Radiodontans - Giant predators in Paleozoic seas Recorded in exceptionally preserved Lagerstätten, the radiodontans (including anomalocaridids) are cosmopolitan, soft-bodied, stem-group arthropods that inhabited Paleozoic seas. They are notable for their unique morphology, peculiar ecol...
Stratigraphic column and the sample depth in the Kuhfeng Formation at the Pingdingshan East Section in Chaohu City, Anhui Province. The Guadalupian Epoch represents one of the most critical intervals during the Earth history which is characterized by a series of global geological and bio...
Field photographs (a, b and c) and polished slab (d) of three different taphonomic types in Gigantoproductus shell beds Storm beds or tempestites are distinct facies criteria, which are generated by storm winds, such as cyclones and hurricanes in tropical latitudes and blizzards in middl...
Calathium-microbial framestone (left: Thin section photomicrographs of the Calathium-microbial framestone; right: Reconstruction of the framestone) As an obconical macrofossil with porous double-wall, Calathium was commonly present in reefs of Early to early Middle Ordovician age. The Ca...
New specimen of Eoconfuciusornis collected from the Early Cretaceous lake deposits in Hebei, northern China. Image by Wang Xiaoli. A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported recently the oldest fossil evidence of beta-keratin from ...
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