Fabulous Chinese Lower Cretaceous Insect Fossils

ChaoYang Formation, Liaoning Province of China ，Far and away, the hottest spot on earth for Paleontology is China. Fossils abound in this huge nation, and among the famous localities are the many formations in the remote Northwestern Liaoning Province. According to the January 12, 2001 issue of the prestigious journal Science, "Paleontologists are flocking to China, which has beefed up its support of the field to take advantage of troves of superbly preserved specimens". Fossils unearthed in Liaoning Province, for example, may help end one of the most high-powered debates in paleontology--whether birds evolved from dinosaurs.Phenomenal finds in the past few years in Liaoning include Liaoxiornis delicatus the smallest bird known from the Mesozoic, and Hyphalosaurus sinohydrosaurus (Nature 401, 262, 1999) a long-necked diapsid reptile. The famous bird, Confuciusornis sanctus, was described in 1995 from three partial skeletons, but Chinese workers have discovered many new and complete specimens that show almost all aspects of the skeletal anatomy and much of the plumage. Then there is Protopteryx fengningensis (Science: Volume 290, Number 5498, Issue of 8 Dec 2000, pp. 1955-1959). Many more are cued

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[tehsma]

Amazing fossils. Must have been volcanic ash I suspect.

[fumei008008]

This is I artware which sells in here---Fish fossil

[fumei008008]

Thanks your commentary

[tehsma]

Do you travel to Liaoning? I collect fossil insects and plants from USA. I would love to travel one day to see chinese fossil localities from Yixian and Jiufotang. Do you know about this? Thank you.

[fumei008008]

yes,I know affirmation，Because Liaoning chaoyang is my hometown, here has my father and the mother。

Welcome you to here travel