A natural rutle sample was measured by in situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattes, as well as Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). Crystal
Four new species,Epsteinius luoi sp.nov.,Aphendala notoseusa sp.nov.,Aphendala mina sp.nov.and Striogyia acuta sp.nov.,are described and illustrated from China.
Two new spider families from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar),?Pilosarachnidae Jiang & Li,fam.nov.and +Gigarachnidae Jiang & Li,fam.nov.,are described:Pil
Solitudes dushengi gen.& sp.nov.is described from Xinjiang,China.This species is tentatively assignted to the Gnaphosidae Pocock,1898,and a new subfamily is des
The tectonic evolution of the southwestern Yangtze Block during the Early Neoproterozoic pe-riod is still controversial because of the limited quantities of 100