Chinese Fossil Vertebrates

摘要: PrefaceIntroductionPolitical divisions of ChinaGeological settingVertebrate biochronologySome features this book2. History Vertebrate Paleontological StudiesBasalla's modelAncient Chinese observations on fossil vertebratesDragon bones: Nineteenth century western paleontology and China's vertebrate fossilsJohan Gunnar Andersson the Lagrelius CollectionOtto ZdanskyBlack, Bohlin ZhoukoudianEnd Sino-Swedish paleontological programThe Central Asiatic ExpeditionsThe 1920s-1930s: Foreign paleontologists living in ChinaC.C. Young Minchen ChowThe IVPPNew collaborationThe three-stage model3. Cambrian-SilurianSilurian vertebrate-producing strataEarly Silurian - Dayongaspis biochronEarly middle Hanyangaspis biochronLate Sinogalaeaspis Nostolepis biochronChina's oldest vertebratesSilurian biochronologySilurian paleobiogeography4. DevonianDevonian Devonian Yunnanolepis paleocommunitiesMiddle Bothriolepis Remigolepis biochronSystematics agnathansDiabolepis lungfish phylogenyDevonian biogeography5. CarboniferousCarboniferous occurrencesAcanthodesChondrichthyansHeliocoprionid from XinjiangProspectus6. PermianPermian nonmarine strata Junggur Ordos basinsUrumqiaTurfania YaomoshaniaThe Dashankou localityPareiasaur faunaDicynodon faunaThe Dicyodon biochron7. TriassicJunggur basinOrdos basinJimsarian vertebratesFuguan vertebratesOrdosian vertebratesNingwuan vertebratesFukang faunaChinese Triassic dicynodontsThe "Nine-dragon Wall"LotosaurusTriassic fishesTriassic marine reptilesChinese tetrapods, Pangea facies8. JurassicSichuan basinOther Jurassic basinsDawan vertebratesGlobal correlation DawanDashanpuan vertebratesTuojiangian vertebratesNingjiagouan vertebratesJurassic fishesJurassic dinosaur footprintsChinese tritylodontidsChinese mammalsChinese dinosaurs9. CretaceousVertebrate-bearing strataLand-vertebrate faunachronsTsagantsabian vertebratesThe Psittacosaurus biochronKhukhtekian vertebratesAge Liaoning birdsChinese Early Cretaceous birds avian originsBaynshirenian vertebratesDjadokhtan vertebratesNemegtian vertebratesCretaceous fishesCeratopsian evolutionChinese eggsCretaceous-Tertiary boundary extinctionsTwo faunas10. PaleogenePaleogene vertebrate-bearing depositsPaleogene land-mammal "ages"Shanghuan mammalsNongshanian mammalsBumbanian mammalsArshantan Irdinmanhan mammalsSharamurunian mammalsErgilian mammalsShandgolian mammalsTabenbulukian mammalsPaleogene rodent evolutionIndricothere evolutionPaleogene lower vertebratesPaleogene birdsPaleoplacentals neoplacentals11. Miocene-PlioceneMiocene-Pliocene strataMiocene-Pliocene "ages"Xiejian mammalsShanwangian mammalsTunggurian mammalsBahean mammalsBaodean mammalsJinglean mammalsYouhean mammalsForest steppe faunasProboscidean evolutionHipparion first-appearance datumChinese Miocene-Pliocene apesMiocene-Pliocene vertebratesMiocene-Pliocene birdsPaleozoogeography12. PleistocenePleistocene depositsNihewanian "age"Pleistocene mammals northern ChinaPleistocene southern transition zoneGigantopithecusFossil HomoZhoukoudianPleistocene mammothsPleistocene vertebratesPleistocene birdsOrigin extant vertebrates13. SummaryHistory ChinaCambrian-OrdovicianSilurianDevonianCarboniferousPermianTriassicJurassicCretaceousPaleogeneMiocene-PliocenePleistocene14. References