A NEW PALEOCENE BIRD FROM ANHUI, CHINA

redspecimenrepersentsanewgenusandspecies.Wanshuinaliigen.etsp.nov.SpecimenShaftofarighthumerus,andthedistalendofaIefttibiotarsusanda1efttarsometatarsus,Vlo529.DistributionQianshan,AnhuiProvince;Paleocene,DoumuFormation.DiagnosisSizesma1l-medium,humeruss1enderandlong,mediancrestventraleelongated,tibiotarsuscompressedanteroposteriorly,externalcondy1eroundinlateraIview,grooveforperoneusprofundusdeepandlong;internalcondylelongerthanex-ternalcondyle,adepressionwelldeve1opedin1owerborder0finter…     

NEW EARLY JURASSIC ACTINOPTERYGIANS FROM WEIXIN,YUNNAN

PalaeoniscidaeVogt,l852Weixiniscusgen.nov.TypespeeiesWcixiniscusmicrolepis.Genericdiagnovi8Small'palaeoniscidofelongate-fusiformbody.Dorsalfinlong-based,opposingt0thespacebetweenpelvicandanalfins.Pelvicfinwithrela-tivelylongbase,nearertoanalfinthant0pectorals.Caudalfinheterocerca1,deepcleft,upper1obelongerthanlowerlobe-Fin-rays0fallfinscompletelyandsparselysegmented,brancheddistally.Fin-'fulcrapresentontheuppercaudallobe.Postorbitalpartofmaxilliaratherexpanded,ofpalaeoniscoidshape.Suspetis…     

ON A NEW PTEROSAUR (ZHEJIANGOPTERUS LINHAIENSIS GEN. ET SP. NOV.) FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS IN LINHAI, ZHEJIANG, CHINA

Largepterosaurwithamaximumwingspanofmorethan5metres.Theskullislowerandlonger,withoutmiddlecrestorsupraoccipita1crest.ThenasaIandpre-orbita1fenestraareconfluentcompletely,andoccupyaboutha1foftheskulI1ength.Thetoothlessbeakisslenderandpointed.The1ongneckiscomposedbyse-venslendercervicalvertebrae.Thenotariumconsistsofsixco-ossifiedanteriordorsalvertebrae-ThetaiIisextremlyshort.lthassixpairsof"A"shapegastralia.Theanteriorlimbsarestrong;thehumerusarethickandshort;thewing-metacarpalbonearelongert…     

DISCOVERY OF TWO MID-TERTIARY MAMMALIAN FAUNAS FROM HAIYUAN, NINGXIA, CHINA

Inl988-199otheRegionalGeologicalSurveyTeamoftheGeologicalBureauofNingxia(RGSN)foundsomefossilmammalsinthelowerpartoftheHo11g1iugouFormationandtheupperpartoftheOligocene.Inl992ajointteamoflnstituteofVertebratePaleontologyandPaleoanthropo1ogy,AcademiaSinica(IVPP),andtheRGSNwenttoHaiyuailCountyandcollectedmorefossilmamma1sfromtheYuanjia-wowoareausi11gascreen-washingmethodThemammalfaunafromthelowerpartoftheHongliugouFormationiscomposedofAprotodonsp.,Indricotheriidaeindet.,Rhinoceroti…     

EFFECTS OF VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE ON ACTIVITIES OF SUCCINIC DEHYDROGENASE AND ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IN RAT HEPATOMA CELLS

Using cytochemical method,microspectrophotometry and image analysis,effects of va-soactive intestinal peptide(VIP)on activities of succinic dehydrogenase(SDH)and alkalinephosphatase(ALP)in rat hepatoma cells were studied in vitro.The results showed that thehepatoma cell expressed potent positive reactions of SDH and ALP,the positive positionswere located at the cell membranes and/or cytoplasm.Having been treated with VIP,ALPdecreased obviously in activity(P<0. 01,compared with hepatoma cells untreated by VIP).The sites of ALP activty were chiefly located at the cell membranes,particularly at the cell-cell contacts.Cultured rat hepatoma cells had intensive SDH activity in their cytoplasm.Compared with untreated eclls,there was no marked difference in the intensity of SDH activ-ity in VIP-treated hepatoma cells(P>0.05).     

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BIOECOLOGY DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM

In this paper, the author studies the quartic bioecology differential system:Here n and q are positive constants, l、m and p are constants. The author also proves some theorems of existence and uniqueness of limit cycles of this differential system.     

DISCOVERY OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS AND PALEOLITHIC ARTIFACTS IN DANJIANG SUBMERGING AREA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

IntheareatobefloodedinthesecondengineeringstagefortheDanjiangreservoir,wediscovered16vertebratefossillocalitiesand52Paleolithicsitesin1994,andcollected603artifactsandmanyfossils.Ofthel6new1yfoundvertebratefossillocalities,threearereptilesitesrepresentedbydinosaureggsandlimbbones,andl3producemamma1s,including4Pale0gene,2Ne0geneand7Quaternarysites'ThemammalianlocalitiesareofPale0cene,Eocene,EarlyMiocene,andPli0ceneorEarlyPleistocene,MiddleandIntePleistocene,respectively.Theyfillinsomestrat…     

THE STABILITY OF INTERVAL MATRICES

I．IntrodutionInthepaper厂1］al。d［2】．themeasureofmatrixAandsystemofma－trlcesA（t）（t＞t。）wasInvestlgat叨respective！y．Inthispaper,weIntroducethecone叩tofthemeasureforIntervalmatrlcesalldstudythestabilityofIntervalmatrlcesbyuslllgthisconcept．I。etthesystemofmatrixA（l）一（a;,（t》beaplecewlsecolltllltjotlsfunctionmatrix．Inthepaper［2］thefollowingrelatlol。sh,pIssaidtobethemeasureoftilesystemofnlatrlcesA（t）,a：idweof＞talllthatFOfbfOVlty,W6diSCU88Oillyl,1（A（t））1…     

The Conservation Status of Hong Kong's Tree Flora

1IntroductionHongKongliesonthesouthcoastofChinabetweenlatitudes22?9'-22?TNandlon-gitudesl13?2'Nl14?0'E.ItconsistsofasectionoftheChinesemainland(KowloonandtheNewTerritories,782km2)andnumerousislands,ofwhichthelargestareLantauIsland(142km2)andHongKongIsland(78km2).Thetotalareais1076km2.Thetopographyisextremelyrugged,reaching957matthehighestpoint,TaiMoShah,intheNewTerrito-ries.HongKong'spopulationof6millionpeopleisconcentratedonthelimitednaturalflatland,whichhasbeenextendedbycoastalrecla…     

NEOGENE MAMMALIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY IN CHINA:PAST,PRESENT,AND FUTURE

INTRODUCTIoNThedevelopmentoftheNeogenebiostratigraphyofChinawasoneoftheearliestgoalsoftheCenozoicResearchLaboratoryoftheGeologicalSurveyofChina,pre-decessoroftoday'sInstituteofVertebratePaleontologyandPaleoanthropologyaVPP).Therationaleforsuchstudies1iesintheuniversalobjectiveofestablishingthenatureandtempooffaunalchangeinaregionandinadjacentregionsthatarelinkedzoogeographically.Eventuallythedataareusedtoincorporatelocaleventsintotheglobalhistoryoffaunalchange.Besidesthisgoal,thereis…