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Issue: Vol. 77 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2025
Type: Editorial
Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.77.1.3
Page range: 5-8
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Preface: Early Cretaceous insects from East Asia: Palaeodiversity, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China

Abstract

The Early Cretaceous, encompassing the Berriasian to Albian stages (approximately 143–100 Ma), was a time of critical geological and biological change. Global sea levels fluctuated, continents continued their reconfiguration following the breakup of Pangaea, and volcanic activity intensified in various regions, including East Asia...

 

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