Critical Intervals in Earth History – Palaeobiological Innovations Abstract Volume of the 2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China and the Paläontologische Gesellschaft

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Language: English

This book collects the abstracts of the 2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China and the Paläontologische Gesellschaft. This conference saw the presentation of high-level international papers on criticals period of earth history and recent advances in the field of palaeontology. The main areas covered include: early life evolution, Cambrian fossils, Late Paleozoic biodiversity and environment, evolution of the Permian-Triassic ecosystem, research progress on the Rehe and Yanliao biota, changes in biodiversity and environment during the Triassic-Jurassic transition period, the terrestrial ecosystem of the Jurassic-Cretaceous period, Cenozoic biodiversity and environmental changes, and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau strata. It furthermore contains abstracts on topics of general concern such as integrated stratigraphy, palaeontological fossil databases, quantitative stratigraphy and quantitative paleogeography, cyclical strata and high-resolution strata, micropalaeontology and its applications, palaeoecology and palaeoclimate research, palaeovertebrates and origin and evolution of ancient humans, molecular biology, geobiology, palaeontological museums and popular science education, palaeontological fossils and their protection, new techniques and new methods in palaeontology research.

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