#jehol

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Directs Japan’s Drive,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 23, 1933. Page 1. ---- LIEUT. GEN. KUNIAKI KOISO Who is said to be the directing genius of the Japanese drive into Jehol province. He is reported to have expressed the opinion that it would take two or three years to suppress banditry and bring real peace into the province.

#jehol #battle of rehe #operation nekka #kwantung army #imperial japanese army #military campaign #manchukuo #manchurian incident #japanese imperialism #counterinsurgency #ideologies of empire

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Concept: a reality show about the dino-birds of the Jiufotang formation

"Who will still have descendants in 110,000,000 years?"

or something idk

#jiufotang #jehol biota #birds #dinosaurs #palaeoblr

[tyrannus55]

Vintage Sale..! The Old New Chinese Revolution originals are up for auction!

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#Auction #Beipiaosaurus #Caudipteryx #Confuciusornis #Dinosaur Renaissance #Dinosaurs: The Most Complete #EXTREME DINOSAURS II. THE PROJECTS #Extreme Dinosaurs! #Jehol Fauna #Jeholornis #Jixiangornis #Original Artwork #Paleoart #Psittacosaurus #Sinornithosaurus #The New Chinese Revolution

[new-dinosaurs]

Imparavis attenboroughi Wang et al., 2024 (new genus and species)

(Type specimen of Imparavis attenboroughi [scale bar = 20 mm], from Wang et al., 2024)

Meaning of name: Imparavis = odd bird [in Latin]; attenboroughi = for Sir David Attenborough [British documentary presenter and conservationist]

Age: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), between 119–123 million years ago

Where found: Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China

How much is known: Nearly complete skeleton of one individual preserved with feather traces.

Notes: Imparavis was an enantiornithean, a group of bird-like, flying dinosaurs from the Cretaceous. Although they would have looked a lot like modern birds, most enantiornitheans had teeth. Imparavis was an exception in that regard, being one of the few known toothless enantiornitheans. Prior to its discovery, the only other enantiornitheans confirmed to have been toothless were the Late Cretaceous Gobipteryx and Gobipipus from Mongolia and Yuornis from China, making Imparavis one of the oldest known enantiornitheans to lack teeth. (The describers of Imparavis additionally reinterpret another enantiornithean from the Jiufotang Formation, Chiappeavis, as toothless as well.)

Imparavis may have spent time both in trees and on the ground, based on details of its hindlimb anatomy. Its wing bones exhibit pronounced muscle attachment points, suggesting that it might have been capable of rapid, powerful take-offs.

Reference: Wang, X., A.D. Clark, J.K. O'Connor, X. Zhang, X. Wang, X. Zheng, and Z. Zhou. 2024. First edentulous enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol avifauna. Cretaceous Research advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105867

#Palaeoblr #Dinosaurs #Imparavis #Early Cretaceous #Asia #Enantiornithes #2024 #Extinct

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Hey I need some help, can you give me a list of carnivore dinosaurs that lived in forests??

Sorry, I'm not a list maker for hire ;)

The problem with your question is that forests usually don't preserve fossils. Most dinosaurs have been found in floodplain sediments, lakes, swamps, dunes or even marine sediments. So if they lived in forests they are usually found adjacent to them, not in them. That means we often times can't be sure if they really lived where they were buried.

In some cases, like the Jehol Biota, we know that the animals also lived there because here the animals are preserved in lakes and they were preserved very quickly in volcanic ash + the preserved plant fossils speak for a rich forest environment around the lakes.

What you have to do is look into the geology and paleobotany of the animals you have in mind. The formation articles on Wikipedia usually have a paleoecology/paleoenvironment section.

[greenfrog04]

A new pterosaur specimen from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China: The oldest fossil record of Nurhachius

Published 28th June 2023

A new fossil specimen of the Istiodactylidae Nurhachius from the Liaoning Province.

Image of the Liaoning Province, from Wikitravel.

Nurhachius ignaciobritoi described 6th October 2005.

Nurhachius luei holotype (BPMC-0204), described 19th September 2019.

Nurhachius is an almost mature pterosaur with an estimated wingspan of 1.6 m and is geologically the oldest known occurrence of Nurhachius. The istiodactylidae is a new component of the pterosaur assemblage of the Jingangshan Member, and provides new information on the pelvis and hindlimb of istiodactylids and the palaeobiology of this clade. A great discovery that provides more information for the pterosaurs in China.

Skeletal reconstruction of Nurhachius, from:

note that this reconstruction may not be reliable or accurate and may be a speculative/innovative creative vision of Nurhachius' appearance (note added in response to feedback, thank you! I'll make sure to include disclaimers/warnings in the future for less trustworthy sources)

Paleo art of Nurhachius, on Wikipedia.

Source:

read the paper for more information.

#dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleontology #paleozoic #fossil #prehistoric #extinct #pterosaur

[thagomizersshow]

I have this idea for a historical adventure novel about a Chinese fossil hunter in the 1880s digging up a feathered dinosaur fossil from the Jehol group and having a bunch of Western scientists fighting to either destroy or steal it, but I feel like it's not really my story to tell as I'm not Chinese and it would probably be told best by someone who is Chinese.

#id want it to feel authentic #you know?

[dexo27]

12 Days of Ingen - Day 12 Of 12 - 🎵Twelve Yuletide Utahs 🎵

🎵On the Twelveth Day of Christmas, Ingen gave to we, Twelve Yuletide Utahs, Eleven Jolly Jehol's, Ten Sino's Skipping, Nine Pachyrhinos Sleighing, Eight Dunkles Dunking, Seven Yuty's Yodeling, Six Brachi's Cuddling, Five Gilded Wings! Four Singing Stegos, Three Gigant Hens, Two Turtle Twins and a Concavenator Sanctuary! 🎵

Final day, and with that quite possibly my new favourite dinosaur in the game, the mighty Utahraptor! These fierce raptors will surely be a worthy send off to the park, with a giant redwood forest to roam and call home. There are multiple viewing galleries to see these killer birds, but the tour truck that travels though here is truly a ride to remember. As long as you keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times, unless you want to end up as giant turkey chow!

There's so many raptors today!

Ulyssa is the Alpha raptor, with her cyan snout and dark blue feathering (Yukon River-Pulchrana) Ray is our Green raptor with a grey snout and brown feathering (Salar Del Huasco-Rana) Krampus is black and white, with an orange snout and red feather tips (Svalbard-Papurana) Dragan is our very festive red raptor with black stripes and green feather tips (Champlain Valley-Lithobates) Réaltra, the Irish for Galaxy, is our puplre raptor with yellow stripes and feather tips (Gambia River Basin-Chalcorana) Ollbhéar, Irish for a large bear (Great Sandy Desert-Chalcorana) Tweety Bird, with bright yellow feathering and a grey snout (Mangrove Forest-Rana) Sneachta, the Irish for snow, with white and greyish blue feathering (Qilian Mountains-Pulchrana) Ollnóva, irish for supernova, purple feathering, blue snout with orange and blue feather tips (Amazon Rainforest-Pelophylax) Cleasach, Irish for cunning, with a tan body, blue and green feather tips and blueish snout (Sonoran Desert-Pelophylax) Quilliam, dark purple feathers with green and blue feather tips, and grey snout (Limpopo River-Lithobates) And last, but not least, Pilibín, the Irish for Lapwing, our national birdOnce again, thank yall for the support :)

Thank Yous

Seriously, thank all of you for your support of the series, it was alot trying to make sure I get it done everyday before midnight, trying to whittle down all my screenshots to just one thing, and coming up with all the rhymes and names and builds, but it was fun, maybe some time I'll make a video touring the park in full so you can see how it all came together!

But for now, Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!

#dinosaurs #jwe2 #jurassic park #jurassic world evolution #christmas #12daysofingen #animals #Utahraptor #Series finished! #merry christmas #12 days of christmas

[covenawhite66]

Paleontologists analyzed five fossils of an early Cretaceous bird, Sapeornis chaoyangensis, in order to study how the environment they were buried in changed the preservation of their soft tissue.

The site of Jehol Biota in China is famous for stunning fossils which preserve soft tissue—skin, organs, feathers, and fur.

The most likely explanation for how well the fossil is preserved is that the bird was swept away by a rainstorm and rapidly buried at the bottom of a lake, where a restricted burial environment ensured it wasn't disturbed. It is unlikely that it was from volcanic activity Since fossils in pyroclastic flows don't preserve soft tisdue

Discovery of five specimens of early bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis

The Jehol Biota, one of the most important Mesozoic fossil Lagerstätten, comprises extraordinary taxonomic diversity of micro- and megaplants, invertebrates, and vertebrates; moreover, it provides the most informative source for understanding Mesozoic ecology.

Fossil soft tissues contain important and irreplaceable information on life evolution, and on the comprehensive understanding of the nature of Mesozoic ecosystems. Compared to other fossil soft tissues, Jehol Biota feathers are more commonly reported. However, taphonomic analysis of these feathers is lacking. Here,

#paleontology #fossil #mesozoic #birds #feathers #science #biology #article #scientific research #discovery #scientific paper #scientific discovery

[sillykittyco]

Self indulgent stimboard about some of my interests! I’ve really been getting into Roblox lately, so here's a stimboard with gifs I made myself! The games are [Early Access] Wings Of Fire,  🤖GALTEKRON! Creatures of Sonaria, and  Feather Family [Jehol ornis]. Maybe I’ll see some of you in one of these :)

Request:

#[IRL] #Creatures of Sonaria #Creatures of Sonaria stim #Creatures of Sonaria stimboard #CoS #CoS stim #CoS stimboard #Wings of Fire #Wings of Fire Stim #Wings of Fire Stimboard #WoF #WoF stim #WoF stimboard #Feather Family #Feather Family stim #Feather Family stimboard #‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 'Done done done!' - Finished Request #‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 'Thats for me~!' - Self Indulgent #‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ Stimboards

[amaruuk]

Haven’t touched this project in a hot minute, but Prehistoric Planet gave me the best excuse to return to my low poly Jehol friends on stream!

Twitter | Neocities | Twitch | Ko-fi | Commissions

#3dart #paleoart #lowpoly #sinosauropteryx #beipiaosaurus #blender

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“As Japs Advance on Jehol Capital,” Moncton Daily Times. March 17, 1933. Page 1. ---- Somewhat reminiscent of an old picture of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow is this picture from the scene of Japan's operations in the Jehol Province But the Japs are not retreating. On the contrary, when this picture was made, the invaders were pushing on towards Jehol City, capital of the province, which fell into their hands after a half-hearted resistance. Sub-zero temperatures slowed advance.

#jehol #battle of rehe #operation nekka #imperial japanese army #invasion of manchuria #sino-japanese war #sino japanese war #empire of japan #republic of china

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

critters of the Yixian

critters of the Jiufotang

#jehol biota #dinosaurs #birds #prehistoric life #palaeoblr #pterosaurs #yixian formation #jiufotang formation

[hummussexual]

Excerpt:

Vinther walks me over to his prized possession, and talks me though its backstory.

It's the Early Cretaceous in the Jehol Biota – an ancient ecosystem in northeastern China. Let's say it's a beautiful sunny day in this temperate land, and the little psittacosaurus decides to leave her densely forested home to go for a drink in one of the area's many lakes. She's around three feet (91cm) long from head to tail – reminiscent of an unusually stocky Labrador – and nearly a full adult, but she's still inexperienced.

The psittacosaurus potters over to the water's edge on two feet – she stopped walking on all fours as she got older – but then tragedy strikes. Just as she's leaning down for a sip with her parrot-like beak, she slips, falls in and drowns. As she plunges to the bottom of the lake, she ends up inelegantly splayed on her back  – accidentally preserving her genitals for future apes to wonder over. 

#dinosaurs #mating habits #zaria gorvett #fun read

[new-dinosaurs]

Daurlong wangi Wang et al., 2022 (new genus and species)

(Type specimen of Daurlong wangi [b: close-up of skull; c: close-up of eye socket; d: close-up of preserved feathers; e: frog skeleton preserved nearby; scale bars = 20 mm for b and 10 mm for c], from Wang et al., 2022)

Meaning of name: Daurlong = Daur dragon [in Chinese]; wangi = for Wang Junyou [director of the Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History]

Age: Early Cretaceous (Aptian), about 121 million years ago

Where found: Longjiang Formation, Inner Mongolia, China

How much is known: Nearly complete skeleton of one individual with preserved feathers.

Notes: Daurlong was a dromaeosaurid theropod, making it a fairly close relative to Velociraptor and Deinonychus. It was especially similar to Tianyuraptor and Zhenyuanlong of the Jehol Biota (also from the Early Cretaceous of China). Like Tianyuraptor and Zhenyuanlong, it had relatively short forelimbs for its size, and was larger than most other Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurids that have been found in China, being about 1.5 m long in total length.

The type specimen of Daurlong not only preserves an exceptionally complete skeleton with feather remains, but also a dark mass in its abdominal cavity. In terms of shape and anatomical position, this mass resembles the preserved intestines of Scipionyx, a theropod known from a well-preserved juvenile specimen from the Early Cretaceous of Italy, and may therefore also represent preserved intestinal remnants in Daurlong.

Reference: Wang, X., A. Cau, B. Guo, F. Ma, G. Qing, and Y. Liu. 2022. Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods. Scientific Reports 12: 19965. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24602-x

#Palaeoblr #Dinosaurs #Daurlong #Early Cretaceous #Asia #Dromaeosauridae #2022 #Extinct

[theradioghost]

i wanna see the microraptor aviary :D

Oh boy!!! So I'm not actually that good at the modular building systems in park builder games (despite my hundreds of hours in Planet Zoo I've mostly stuck to the prefab buildings and decorations) so the main structure of it is pretty basic using the existing building pieces, but I tried to add some stuff inspired mostly by the small mammal and bird house at my local zoo, the Smithsonian. The little feeding trough type thing in the front is made out of bits of drainage pipe props, and I added air conditioning and kept it mostly shaded because I chose to build a tropical zoo and the Jehol biota was cooler and drier than modern day Costa Rica! (This has no gameplay effect atm, I just liked the thought.)

Off to the side and behind there's a little airlock door for imaginary staff access, along with one of the utility shed prefabs the game has because I really like em, plus some trees and plants as a screen.

And then what I'm happiest with is the off-exhibit area in the back, with perches and some little nest boxes I built.

They won't actually go back there, but they're so danged cute they're worth it anyways.

#my posts #asks #taniushka12 #i am absolutely going to learn to use all the ridiculous rotation tools for this game