中国燕辽翼龙动物群（2017）

翼龙是第一种演化出自主飞行能力的脊椎动物。翼龙在三叠纪出现，繁盛于侏罗纪和白垩纪，是当时的空中霸主。中国是世界上重要的翼龙化石产地，主要集中在燕辽生物群和热河生物群。燕辽翼龙动物群是中晚侏罗世燕辽生物群的重要组成部分，也是著名的早白垩世热河生物群中翼龙辐射的前奏。燕辽翼龙动物群主要分布在辽宁西部、内蒙古东南部和河北北部，其化石保存精美，数量较多。燕辽翼龙动物群目前已发现的翼龙化石有悟空翼龙科、蛙嘴翼龙科、掘颌翼龙科和喙嘴龙科等4科10属12种，以及科未定的2属2种，是世界侏罗纪翼龙化石最丰富的动物群之一，其中悟空翼龙科代表了翼龙从非翼手龙类向翼手龙类演化的关键缺失环节。
本书是中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所翼龙研究团队关于中国侏罗纪翼龙化石的初步研究成果的总结。主要包括燕辽翼龙动物群的发现和研究历史、主要化石产地、地层学和同位素年代学、翼龙动物群的组成和生物学特征，以及翼龙研究简史等内容。

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve the ability of powered flight. They first appeared during the Triassic Period, thrived in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, and reigned as the dominant aerial creatures of their time. China is one of the world's most important localities for pterosaur fossils, mainly concentrated in the Yanliao Biota and the Jehol Biota. The Yanliao Pterosaur Fauna is an important component of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota, and also serves as a key prelude to the pterosaur radiation in the well-known Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. The Yanliao Pterosaur Fauna is mainly distributed in western Liaoning, southeastern Inner Mongolia and northern Hebei, where its fossils are exquisitely preserved and relatively abundant. To date, the discovered pterosaur fossils of the Yanliao Pterosaur Fauna include 4 families, 10 genera and 12 species (Wukongopteridae, Anurognathidae, Dorygnathidae, Rhamphorhynchidae), as well as 2 genera and 2 species with undetermined family assignment. This fauna is one of the most abundant Jurassic pterosaur fossil assemblages in the world, and the Wukongopteridae represents a critical missing link in the evolution of pterosaurs from non-pterodactyloids to pterodactyloids. This book is a summary of the preliminary research results on Chinese Jurassic pterosaur fossils, conducted by the pterosaur research team at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. It mainly covers the discovery and research history of the Yanliao Pterosaur Fauna, major fossil localities, stratigraphy and isotope chronology, the composition and biological characteristics of the pterosaur fauna, as well as a brief history of pterosaur research.

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该数据集总结了中国燕辽翼龙动物群的研究成果，涵盖了中晚侏罗世翼龙化石的发现历史、产地分布、地层学信息和物种组成，包括4科10属12种翼龙，其中悟空翼龙科是演化关键环节。数据集以电子文本形式提供，存储量为8.35MB，发布于2017年，属于地球科学领域，旨在支持古生物学研究。