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The First Vertebrate Assemblage Dominated by Fishes and Turtles of the Jehol Biota in Jilin Province, NE China
Author(s) -
WU Wenhao,
ZHOU Changfu,
SUN Wei,
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 - 10.1111/1755-6724.13694
Subject(s) - china , christian ministry , geography , stratigraphy , geopark , archaeology , geology , paleontology , political science , tourism , law , tectonics
The Early Cretaceous sediments are well-exposed in southern Jilin Province, and yield abundant invertebrate and plant fossils, including the typical EosestheriaEphemeropsis trisetalis-Lycoptera (E-E-L) assemblage of the Jehol Biota (Shao Tiequan et al., 2017). However, vertebrate fossils, especially tetrapods, are extremely rare and there is no formal documents on these fossils. Recently, a new fossil site dominated by fishes and turtles has been discovered in the middle part of the Hengtongshan Formation in Shuangmao Village, Xingling Town, Meihekou City, Jilin Province. Of these specimens, the turtle fossils are the first discovery from the Mesozoic in Jilin Province. Combined with several possible dinosaur bones, the vertebrate assemblage appears to have a high diversity, opening a new window into the biodiversity of the Jehol Biota in southern Jilin.