Clupeomorpha fish are divided into two categories: Clupeoformes (such as sardines and Yangtze swordfish, etc.) and the extinct Ellimmichthyiformes. Eram herrings, commonly known as double armored herrings, were first recorded in the Early Cretaceous and continued into the Oligocene (Oligocene...
The most primitive gnathostomes discovered so far are placoderms (class). They first appeared in the late Silurian Period and flourished for a while in the Devonian Period. Placoderms also have bony armor to protect their bodies, usually wrapped around the front of their...
Almost at the same time as the origin of marsupials, another more progressive mammal differentiated from the ancient beasts. The allantoic membrane they inherited from the eggs of their ancient reptilian ancestors came into contact with their mother's uterine lining, forming their unique plac...
China has discovered six quite complete mammal fossils dating to 160 million years ago; and named three new species in two new genera of mythical beasts and fairy beasts, namely Shenshoului (Lu's mythical beast) and Xianshoulinglong (Linglong). Xianshousongae) and Xianshousongae (Song family...
On May 19, 2016, Current Biology published the research results of Lu Jing and others from Zhu Min’s research group at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues from the University of Oxford in the UK. With the h...
Archosaurs are sometimes called archosaurs, which originally means "leading reptiles or ruling reptiles". This group includes the familiar dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodiles. fossils and modern animals. Before the earliest dinosaurs appeared, various primitive archosaurs we...
The Tibetan Woolly Rhinoceros has the typical characteristics of the Woolly Rhinoceros: such as a slender skull, an ossified nasal septum, a broad and flat nasal horn base, a downwardly inclined nasal bone, an elevated and posteriorly extended occipital crest, a tall tooth crown, and well-dev...
Solid fossils are fossils formed by preserving all or part of the paleontological remains themselves (especially the hard parts). mosquito in amber Under particularly suitable circumstances that can avoid air oxidation and bacterial corrosion, the re...