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The First Discovery of the Easternmost Jehol Biota from Southeastern Jilin, China
Author(s) -
LI Yunfeng,
HUANG Wei,
WANG Hongshan,
DILCHER David L.,
TAN Xiao,
LI Tao,
NA Yuling,
SUN Chunlin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/1755-6724.13651
Subject(s) - china , christian ministry , geopark , geography , chinese academy of sciences , stratigraphy , archaeology , geology , paleontology , political science , tectonics , tourism , law
The Jehol Biota, a world-famous Early Cretaceous fossil Lagerstätte characterized by the traditional Eosestheria-Ephemeropsis-Lycoptera (EEL) assemblage, has a wide distribution over most parts of northern China, the coastal area of southeastern China, southeastern Mongolia, Transbaikalian area of Russia, Korea and Japan (Shao et al., 2017). The Baishan Basin, situated in southeastern Jilin is one of the easternmost Jehol Biota localities in China. Until now, the fossils here belonging to Jehol Biota have not yet been reported except for few fossils listed in geological survey reports. The fossil collections here are noteworthy in that they are the first fossil record documented from the Early Cretaceous Yingzuilazi Formation of the Baishan Basin, southeastern Jilin and the easternmost locality of Jehol Biota, China. This finding is important to explore the distribution, evolution and biodiversity of the Jehol Biota and even the Late Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem, as well as for the division and correlation of the Late Mesozoic terrestrial strata.