Palaeoworld

Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 135-332 (June 2016)

Special issue: Systematics and biodiversity of fossil Lagerstätten

Edited by Qun Yang, Yong-Dong Wang, Mike Reich and Joachim Reitner

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1871174X/25

o    Editorial Board  

o    Systematics and biodiversity of fossil Lagerstätten: Proceedings for joint conference of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft and the Palaeontological Society of China  

o    Molecular paleobiology—Progress and perspectives  

o    A systematic overview of fossil osmundalean ferns in China: Diversity variation, distribution pattern, and evolutionary implications  

o    Late Bashkirian and early Moscovian conodonts from the Naqing section, Luodian, Guizhou, South China  

o    Microbialite concretions in a dolostone crust at the Permian–Triassic boundary of the Xishan section in Jiangsu Province, South China  

o    Chansitheca wudaensis (Gleicheniaceae, fern) from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora, Inner Mongolia  

o    Late Triassic palynofloras in the Sichuan Basin, South China: Synthesis and perspective  

o    Elatides sandaolingensis n. sp. (Cupressaceae sensu lato)—A new fossil conifer with cones from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, northwestern China  

o    A new species of Baiera from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of southeastern Jilin, China  

o    Diversity variation and tempo-spatial distributions of the Dipteridaceae ferns in the Mesozoic of China  

o    Plant cytoplasm preservation in a baked root of Abies  

o    Early divergence dates of demosponges based on mitogenomics and evaluated fossil calibrations  

o    Dating the origin of the major lineages of Branchiopoda  

o    Phylogeographic history of the woodwardioid ferns, including species from the Himalayas  

o    Application of white cellulose acetate sheets on fossil wood investigation  

The Lantian Biota  

The ~600-million-year-old Lantian biota (Xiuning, China) hosts some of the earliest known forms of macroscopic eukaryotes characterized by multicellularity and complex morphologies. A newly published book The Lantian Biota, illustrating with many fossil pictures and reconstructions, mainly display the marine ecosystem some 600 million years ago and its environmental background.  

Book information: Yuan et al., 2016, The Lantian Biota. Shanghai, Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House. 1-138. ISBN 978-7-5478-2854-0  

Mesozoic and Cenozoic Insects from Northern China 

This book is composed of 8 parts, the preface, chapters one to six, and the epilogue. In order for most readers to easily understand this book, the classification, geological history and types of fossil preservation of insects are introduced in the preface. The important Mesozoic and Cenozoic insect faunas and assemblages in northern China are shown in chapter one. Many new taxa and some new combinations are compiled and listed in chapter two. For interpretation of the geological applications of fossil insects, some research examples concerning the insect biostratigraphy, palaeoecology and biopalaeogeography, and the palaeo-atmospheric oxygen level are given in chapter three. The evolution of many insect groups are discussed in chapter four. Additionally, the evolution of insect diversity in the Jehol Biota is also given in this chapter. Recently some important progress has been made in insect taphonomy in China and is introduced in chapter six. At the end of the book, the considerable progress in palaeoentomology in China has been summarized, and the further research and development trends of this area are outlined in the epilogue.

Book information: Zhang et al., 2015, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Insects from Northern China. Shanghai, Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House. 1-229. ISBN 978-7-5478-2879-3