Chun Li

Summary

Affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Country: China

Publications

  1. ncbi An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China
    Chun Li
    Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesPO Box 643, Beijing 100044, China
    Nature 456:497-501. 2008
  2. ncbi A Triassic aquatic protorosaur with an extremely long neck
    Chun Li
    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology IVPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 643, Beijing 100044, China
    Science 305:1931. 2004
  3. ncbi An unusual archosaurian from the marine Triassic of China
    Chun Li
    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 643, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China
    Naturwissenschaften 93:200-6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China
    Chun Li
    Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesPO Box 643, Beijing 100044, China
    Nature 456:497-501. 2008
    ..Phylogenetic analysis places the new species basal to all known turtles, fossil and extant. The marine deposits that yielded the fossils indicate that this primitive turtle inhabited marginal areas of the sea or river deltas...
  2. ncbi A Triassic aquatic protorosaur with an extremely long neck
    Chun Li
    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology IVPP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 643, Beijing 100044, China
    Science 305:1931. 2004
    ..This taxon represents unambiguous evidence for a fully aquatic protorosaur. Its extremely elongated neck is explained as an adaptation for aquatic life, perhaps for an increase in feeding efficiency...
  3. ncbi An unusual archosaurian from the marine Triassic of China
    Chun Li
    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 643, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China
    Naturwissenschaften 93:200-6. 2006
    ..Its mosaic anatomy represents a previously unknown ecomorph within primitive archosaurians...