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Odonatans in lowermost Cenomanian Kachin amber: updated review and a new hemiphlebiid damselfly by Zheng, Daran

“…Odonatans are rare in Cretaceous amber deposits, and only four fragmentary specimens were recorded in Lebanese, Jordanian, Charentes and South Dakota ambers…”
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A Late Cretaceous amber biota from central Myanmar by Zheng, Daran, Chang, Su-Chin, Perrichot, Vincent, Dutta, Suryendu, Rudra, Arka, Mu, Lin, Thomson, Ulysses, Li, Sha, Zhang, Qi, Zhang, Qingqing, Wong, Jean, Wang, Jun, Wang, He, Fang, Yan, Zhang, Haichun, Wang, Bo

“…Insect faunas are extremely rare near the latest Cretaceous with a 24-million-year gap spanning from the early Campanian to the early Eocene. Here, we report a…”
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A new tarsophlebiid dragonfly from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, NE China (Insecta: Odonatoptera, Panodonata) by Fang, Rui, Zheng, Daran

“…A well-preserved dragonfly Turanophlebia liaoningensis sp. nov., belonging to the family Tarsophlebiidae, is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian…”
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Discovery of the snakefly Siboptera Ponomarenko, 1993 (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of southwestern Henan (China) and its biostratigraphic significance by Zhang, Xin, Zheng, Daran, Zhang, Qianqi, Zhang, Haichun

“…The mesoraphidiid genus Siboptera Ponomarenko, 1993 is one of the most distinguishable snakeflies in the absence of stem MA from the forewing, with only two…”
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New insights on basivenal sclerites using 3D tools and homology of wing veins in Odonatoptera (Insecta) by Jacquelin, Lauriane, Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana, Boistel, Renaud, Zheng, Daran, Prokop, Jakub, Nel, André

“…Being implied in flight, mimetism, communication, and protection, the insect wings were crucial organs for the mega diversification of this clade. Despite…”
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WIDESPREAD PYRITIZATION OF INSECTS IN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS JEHOL BIOTA by WANG, BO, ZHAO, FANGCHEN, ZHANG, HAICHUN, FANG, YAN, ZHENG, DARAN

“…The Early Cretaceous Jehol biota of China, preserved in lacustrine deposits, yields abundant well-preserved invertebrate and vertebrate fossils. However, the…”
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New Lower Cretaceous aeshnopteran dragonflies from western Liaoning, NE China (Odonata: Anisoptera) by Zheng, Daran, Zhang, Xin, Zhang, Haichun, Nel, André

“…Aeshnoptera greatly diversified with a wide distribution during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. This clade is extraordinarily common in the lacustrine…”
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Age constraints on a Neogene tropical rainforest in China and its relation to the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum by Zheng, Daran, Shi, Gongle, Hemming, Sidney R., Zhang, Haichun, Wang, Weiming, Wang, Bo, Chang, Su-Chin

“…Tropical rainforests have strongly influenced Earth systems throughout their evolutionary history. Plant taxa found in the Fotan Group of Fujian Province…”
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A chronostratigraphic and biostratigraphic framework for the Yanliao Biota of northeastern China: Implications for Jurassic terrestrial ecosystems and evolution by Li, Yuling, Chang, Su-Chin, Zhang, Haichun, Wang, Jun, Pei, Rui, Zheng, Daran, Fang, Yan, Hemming, Sidney R.

“…The terrestrial Yanliao Biota in northeastern China represents a Jurassic biodiversity hotspot. Abundant and diverse fossils include the oldest known…”
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Synthesis of a chrono- and biostratigraphical framework for the Lower Cretaceous of Jiuquan, NW China: Implications for major evolutionary events by Zheng, Daran, Wang, He, Li, Sha, Wang, Bo, Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Dong, Chong, Fang, Yanan, Teng, Xiao, Yu, Tingting, Yang, Lichao, Li, Yuling, Zhao, Xiangdong, Xue, Naihua, Chang, Su-Chin, Zhang, Haichun

“…With a depositional history spanning the early Aptian to early Albian (~19 mys), the Lower Cretaceous Xinminpu Group in Jiuquan, NW China provides detailed…”
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The first notocupedin beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata) by Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Wang, Bo, Zheng, Daran

“…A rare ommatine beetle, Notocupes ohmkuhnlei sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata), is described in Kachin amber from northern Myanmar. It is the first…”
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New age constraints on the early Jehol Biota of Luanping, northeastern China by Zhang, Lijun, Zheng, Daran, Chang, Su-Chin, Fang, Yanan, Li, Yuling, Wang, Bo, Zhang, Haichun

“…The Jehol Biota sensu stricto consists of numerous exceptionally well preserved fossils typically found in the Yixian and Jiufotang formations of northeastern…”
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A new astronomical time scale for the early Jehol Biota in the Luanping Basin, northeastern China by Fang, Yanan, Olsen, Paul, Zheng, Daran, Xue, Naihua, Wang, He, Xu, Chunpeng, Li, Sha, Wang, Bo, Zhang, Haichun

“…The Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in northeastern China significantly increased our understanding of the Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem and the origin and…”
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TAPHONOMIC VARIABILITY OF FOSSIL INSECTS: A BIOSTRATINOMIC STUDY OF PALAEONTINIDAE AND TETTIGARCTIDAE (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA) FROM THE JURASSIC DAOHUGOU LAGERSTÄTTE by WANG, BO, ZHANG, HAICHUN, JARZEMBOWSKI, EDMUND ALEKSANDER, FANG, YAN, ZHENG, DARAN

“…Various intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors significantly control the preservation of insects. Few studies have presented a quantitative comparison of…”
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Lower Cretaceous Hailar amber: The oldest-known amber from China by Li, Yuling, Zheng, Daran, Sha, Jingeng, Zhang, Haichun, Denyszyn, Steven, Chang, Su-Chin

“…Amber deposits provide a rare opportunity to look into the details of terrestrial ecosystems. This study reviews six well-documented Chinese amber deposits…”
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A new scaly archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber by Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Wang, Bo, Zheng, Daran

“…A rare ommatine beetle, Lepidomma tianae gen. et sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata), is described in burmite from northern Myanmar (Kachin). It has…”
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A new serrated archaic beetle (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber by Jarzembowski, Edmund A., Wang, Bo, Zheng, Daran

“…A rare species of archaic beetle, Paraodontomma szwedoi sp. nov., is described in burmite from northern Myanmar. It belongs to an unusual extinct genus with…”
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New age constraints on the Lower Cretaceous Jiufengshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China and their implications for the spatiotemporal development of the Jehol Biota by Li, Yuling, Zheng, Daran, Li, Xiaobo, Teng, Xiao, Zhang, Qianqi, Wang, Han, Lee, Hao-Yang, Wang, Bo, Chang, Su-Chin

“…The Jehol Biota comprises significant fossils that help to elucidate the evolution of Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. In this paper, we provide three…”
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Age constraint for an earliest Famennian forest and its implications for Frasnian-Famennian boundary in West Junggar, Northwest China by Zheng, Daran, Chang, Su-Chin, Algeo, Thomas, Zhang, Haichun, Wang, Bo, Wang, He, Wang, Jun, Feng, Chongqin, Xu, Honghe

“…As one of the five major extinction events in Earth history, the Frasnian-Famennian boundary (FFB) crisis caused dramatic reductions in marine and terrestrial…”
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Dating Amber: Review and Perspective by Su-Chin Chang, Yuling Li, Daran Zheng

“…Amber is a fossilized tree resin that ranges in age from the Carboniferous to the Cenozoic. It occurs globally from the Arctic to Antarctica. As the resin…”
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