恐龙究竟是如何灭绝的?

大约在距今2.3亿年前的三叠纪，恐龙首次出现在地球上。三叠纪末的大绝灭使恐龙逐渐成为生物界的主导。但这个主宰地球1.6亿年之久的庞大动物类群却在距今约6500万年前的白垩纪-第三纪交界时期突然覆灭了。为什么正处于极度繁盛状态的恐龙会在很短的时间里灭绝?好奇心促使中外学者做了大量的研究。     

A new species of Gobiconodon （Triconodonta, Mammalia） and its implication for the age of Jehol Biota

A new species of Gobiconodon is found from the Yixian Formation of western Liaonlng, China. The new taxa,G zofiae sp. nov., has a confluent opening for branches Ⅱand Ⅲ of the trigeminal nerve on the anterior lamina of the petrosal. G zofiae sp. nov. is similar to Repenomamus in having an ossified Meckel‘s cartilage connecting the lower jaws and ear region. The new species, with enlarged I^1/I1, posteriorly located infraorbital foramen and four mental foramina,distinctly differs from the other species of Gobiconodon. The new material indicates that Gobiconodon has four, not five,upper molariforms. The presence of Gobiconodon in Jchol Biota makes it possible to correlate Jehol Biota with faunas in eastern Asia and North America, and suggests the age of the Yixian Formation to be Early Cretaceous.     

Magnetostratigraphic study of Cretaceous depositional succession in the northern Kuqa Depression, Northwest China

Stratigraphic studies on the depositional succession in the Kuqa Depression can be traced back to as early as 1950s[1], however, there are still some disputes about chronostratigraphic division of the Bashenjiqike For- mation because of the paucity of fos…     

西藏阿里地区夏康坚雪山构造地貌特征及其形成机制

简述了冈底斯构造带夏康坚地垒断块山的组成及基本构造特征.根据该地垒两侧冰碛阶地的发育特征及ESR测年结果,可推断该地垒的主要形成期是中更新世.夏康坚地垒断块山的成因是在白垩纪早期的古隆起基础上,东西向断层的右行剪切走滑和隆升活动的联合作用下而形成.     

白垩纪若干重大地质事件的耗散结构分析

应用耗散结构理论对白垩纪若干重大地质事件进行了分析,认为海底火山作用的发生和演化是一个动力学过程,海底火山的非平衡定态失稳是在非平衡态下宏观体系的自组织现象具体表现;大洋缺氧事件发生是同位素的共生组合、赋存状态和分散状态在特定条件下开放地球化学系统所处的非平衡定态的质和量的局域扰动触发定态失稳的结果;超静磁带事件意味着地球核幔相互作用和外核流体运动可能处于能量最低的状态,地球磁场系统通过不断地与外界交换物质和能量,维持一种空间或时间的有序结构.这种结构为系统发生能量耗散所致.     

在白垩纪挥手告别……

小学生野比大雄是一个浑身都是缺点的孩子,不但脑子慢,运动方面也不行,在学校里经常被老师训斥,放学后则被同伴胖虎和小夫欺负,回到家里还要被妈妈责骂。同班同学静香美丽而乖巧,她与大雄一起长大,是大雄发誓长大     

关于恐人的构想

在人类赖以生存的地球上,如果白垩纪末期没有生物戏剧性的大灭绝,如果恐龙还能继续繁荣,这世界还不知道会是怎样的情景。有专家认为,如果恐龙没有灭绝,那么今天的地球统治者恐怕就不会是人类,而是恐龙的后代——＂恐人＂……     

乌龟的生存能力胜过恐龙

一项新发现表明，一种坚韧的河龟——博迈斯龟，不仅挺过了疑似灭绝了恐龙的陨星撞地球事件，而且看来丝毫未受这场大灾难的影响。这项发现显示，6500万年前的白垩纪-第三纪大灭绝并非随机事件，一些动物种群遭受重创，     

黄口凹隐的白垩系

依据黄口凹陷３口钻井所提供的古生物资料，结合地层的岩性及电性特征，将凹陷的白垩系自上而下，划分为青山组，分水岭组。并根据其与邻区的对比，认为青山组，分水岭组的时代当早白垩世。     

Cannibalism in a semi-aquatic reptile from the Early Cretaceous of China

Cannibalism or intraspecific predation is a particular form of feeding behavior that is far more common in lower vertebrates and invertebrates than in higher vertebrates such as reptiles, birds and mammals. Evidence for cannibalism in vertebrate fossils, however, is generally rare, and the best examples were recently found in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus , the Neanderthals. Here we report the presence of cannibal-ism in a semiaquatic reptile Monjurosuchus splendens from the Lower Cretaceous of China (Fig. 1), as shown by an adult individual containing seven skulls of juveniles of the same species in its abdominal cavity, indicating that it is an active cannibal that preys on young members of its own kind. This discovery also represents the earliest known and most gruesome cannibalism ever recorded among the prehistoric vertebrates.