Rise of the dragon : readings from nature on the Chinese fossil record
Many of the fossil finds in China were announced to English speakers in the journal "Nature". This collection features 16 reports, some augumented with commentaries originally published in "Nature's" "News and Views" section.
Print Book, English, 2001
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 2001
256 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
9780226284903, 9780226284910, 0226284905, 0226284913
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Rise of the Dragon
READINGS FROM NATURE ON THE CHINESE FOSSIL RECORDBy Henry Gee
The University of Chicago Press
Copyright © 2001 Nature/Macmillan Magazines, Ltd.All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-226-28491-0
Contents
Foreword Zhe-Xi Luo......................................................................................................................................................................................................ixIntroduction.............................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Three-Dimensional Preservation of Algae and Animal Embryos in a Neoproterozoic Phosphorite Shu-Hai Xiao, Yun Zhang, and Andrew H. Knoll NATURE 391, 553-558 (1998).................................................92 Animal Embryos in Deep Time Stefan Bengtson NATURE 391, 529-530 (1998).............................................................................................................................................213 A Pipiscid-like Fossil from the Lower Cambrian of South China De-Gan Shu, S. Conway Morris, Xing-Liang Zhang, Liang Chen, Y. Li, and J. Han NATURE 400, 746-749 (1999).............................................254 An Early Cambrian Craniate-like Chordate Jun-Yuan Chen, Di-Ying Huang, and Chia-Wei Li NATURE 402, 518-522 (1999)..................................................................................................325 Lower Cambrian Vertebrates from South China De-Gan Shu, Hui-Lin Luo, S. Conway Morris, Xing-Liang Zhang, S.-X. Hu, Liang Chen, J. Han, Min Zhu, Y. Li, and L.-Z. Chen NATURE 402, 42-46 (1999).....................426 Catching the First Fish Philippe Janvier NATURE 402, 21-22 (1999)..................................................................................................................................................537 A Primitive Fossil Fish Sheds Light on the Origin of Bony Fishes Min Zhu, Xiao-Bo Yu, and Philippe Janvier NATURE 397, 607-610 (1999)..............................................................................568 Something Fishy in the Family Tree Per Erik Ahlberg NATURE 397, 564-565 (1999).....................................................................................................................................649 An Exceptionally Well-Preserved Theropod Dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China Pei-Ji Chen, Zhi-Ming Dong, and Shuo-Nan Zhen NATURE 391, 147-152 (1998)......................................................6710 Feathers, Filaments and Theropod Dinosaurs David M. Unwin NATURE 391, 119-120 (1998)...............................................................................................................................8311 A Therizinosauroid Dinosaur with Integumentary Structures from China Xing Xu, Zhi-Lu Tang, and Xiao-Lin Wang NATURE 399, 350-354 (1999)............................................................................8712 A Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur with a Filamentous Integument from the Yixian Formation of China Xing Xu, Xiao-Lin Wang, and Xiao-Chun Wu NATURE 401, 262-266 (1999)......................................................9613 Two Feathered Dinosaurs from Northeastern China Qiang Ji, Philip J. Currie, Mark A. Norell, and Shu-An Ji NATURE 393, 753-761 (1998)...............................................................................10514 When Is a Bird Not a Bird? Kevin Padian NATURE 393, 729-730 (1998).................................................................................................................................................11915 A Diapsid Skull in a New Species of the Primitive Bird Confuciusornis Lian-Hai Hou, Larry D. Martin, Zhong-He Zhou, Alan Feduccia, and Fu-Cheng Zhang NATURE 399, 679-682 (1999)...................................12316 A Chinese Triconodont Mammal and Mosaic Evolution of the Mammalian Skeleton Qiang Ji, Zhe-Xi Luo, and Shu-An Ji NATURE 398, 326-330 (1999).........................................................................13017 At the Roots of the Mammalian Family Tree Timothy Rowe NATURE 398, 283-284 (1999)..................................................................................................................................13918 A New Symmetrodont Mammal from China and Its Implications for Mammalian Evolution Yao-Ming Hu, Yuan-Qing Wang, Zhe-Xi Luo, and Chuan-Kui Li NATURE 390, 137-142 (1997).............................................14319 Biostratigraphy of New Pterosaurs from China Shu-An Ji, Qiang Ji, and Kevin Padian NATURE 398, 573 (1999)..........................................................................................................15720 Palaeobiology: A Refugium for Relicts Zhe-Xi Luo NATURE 400, 23-25 (1999)..........................................................................................................................................16021 A Refugium for Relicts? Makoto Manabe, Paul M. Barrett, and Shinji Isaji NATURE 404, 953 (2000)....................................................................................................................16422 Cretaceous Age for the Feathered Dinosaurs of Liaoning, China Carl C. Swisher III, Yuan-Qing Wang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Xing Xu, and Yuan Wang NATURE 400, 58-61 (1999)..................................................167Supplementary Information................................................................................................................................................................................................175Contributors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................251Index....................................................................................................................................................................................................................259
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