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Fossils of TWO 180 million-year-old dinosaurs unearthed beneath road in China
Construction workers building a road in Lufeng County in China’s Yunnan Province have unearthed two 180 million year old fossil dinosaurs. One has been identified as Lufengosaurus magnus (pictured), a long-necked herbivore that would have been around 30 feet (9m) … Continue reading
Early fossil fish from China shows where our jaws came from
Where did our jaws come from? The question is more complicated than it seems, because not all jaws are the same. In a new article, palaeontologists from China and Sweden trace our jaws back to the extinct placoderms, armoured prehistoric … Continue reading
Oldest actinopterygian from China provides new evidence for origin of ray-finned fishes
In a new study, researchers used high-resolution computed tomography to re-examine the most complete remains of Meemannia, and presented new details of the internal skeleton and one of the earliest osteichthyan endocasts. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
mineralia: Pyromorphite from China by Dan Weinrich
mineralia: Pyromorphite from China by Dan Weinrich Geology Nerd
mineralists: PyromorphiteDaoping Mine, China
mineralists: PyromorphiteDaoping Mine, China Geology Nerd
ggeology: Cinnabar?//?Hunan, China
ggeology: Cinnabar?//?Hunan, China Geology Nerd
New basal bird from China reveals the morphological diversity in early birds
A new species, Chongmingia zhengi, sheds light on the early evolution of birds. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that it is basal to the dominant Mesozoic avian clades Enantiornithes and Ornithuromorpha, and represents a new basal avialan lineage. This new discovery adds … Continue reading
The ‘ugliest fossil reptiles’ who roamed China
Long before the dinosaurs, hefty herbivores called pareiasaurs ruled Earth. Now, for the first time, a detailed investigation of all Chinese specimens of these creatures — often described as the ‘ugliest fossil reptiles’ — has been published by a palaeontologist. … Continue reading
mineraliety: SOLD- Plumbogummite from China available on…
mineraliety: SOLD– Plumbogummite from China available on Mineraliety by Matt?s Minerals. So happy he set up a shop with us because his collection is so rad ?////// www.mineraliety.com/shops/mattsminerals mineralia
bijoux-et-mineraux: Wulfenite – Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China
bijoux-et-mineraux: Wulfenite – Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China mineralia