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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 rec···
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According to the latest report in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Xu Guanghui’s research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a new art···
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The evolutionary success of birds is inseparable from their unique reproductive and incubation systems. On March 21, the team of Zhou Zhonghe, Zou Jingmei, and Bayolle reported online in the British magazine Nature Commu···
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In 2019, Nature published a cover article on the research results of Wang Min, Zou Jingmei, Xu Xing, Zhou Zhonghe from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Jurassic···
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On July 11, "Current Biology" published online the latest research results of Zou Jingmei, Dong Liping, Zhou Zhonghe of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Zheng Xiaoting of the Tianyu Museum: a dromaeosaur fro···
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The human brain is larger than other primates in both absolute and relative capacity, and its sulcus structure is also more complex. The traditional view is that the enlarged human brain is the result of gradual accumula···
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Among the large bears of the Miocene-Pliocene Epoch, the most famous are the Indian bear Indarctos and the suburban bear Agriotherium. Both species are large in size, widely distributed, and have a long history of discov···
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When interpreting and restoring incomplete or bizarrely symmetrical animal fossils, the dorsoventrally or even the anteroposterior axis is sometimes reversed. There are many such cases throughout the history of paleontol···
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The phylogenetic study of lepidosauriforms shows that the Jurassic was an important period in the evolution of squamates. During this period, squamates rapidly evolved into several major branch groups. But the Jurassic s···
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The British magazine Nature published online the research results of Wang Haibing and Wang Yuanqing of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Meng Jin of the Amer···
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On December 5, 2019, Science magazine published online an article by Mao Fangyuan, Wang Yuanqing and other scholars from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Me···
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How birds, the descendants of dinosaurs, escaped the mass extinction event 65 million years ago has always been a question that scientists are eager to answer. A large amount of volcanic ash caused by meteorites impactin···
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Recently, Nature Ecology & Evolution, a subsidiary journal of Nature magazine, published a study independently completed by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Science···
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As the largest mammal on land, the image of elephants has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts: huge size, long trunk and teeth, and big ears like cattail leaves. However, paleontologists have discovered through fo···
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Deinophorus is an extinct species in the order Elephantidae. It is tall and strong. Males are nearly five meters tall at the shoulder, eight meters long and weigh more than 15.6 tons. It lived from the middle Miocene to ···
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Sharks can be said to be the top overlords among marine life today. Whether it is speed, bite force, bite ability or attack strategy, they are all top-notch players. But if you push the time back to the Devonian period 4···
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In 1973, farmers in Heshui County, Gansu Province discovered a piece of white ivory while digging in the sand. After 35 days of excavation by the excavation team, all the fossils were finally exposed: it was the skeleton···
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Sabre-toothed cats were widely distributed in the Neogene and Quaternary periods of the New and Old Worlds. They are a long-lasting group of carnivores. They first appeared in the middle Miocene and coexisted with humans···
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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. Befor···
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Recently, a new bird fossil site was discovered near Sihedang Town, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. Initially, it was reported that all the bird fossils produced at this site belong to the same modern bird: Iteravis hu···
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On February 1, Wang Min, Zhou Zhonghe, Zou Jingmei of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Pan Yanhong of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology repo···
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On February 16, 2017, Scientific Reports published an article by Wang Xiaolin’s research team at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiang Shunxing and Cheng Xin,···
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Zhu Min’s team at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has made new progress in the field of early vertebrate animal research. On March 8, the magazine "PLOS ONE" r···
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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a vast territory and high terrain, and is known as the "Roof of the World". The formation of the Tibetan Plateau was caused by the collision of the Indian and Asian plates (about 50 million ···
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