The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications

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	The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications
	Zhou, Zhonghe
刊名	NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
	2014-12-01
卷号	1 期号:4 页码:543-559
关键词	Jehol Biota Early Cretaceous Lagerstatte China Terrestrial Ecosystem
文献子类	Review
英文摘要	The study of the Early Cretaceous terrestrial Jehol Biota, which provides a rare window for reconstruction of a Lower Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem, is reviewed with a focus on some of the latest progress. A newly proposed definition of the biota based on paleoecology and taphonomy is accepted. Although the Jehol fossils are mainly preserved in two types of sedimentary rocks, there are various types of preservation with a complex mechanism that remains to be understood. New discoveries of significant taxa from the Jehol Biota, with an updated introduction of its diversity, confirm that the Jehol Biota represents one of the most diversified biotas of the Mesozoic. The evolutionary significance of major biological groups (e.g. dinosaurs, birds, mammals, pterosaurs, insects, and plants) is discussed mainly in the light of recent discoveries, and some of the most remarkable aspects of the biota are highlighted. The global and local geological, paleogeographic, and paleoenvironmental background of the Jehol Biota have contributed to the unique composition, evolution, and preservation of the biota, demonstrating widespread faunal exchanges between Asia and other continents caused by the presence of the Eurasia-North American continental mass and its link to South America, and confirming northeastern China as the origin and diversification center for a variety of Cretaceous biological groups. Although some progress has been made on the reconstruction of the paleotemperature at the time of the Jehol Biota, much more work is needed to confirm a possible link between the remarkable diversity of the biota and the cold intervals during the Early Cretaceous. Finally, future directions for the study of the Jehol Biota are proposed that highlight the great potential of more comprehensive and multidisciplinary studies to further our understanding of the biological and geological implications of the Jehol Lagerstatte.
WOS关键词	WESTERN LIAONING-PROVINCE ; YIXIAN FORMATION ; NORTHEAST CHINA ; FEATHERED-DINOSAUR ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; NE-CHINA ; PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS ; ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD ; SEMIAQUATIC REPTILE ; ORNITHURINE BIRD
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000356860000017
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7478]
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作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou, Zhonghe. The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications[J]. NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,2014,1(4):543-559.
APA	Zhou, Zhonghe.(2014).The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications.NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,1(4),543-559.
MLA	Zhou, Zhonghe."The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications".NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 1.4(2014):543-559.