Abstract The Jehol Biota is an Early Cretaceous terrestrial fossil assemblage of paramount
significance, and its core distribution areas are western Liaoning, northern Hebei, and …

The L ate J urassic to E arly C retaceous interval represents a time of environmental
upheaval and cataclysmic events, combined with disruptions to terrestrial and marine …

Abstract The Cretaceous Period (145 to 66 Ma) was a prolonged warmhouse to hothouse
period characterized by high atmospheric CO 2 conditions, elevated surface temperatures …

Although both the Yanliao and Jehol vertebrate assemblages are known for exceptional
preservation of feathered dinosaurs, mammals, pterosaurs, lizards, salamanders, and fish …

Abstract The Valanginian and Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous are an important
time interval for the co-evolution of key vertebrate taxa and flowering angiosperm, as well as …

Aim To reconstruct dinosaur macro‐biogeographical patterns through the Mesozoic Era
using a network‐based approach. We test how continental fragmentation affected dinosaur …

Birds are some of the most diverse organisms on Earth, with species inhabiting a wide
variety of niches across every major biome. As such, birds are vital to our understanding of …

Abstract In the Cretaceous of North America, environmental sensitivity and habitat
specialization have been hypothesized to explain the surprisingly restricted geographic …

The potential of using the latitudinal distributions of fossil wood genera as a proxy for
Jurassic terrestrial climate conditions in western Laurasia was tested using a database of …

Abstract Abundant Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian–Hauterivian) paleosols have been
recognized in the Sichuan Basin, along with the preserved pedogenetic features, eg, soil …