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Vertebrata Palasiatica ›› 2006, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (01): 60-73.

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Advances in the study of fossil amphibians and squamates from China: a review of the past 15 years

Wang Yuan Susan E. Evans   

  • Online:2006-03-15 Published:2006-03-15

中国化石两栖类和有鳞类研究进展:过去15年回顾

王原, 苏珊•E•埃文斯   

Abstract: The past fifteen years have witnessed an acceleration in the study of Chinese fossil amphibians and squamates. Sixteen (15 new) amphibian and twenty-two (11 new) squamate species have been reported across China, including the Oldest Chinese tetrapod Sinostega pani from the Late Devoman Of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the large stereospondyl amphibian Yuanansuchus laticeps from the Middle Triassic of Hubei Province, Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous lissamphibians (e.g., the anurans Callobatrachus sanyanensis and Mesophrune beipiaoensis, the caudates Jeholotriton paradoxus and Laccotriton subsolanus) from Northeast China, Paleogene lizards (e. g., Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis and Tinosaurus yuanquensis) from North China, and numerous lizards from the Late Cretaceous of Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) Autonomous Region. Some previously described taxa have been revised, especially those of the Jehol Biota (e.g., Yabeinosaurus tenuis, long considered a small gracile lizard, but shown to be a large robust genus with all previous specimens juvenile). New important paleoherpetological localities have been discovered, such as Sihetun, Lujiatun of Beipiao City and Shuikouzi of Huludao City in Liaoning Province, Paozhanggou of Fengning County in Hebei Province, and Daohugou of Ningcheng County and Bayan Mandahu of Urad Houqi in Nei Mongol Autonomous Region. Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous amphibians and lizards from China have provided important information on the origin and early evolution of relevant groups, but phylogenetic studies on these taxa are at a preliminary stage.

摘要: 过去15年中,我国的化石两栖类和有鳞类研究取得了加速进展。共报道了16种两栖类和22种有鳞类,其中15种两栖类和11种有鳞类为新种,包括我国最古老的四足动物宁夏晚泥盆世的潘氏中国螈,湖北中三叠世的大型全椎两栖类宽头远安鲵,东北晚侏罗世/早白垩世的多种滑体两栖类(如无尾类三燕丽蟾和北票中蟾,有尾类奇异热河螈和东方塘螈),华北古近纪的蜥蜴类(如淅川短齿蜥和垣曲响蜥),以及内蒙古晚白垩世的多种蜥蜴类等。部分旧属种被修订,多与热河生物群的种类有关,如细小矢部龙过去依据幼年个体被认为是一种小型细弱的蜥蜴,新材料显示