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125-million-year-old dinosaur Carnivalosaurus tengni

On May 2, a research team composed of paleontologists from various research institutions in mainland China, Hong Kong, C···

The Discovery and Evolution of Tart's Cogodon

For a long time, gomphotheres have been considered a central link in the evolution of proboscis. The origins of Rhynchot···

Discovery and evolution of Triassic long-dorsal fin Fukang fish

On August 30, a scientific research team composed of researcher Xu Guanghui from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontolog···

Classification and evolution of saber-toothed tigers

Cats are the most specialized category of carnivores. Their typical characteristics are: retractable claws, short blunt ···

The 370-million-year-old ancient fish E. zhouensis

"Nature" (Nature) sub-journal "Nature Ecology & Evolution" (Nature Ecology & Evolution) published online on Sept···

The origin and evolution of Yang's Laiyangosaurus

Hadrosaurs are a type of large terrestrial herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs that lived in the late Cretaceous period.···

The evolution and characteristics of Aho's tree thieves

Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and severa···

Discovery and evolution of Hamipteryx

The Xinjiang Hami scientific expedition team led by researcher Wang Xiaolin from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontolog···

Classification and evolution of short-eared fish

Lu Jing and others from Zhu Min’s team at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Acade···

The evolution and latest discoveries of Zhenyu Pectosaurus

The Luoping Fauna is a group of biological fossils preserved in the early Middle Triassic strata in the Luoping area of ···

The evolution of Jinyun Ankylosaurus in China

"Scientific Reports" published on February 27 reported the research results of a new species of ankylosaurus f···

Classification and evolution of Kuban pigs

Kuban pigs (kubanochoeres) are a type of huge pigs with hump-shaped teeth that once lived in the Old World. They were ma···

A tailed amphibian from the Early Cretaceous - Paddock royal salamander

Regalerpeton weichangensis is a type of tailed amphibian from the Early Cretaceous in Weichang, Hebei Province. Recently···

Classification and evolution of Ford's three-toed horses

China's Neogene terrestrial strata are widely exposed. For example, the Linxia Basin in Gansu develops continuous st···

How does the ancient bird Coiled Pheasant sing?

On May 26, Zhou Zhonghe’s research team at the Institute of Vertebral Paleolithology reported in Scientific Reports a n···

Classification and evolution of Rhinoceros sangii

Both sexes of Chilotherium have no horns. The snout of the mandible is strongly expanded laterally and has two huge tusk···

A new genus and species of Diplodocus from the Jurassic: Miraculous Lingwulong

Xu Xing's team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Science···

Characteristics of the primitive turtle Eochinosaurus

Turtles are familiar animals, but their evolutionary history is one of the biggest mysteries in paleontology: whether th···

Primitive Birds of the Early Cretaceous: The Puzzling Ladybird

Recently, Wang Min, Zhou Zhonghe, and Thomas from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the ···

Cave Bear Deninger Bear

The cave bear Ursus spelaeus (and its ancestor Ursus deningeri) is an iconic fossil species in Europe during the Quatern···

Three lifestyles of armored fishes during the Braggian Period of Early Devonian

Recently, PLoS ONE reported online that Platylomaspis serratus gen. et sp. nov., the earliest multi-branched fish discov···

Alvarezosaurus

The reduction in the number of fingers or toes has occurred many times in the evolution of tetrapods. The most famous ex···