Université de Fribourg

The first soft-shelled turtle from the Jehol Biota of China

Lia, Lu ; Joyce, Walter G. ; Liu, Jun

In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2015, vol. 35, no. 2, p. e909450

A new turtle from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China, Perochelys lamadongensis, gen. et sp. nov., represents the first species of soft-shelled turtle from the Jehol Biota. The new taxon is diagnosed by the combination of the following characters: nuchal bone about five times wider than long; preneural absent; reversal of the orientation in the neural...

Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne

New basal synapsid supports Laurasian origin for therapsids

Liu, Jun ; Rubidge, Bruce S. ; Li, Jinling

In: Acta palaeontologica polonica, 2009, vol. 54, no. 3, p. 393-400