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Informationen zum Autor DONG REN, CHUNGKUN SHIH, TAIPING GAO, YONGJIE WANG and YUNZHI YAO are all professors in the College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. Dr. Shih is also a volunteer Research Associate in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Klappentext DISCOVER THE SECRETS AND SILENT STORIES REVEALED BY EXTRAORDINARY INSECT FOSSILS FROM THE MID-MESOZOIC FAUNAS IN NORTHERN CHINA Rhythms of Insect Evolution: Evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Northern China showcases 23 different orders of insect fossils from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (165 to 125 Ma) that were collected in Northern China. The book exhibits and reports these fascinating insect fossils in brilliant detail, telling their stories with a combination of expert commentary and specially produced photographs, line drawings, and 3-D reconstructions. It covers not only their taxonomy and morphology, but also their potential implications on natural sciences, such as phylogeny, function, interaction, evolution, and ecology. It highlights fossil sites; stratigraphy; co-existing animals and plants in well-balanced eco-systems; insects in the spotlight; morphological evolution and functional development; and interactions of insects with co-existing plants, vertebrates, and other insects. The content of the book includes: A combination of academic natural science, popular science, and artistic presentation to illustrate rhythms of evolution for these fossil insects Documents of morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolutionary changes of 23 orders of insects from the Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous faunas in Northern China Interactions of insects with plants, vertebrates, and other insects based on well-preserved fossil evidence Photos of extant insects and plants, fossil and amber specimens, line drawings, and 3-D reconstruction artworks to give readers clear and enjoyable impressions of the scientific findings Insect-related stories from Western and Chinese culture in text or sidebars to give global readers broader exposures Entomologists, evolutionists, paleontologists, paleoecologists, and anyone with an interest in the natural sciences will find Rhythms of Insect Evolution an illuminating and colourful journey through the evolutionary changes of these ancient creatures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi List of Contributors xiii Acknowledgements xvii 1 Jurassic-Cretaceous Non-Marine Stratigraphy and Entomofaunas in Northern China 1 Dong Ren 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous Insect Fossil-Bearing Lithostratigraphic Division and Correlation in Northern China 1 1.2.1 Yumen-Jiuquan Basin in Gansu Province 1 1.2.2 Intermountain Volcanic Basins in Beijing-Northern Hebei-Western Liaoning-Southeastern Inner Mongolia 3 1.3 Non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous Entomofaunas in Northern China 4 1.3.1 Yanliao Entomofauna 5 1.3.2 Jehol Entomofauna in the Yanliao Area 8 1.3.3 Fuxin Entomofauna 10 1.4 Geological Ages of Non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous Strata and Entomofaunas in Northern China 10 References 12 2 Coexisting Animals and Plants in the Ecosystems 17 Chungkun Shih, Taiping Gao, and Dong Ren 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 Representative Fossils of Coexisting Animals 17 2.3 Representative Fossils of Coexisting Plants 24 References 28 3 Insects - In the Spotlight 31 Taiping Gao, Chungkun Shih, and Dong Ren 3.1 Introduction to Insects 31 3.2 How to Identify an Insect 31 3.3 Origin and Evolution of Insects 35 References 38 4 A History of Paleoentomology in China 41 Dong Ren, Chungkun Shih, and Taiping Gao ...
