[Geology2] Paleo news (from China)

New Eosauropterygian found in Eastern Yunnan, China
PhysOrg.com [USA], June 1, 2011

The marine Triassic deposits in southwestern China have yielded numerous
vertebrate fossils (ichthyosaurians, sauropterygians, thalattosaurians,
and fishes). A new eosauropterygian, Diandongosaurus acutidentatus gen.
et sp. nov., a complete skeleton with the skull articulated, was found
from the Upper Member of Guanling Formation (middle Anisian, Middle
Triassic) of Luoping County, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, as
reported in the journal of Vertebrata PalAsiatic 2011(2) by Drs. SHANG
Qing-Hua, LI Chun, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and
Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and WU Xiao-Chun,
Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-eosauropterygian-eastern-yunnan-china.html

New leuciscin fish found in northern China PhysOrg.com [USA], June 2,
2011

SU De-Zao, a retired paleoichthyologist of Institute of Vertebrate
Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a
new paleogene leuciscin fish, Tianshanicus liui sp. nov., in the
Anjihaihe Formation in the Manas County in northern Xinjiang, as
reported in the latest issue of Vertebrata PalAsiatic 2011(2), providing
new materials for studying the origin, evolution, and interrelationships
within the Cyprinidae. According to the nature of the fish-fauna and
mammal fossils, the age of the fish-bearing beds is considered to be
late Eocene, roughly 42 million years ago.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-leuciscin-fish-northern-china.html

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