Study on the Jehol Biota: Recent advances and future prospects

The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils

(2019) Yanhong Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assembly of modern mammal community structure driven by Late Cretaceous dental evolution, rise of flowering plants, and dinosaur demise

(2019) Meng Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha

(2018) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Early Cretaceous eutherian and the placental–marsupial dichotomy

(2018) Shundong Bi et al.   NATURE

Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous

(2017) Chenyang Cai et al.   Nature Communications

Vertebrate assemblages of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota and the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparisons and implications

(2017) Zhong-He Zhou et al.   Palaeoworld

A Fish-Eating Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China Provides Evidence of Modern Avian Digestive Features

(2016) Min Wang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur

(2016) Jakob Vinther et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous birdEoconfuciusornis

(2016) Yanhong Pan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Environment and ecology of East Asian dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous inferred from stable oxygen and carbon isotopes in apatite

(2015) Romain Amiot et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

New records of Jurassic petrified wood in Jianchang of western Liaoning, China and their palaeoclimate implications

(2015) Ning Tian et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

Mesozoic basins and associated palaeogeographic evolution in North China

(2015) Yong-Qing Liu et al.   Journal of Palaeogeography-English

The Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems of the Jehol Biota based on food-web and energy-flow models

(2014) Masaki Matsukawa et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The first flea with fully distended abdomen from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2014) Taiping Gao et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota

(2014) Shuang Zhou et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

(2014) Quanguo Li et al.   NATURE

A MODEL FOR ORGANIC FOSSILIZATION OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS JEHOL LAGERSTATTE BASED ON THE TAPHONOMY OF "EPHEMEROPSIS TRISETALIS"

(2014) Y. PAN et al.   PALAIOS

On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum

(2014) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An integrative approach to understanding bird origins

(2014) X. Xu et al.   SCIENCE

New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota

(2014) Baoyu Jiang et al.   Nature Communications

Emergent Global Patterns of Ecosystem Structure and Function from a Mechanistic General Ecosystem Model

(2014) Michael B. J. Harfoot et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Jehol Biota: Definition and distribution of exceptionally preserved relicts of a continental Early Cretaceous ecosystem

(2013) Yanhong Pan et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

New Transitional Fleas from China Highlighting Diversity of Early Cretaceous Ectoparasitic Insects

(2013) Taiping Gao et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PISCIVORY IN THE FEATHERED DINOSAURMICRORAPTOR

(2013) Lida Xing et al.   EVOLUTION

Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

Anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of Western Liaoning, China

(2013) Liping Dong et al.   PLoS One

Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds

(2013) J. O'Connor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers

(2013) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Histology and postural change during the growth of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

(2013) Qi Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

Isotopic evidence for continental ice sheet in mid-latitude region in the supergreenhouse Early Cretaceous

(2013) Wu-Bin Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

A new ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous, western Liaoning, China

(2012) Shunxing Jiang et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Mid-Mesozoic Flea-like Ectoparasites of Feathered or Haired Vertebrates

(2012) Tai-ping Gao et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Timing of destruction of the North China Craton

(2012) Ri-Xiang Zhu et al.   LITHOS

Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China

(2012) Diying Huang et al.   NATURE

A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China

(2012) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

New toothed flying reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil

(2012) Xiaolin Wang et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Abdominal Contents from Two Large Early Cretaceous Compsognathids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Demonstrate Feeding on Confuciusornithids and Dromaeosaurids

(2012) Lida Xing et al.   PLoS One

Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

Depositional evolution of the Early Cretaceous Sihetun Lake and implications for regional climatic and volcanic history in western Liaoning, NE China

(2012) Baoyu Jiang et al.   SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

A new species of Sinemys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

(2012) Haiyan Tong et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

New material of the Early Cretaceous lizard Yabeinosaurus from China

(2011) Susan E. Evans et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

(2011) Susan E. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Dynamics of the lacustrine fauna from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China: implications of volcanic and climatic factors

(2011) YANHONG PAN et al.   LETHAIA

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae

(2011) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Transitional mammalian middle ear from a new Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont

(2011) Jin Meng et al.   NATURE

A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity

(2011) Yuan Wang et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Early Cretaceous volcanism and its impact on fossil preservation in Western Liaoning, NE China

(2011) Baoyu Jiang et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates

(2011) R. Amiot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China

(2011) X. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds

(2011) J. O'Connor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nocturnality in Dinosaurs Inferred from Scleral Ring and Orbit Morphology

(2011) L. Schmitz et al.   SCIENCE

Timing, scale and mechanism of the destruction of the North China Craton

(2011) RiXiang Zhu et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

A New Symmetrodont Mammal with Fur Impressions from the Mesozoic of China

(2010) Guillermo W. ROUGIER et al.   ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION

Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers

(2010) Xing Xu et al.   NATURE

Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

(2010) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

Comment on "Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability"

(2010) X. Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerstätten

(2010) ZhongHe Zhou et al.   Science China-Earth Sciences

High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the basal Lanqi Formation and its implications for the origin of angiosperm plants

(2009) Su-chin Chang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evolutionary Development of the Middle Ear in Mesozoic Therian Mammals

(2009) Q. Ji et al.   SCIENCE

A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China

(2008) Guilin Zhang et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Discovery of a rare arboreal forest-dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China

(2008) X. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight

(2008) FuCheng Zhang et al.   Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences

A review of recent advances in the study of early angiosperms from northeastern China

(2008) Ge Sun et al.   Palaeoworld