et sp. nov., which possesses a suite
Dongyu Hu +9 more
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Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging. [PDF]
J MorpholToothlet replacement is a conserved feature in lampreys. We describe the mechanism at tissue level and quantify the determining factors, thus providing the basis for studies into a deep homology of cyclostome toothlets and gnathostome teeth. ABSTRACT Teeth are a key innovation that underpinned the adaptive radiation of jawed vertebrates; however, their
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New anatomical information of the wukongopterid Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al., 2010 based on a new specimen [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The Wukongopteridae compose a non-pterodactyloid clade of pterosaurs that are the most abundant flying reptiles in the deposits of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota.
Xin Cheng +3 more
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Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Pterosaurs were a unique clade of flying reptiles that were contemporaries of dinosaurs in Mesozoic ecosystems. The Pterodactyloidea as the most species-diverse group of pterosaurs dominated the sky during Cretaceous time, but earlier phases of their ...
Chang-Fu Zhou +5 more
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