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References from The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstätte: new discoveries and implications. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem
10.1038/nature01420 · 2003 · External reference
The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge
10.1016/s0016-7878(08)80302-1 · 2008 · External reference
Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerstätten
10.1007/s11430-010-4094-9 · 2010 · External reference
Jehol Biota: an exceptional window to the Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem
10.2307/jj.12638994.9 · External reference
Fossilised melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds
10.1038/nature08740 · 2010 · External reference
Reconstruction of Microraptor and the evolution of iridescent plumage
10.1126/science.1213780 · 2012 · External reference
Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs
10.1038/nature12973 · 2014 · External reference
A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1038/nature00930 · 2002 · External reference
Food remains in Confuciusornis sanctus suggest a fish diet
10.1007/s00114-006-0125-y · 2006 · External reference
A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution
10.1098/rspb.2009.0885 · 2010 · External reference
Distribution of the predentary bone in Mesozoic ornithurine birds
10.1080/14772019.2010.504080 · 2011 · External reference
Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds
10.1073/pnas.1117727108 · 2011 · External reference
A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota
2013 · External reference
Piscivory in the feathered dinosaur Microraptor
10.1111/evo.12119 · 2013 · External reference
Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1073/pnas.1112694108 · 2011 · External reference
New specimens of Yanornis indicate a piscivorous diet and modern alimentary canal
10.1371/journal.pone.0095036 · 2014 · External reference
Pterosaur embryo from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1038/429621a · 2004 · External reference
A precocial avian embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China
10.1126/science.1100000 · 2004 · External reference
Cannibalism in a semi-aquatic reptile from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1360/982004-647 · 2005 · External reference
Embryo of Early Cretaceous choristodere (Reptilia) form the Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, China
2006 · External reference
A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity
10.1007/s00114-011-0820-1 · 2011 · External reference
Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour
10.1038/nature11985 · 2013 · External reference
A well-preserved aneuretopsychid from the Jehol Biota of China (Insecta, Mecoptera, Aneuretopsychidae)
10.3897/zookeys.129.1282 · 2011 · External reference
Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China
10.1038/nature10839 · 2012 · External reference
Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera): taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity
10.1007/s11434-013-5769-3 · 2013 · External reference
Mid-Mesozoic flea-like ectoparasites of feathered or haired vertebrates
10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.012 · 2012 · External reference
New transitional fleas from China highlighting diversity of Early Cretaceous ectoparasitic insects
10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.040 · 2013 · External reference
Blood-feeding true bugs in the Early Cretaceous
10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.045 · 2014 · External reference
Nature and significance of the Early Cretaceous giant igneous event in eastern China
10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.019 · 2005 · External reference
Lithospheric thinning and destruction of the North China Craton
2008 · External reference
High resolution palaeoecological and taphonomic analysis of Early Cretaceous lake biota, western Liaoning (NE-China)
10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.012 · 2007 · External reference
Late Mesozoic transgressions of eastern Heilongjiang and their significance in tectonics, and coal and oil accumulation in northeastern China
10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.02.008 · 2008 · External reference
Historical distribution patterns of trigonioidids (non-marine Cretaceous bivalves) in Asia and their palaeogeographic significance
10.1098/rspb.2009.0936 · 2010 · External reference
Non-marine and marine stratigraphic correlation of Early Cretaceous deposits in NE China, SE Korea and SW Japan, non-marine Molluscan biochronology, and palaeogeographic implications
2012 · External reference
Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates
10.1073/pnas.1011369108 · 2011 · External reference
Early Cretaceous volcanism and its impact on fossil preservation in Western Liaoning, NE China
10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.016 · 2011 · External reference
Depositional evolution of the Early Cretaceous Sihetun Lake and implications for regional climatic and volcanic history in western Liaoning, NE China
10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.02.007 · 2012 · External reference
New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota
10.1038/ncomms4151 · 2014 · External reference
Dynamics of the lacustrine fauna from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China: implications of volcanic and climatic factors
10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00284.x · 2012 · External reference
The Jehol Biota: definition and distribution of exceptionally preserved relicts of a continental Early Cretaceous ecosystem
10.1016/j.cretres.2013.03.007 · 2013 · External reference
Sedimentary laminations in the lacustrine Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation at Sihetun, western Liaoning, China
10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.010 · 2012 · External reference
Seasonal to sub-seasonal palaeoenvironmental changes in Lake Sihetun (Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, NE China)
10.1007/s00531-012-0799-7 · 2013 · External reference
Timing of the earliest known feathered dinosaurs and transitional pterosaurs older than the Jehol Biota
2012 · External reference
SIMS U-Pb zircon age of Jurassic sediments in Linglongta, Jianchang, western Liaoning: constraint on the age of oldest feathered dinosaurs
2013 · External reference
The vertebrates of the Jurassic Daohugou Biota of northeastern China
10.1080/02724634.2013.787316 · 2014 · External reference
The Yanliao Biota: a trove of exceptionally preserved Middle-Late Jurassic terrestrial life forms
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1962 · External reference
Distribution and migration of the Jehol fauna with reference to non-marine Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in China
1988 · External reference
An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China
10.1038/34356 · 1998 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2001 · External reference
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2003 · External reference
Evolutionary radiation of the Jehol Biota: chronological and ecological perspectives
10.1002/gj.1045 · 2006 · External reference
A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight
10.1007/s11430-008-0050-3 · 2008 · External reference
Cretaceous age for the feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning, China
10.1038/21872 · 1999 · External reference
Further support for a Cretaceous age for the feathered-dinosaur beds of Liaoning, China: new 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Yixian and Tuchengzi Formations
10.1360/02tb9031 · 2002 · External reference
Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China and its implications
10.1029/2004gl019790 · 2004 · External reference
The 40Ar/39Ar dating of the early Jehol Biota from Fengning, Hebei Province, northern China
10.1029/2005gc001083 · 2006 · External reference
Palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar dating constraints on the age of the Jehol Biota and the duration of deposition of the Sihetun fossil bearing lake sediments, northeastern China
10.1016/j.cretres.2006.06.003 · 2007 · External reference
High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Jehol Biota
10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.021 · 2009 · External reference
Exceptional fossil material of a semi-aquatic reptile from China: the resolution of an enigma
10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0417:efmoas]2.0.co;2 · 2000 · External reference
Discovery of the psittacosaurid skin impressions and its significance
2004 · External reference
A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1073/pnas.0609552104 · 2007 · External reference
A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China
10.1080/14772010903537773 · 2010 · External reference
A new juvenile specimen of Sapeornis (Pygostylia: Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast China and allometric scaling of this basal bird
10.2517/1342-8144-17.1.27 · 2013 · External reference
A lamprey from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China
10.1038/nature04730 · 2006 · External reference
Basal titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China
10.1016/j.palwor.2007.07.001 · 2007 · External reference
Non-avian dinosaur fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China
10.1002/gj.1044 · 2006 · External reference
A new troodontid dinosaur from China with avian-like sleeping posture
10.1038/nature02898 · 2004 · External reference
An aggregation of lizard skeletons from the Lower Cretaceous of China
10.1007/bf03043910 · 2007 · External reference
Social behaviour and mass mortality in the basal ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus (Early Cretaceous, People's Republic of China)
10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00709.x · 2007 · External reference
Large Mesozoic mammals fed on young dinosaurs
10.1038/nature03102 · 2005 · External reference
An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China
10.1038/34356 · 1998 · External reference
A new giant compsognathid dinosaur with long filamentous integuments from Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China
2007 · External reference
An early ostrich dinosaur and implications for ornithomimosaur phylogeny
10.1206/0003-0082(2003)420<0001:aeodai>2.0.co;2 · 2003 · External reference
Gastroliths in Yanornis—an indication of the earliest radical diet switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds?
10.1007/s00114-004-0567-z · 2004 · External reference
A beaked basal ornithurine bird (Aves, Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China
10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00234.x · 2006 · External reference
Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China
10.1080/02724634.2012.714431 · 2013 · External reference
Pyrite framboids associated with the Mesozoic Jehol Biota in northeastern China: implications for microenvironment during early fossilization
2003 · External reference
Widespread pyritization of insects in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota
10.2110/palo.2012.p12-029r · 2012 · External reference
A model for the soft tissue fossilisation of the Early Cretaceous Jehol lagerstätte based on the study of the taphonomy of ‘Ephemeropsis trisetalis’
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Effect of Mesozoic volcanic eruptions in the western Liaoning Province, China on paleoclimate and paleoenvironment
10.1007/bf02883252 · 2003 · External reference
The opisthotonic posture of vertebrate skeletons: postmortem contraction or death throes?
10.1666/06015.1 · 2007 · External reference
Phylogeny and early radiation of Mesozoic lissamphibians from East Asia
2006 · External reference
Advances in the study of fossil amphibians and squamates from China: the past fifteen years
2006 · External reference
Revision of anurans from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning, China
10.1371/journal.pone.0069723 · 2013 · External reference
Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China
10.1038/35069051 · 2001 · External reference
A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China
10.1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004 · 2009 · External reference
A nearly complete skeleton of Ikechosaurus pijiagouensis sp. Nov. (Reptilia: Choristodera) from the Jiufotang Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Liaoning, China
2004 · External reference
A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae
2005 · External reference
A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China
10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3 · 2010 · External reference
A second specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Ento and Shikama, 1942 (Testudines: Eucryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China
10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.4 · 2010 · External reference
The Early Cretaceous lizard Dalinghosaurus from China
2005 · External reference
The Early Cretaceous lizard genus Yabeinosaurus from China: resolving an enigma
10.1017/s1477201905001641 · 2005 · External reference
Discovery of a rare arboreal forest-dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China
10.1073/pnas.0707728105 · 2008 · External reference
New toothed flying reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil
10.1007/s00114-012-0889-1 · 2012 · External reference
2009. An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures
10.1038/nature07856 · 2009 · External reference
First large tyrannosauroid theropod from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in northeastern China
2009 · External reference
A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China
10.1038/nature10906 · 2012 · External reference
Four-winged dinosaurs from China
10.1038/nature01342 · 2003 · External reference
Phylogenetic support for a specialized clade of Cretaceous enantiornithine birds with information from a new species
10.1080/02724634.2009.10010371 · 2009 · External reference
A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species
2014 · External reference
New information on the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces)
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A new eutriconodont mammal and evolutionary development in early mammals
10.1038/nature05627 · 2007 · External reference
Transitional mammalian middle ear from a new Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont
10.1038/nature09921 · 2011 · External reference
Evolution of insect diversity in the Jehol Biota
10.1007/s11430-010-4098-5 · 2010 · External reference
A preliminary study of the Jehol flora from western Liaoning
1999 · External reference
Archaefructaceae, a new basal angiosperm family
10.1126/science.1069439 · 2002 · External reference
Archaefructus—angiosperm precursor or specialized early angiosperm?
10.1016/s1360-1385(03)00161-4 · 2003 · External reference
Sinocarpus decussatus gen. et sp. nov., a new angiosperm with basally syncarpous fruits from the Yixian Formation of Northeast China
10.1007/s00606-003-0028-8 · 2003 · External reference
Angiosperm leaves associated with Sinocarpus infructescences from the Yixian Formation (mid-Early Cretaceous) of NE China
10.1007/s00606-006-0461-6 · 2006 · External reference
Baikalophyllum lobatum and Rehezamites anisolobus: two seed plants with ‘cycadophyte’ foliage from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Asia reviewed
10.1086/663276 · 2012 · External reference
A new Early Cretaceous relative of Gnetales: Siphonospermum simplex gen. et sp. nov. from the Yixian Formation of Northeast China
2010 · External reference
Chengia laxispicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, Northeast China: evolutionary, taxonomic, and biogeographic implications
10.1186/1471-2148-13-72 · 2013 · External reference
The earliest fleshy cone of Ephedra from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Northeast China
10.1371/journal.pone.0053652 · 2013 · External reference
A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid from China with long feathers on the metatarsus
10.1038/nature08322 · 2009 · External reference
An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China and the origin of Avialae
10.1038/nature10288 · 2011 · External reference
Hind wings in basal birds and the evolution of leg feathers
10.1126/science.1228753 · 2013 · External reference
Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers
10.1038/nature08965 · 2010 · External reference
A new feather type in a non-avian theropod and the early evolution of feathers
10.1073/pnas.0810055106 · 2009 · External reference
The bird-like raptor Sinornithosaurus was venomous
10.1073/pnas.0912360107 · 2009 · External reference
An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China
10.1038/nature00966 · 2002 · External reference
A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers
10.1126/science.290.5498.1955 · 2000 · External reference
Insight into diversity, body size, and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird
10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00880.x · 2008 · External reference
A subadult specimen of Pengornis and character evolution in Enantiornithes
2014 · External reference
Discovery of a new ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation
10.1073/pnas.0507106102 · 2005 · External reference
Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds
10.1073/pnas.1316979110 · 2013 · External reference
Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines
10.1038/ncomms2104 · 2012 · External reference
Evolutionary development of the middle ear in Mesozoic therian mammals
10.1126/science.1178501 · 2009 · External reference
Pterosaur egg with a leathery shell
10.1038/432572a · 2004 · External reference
Sexually dimorphic tridimensionally preserved pterosaurs and their eggs from China
10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.054 · 2014 · External reference
Pterosaur diversity in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China
10.1038/nature03982 · 2005 · External reference
Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation
10.1002/gj.1046 · 2006 · External reference
A new ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous, western Liaoning, China
10.1590/s0001-37652011000400011 · 2011 · External reference
A new species of Sinemys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China
10.1007/s12549-012-0110-8 · 2013 · External reference
Flower-associated Brachycera flies as fossil evidence for Jurassic angiosperm origins
10.1126/science.280.5360.85 · 1998 · External reference
The diversity and host associations of Mesozoic giant fleas
2014 · External reference
A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China
10.1038/nature09811 · 2011 · External reference
Onset of the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse in the Barremian-Aptian: igneous events and the biological, sedimentary, and geochemical responses
10.1029/1999pa900040 · 1999 · External reference
Impact origin for the greater Ontong Java Plateau?
10.1016/s0012-821x(03)00629-0 · 2004 · External reference
Mid-Cretaceous seafloor spreading pulse: fact or fiction?
10.1130/g25624a.1 · 2009 · External reference
Early-mid Cretaceous tectonic evolution of eastern Gondwana: from silicic LIP magmatism to continental rupture
10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/013 · 2012 · External reference
Astrochronology for the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in northeastern China
10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.017 · 2013 · External reference
A choristoderan reptile from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan
1999 · External reference
New data on the Jurassic freshwater fish fauna of northern Eurasia
2001 · External reference
A ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sibiricus from the Early Cretaceous of West Siberia, Russia and its phylogenetic relationships
10.1017/s1477201906001933 · 2006 · External reference
Early Cretaceous birds and pterosaurs from the Sinuijui Series, and geographic extension of the Jehol Biota into the Korean Peninsula
2009 · External reference
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10.1029/92jb00648 · 1992 · External reference
Sauropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Eastern Asia: taxonomic and biogeographical implications
10.1111/1475-4983.00282 · 2002 · External reference
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10.1038/21790 · 1999 · External reference
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1998 · External reference
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10.1130/0-8137-2332-9.1 · 1999 · External reference
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10.1098/rspb.2001.1921 · 2002 · External reference
A refugium for relicts?
10.1038/35010199 · 2000 · External reference
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10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.023 · 2009 · External reference
Paleo-CO2 variation trends and the Cretaceous greenhouse climate
10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.11.001 · 2013 · External reference
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10.1016/s0012-821x(04)00031-7 · 2004 · External reference
Fluctuation of organic carbon isotopes of the Lower Cretaceous in coastal southeastern China: terrestrial response to the Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAE1b)
10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.01.027 · 2014 · External reference
Atmospheric CO2 concentrations during ancient greenhouse climates were similar to those predicted for A.D. 2100
10.1073/pnas.0902323106 · 2010 · External reference
Evaluation of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during the Cretaceous
10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.014 · 2012 · External reference
Drastic shrinking of the Hadley circulation during the mid-Cretaceous supergreenhouse
10.5194/cp-8-1323-2012 · 2012 · External reference
The Upper Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) positive carbon-isotope event recorded in terrestrial plants
10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.001 · 2005 · External reference
Phanerozoic concentrations of atmospheric oxygen reconstructed from sedimentary charcoal
10.1038/ngeo923 · 2010 · External reference
Cretaceous wildfires and their impact on the Earth system
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