Guanling Biota - A Window to the Mysteries of Marine Life Two Hundred Million Years Ago

Author: Wang Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The Guanling Biota, hailed as one of the rarest fossil depositories in the world, represents another major discovery in paleontological research in China following the Chengjiang and Jehol biotas. It is a unique and rare biota characterized by an abundance of marine reptile and crinoid fossils, with a thriving community of vertebrates and invertebrates across multiple taxa, accompanied by a small number of ancient plant fossils. It is considered a globally unparalleled fossil repository of the Late Triassic. This book, presented in a richly illustrated and accessible manner, introduces the fossil types of marine reptiles, fish, holothurians, crinoids, cephalopods, conodonts, bivalves, brachiopods, and ancient plants from the Guanling Biota. It covers their respective morphological structures, life habits, paleoecology, as well as their roles and significance in biostratigraphic research. It depicts and explores life two hundred million years ago.