Prof. Dr. Xingliang Zhang

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPalaeontology
KeywordsCambrian explosion, Phylogeny, Ediacaran, animal evolution, arthropods

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityXi'an
InstitutionNorthwest University
InstituteDepartment of Geology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Joachim ReitnerInstitut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2003

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2014Xingliang Zhang, Degan Shu: Causes and consequences of the Cambrian explosion.. In: Science China:Earth Sciences, 2014, 930-942
2014Xingliang Zhang: Fossil treasure house for exploring the Cambrian explosion.. In: National Science Review, 2014, 488-489
2014Xingliang Zhang, Degan Shu, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang, Jianni Liu, Dongjing Fu: Triggers for the Cambrian explosion: Hypotheses and problems. Gondwana Research 25, 896-909. In: Gondwana Research, 2014, 896-909
2012Xingliang Zhang: Lecture Notes of Geobiology. Geological Publishing House, 2012
2003Han, J., Zhang, X.-L., Zhang, Z.-F. and Shu, D.-G.: A new platy-armored worm from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China. . In: Journal of the Geological Society of China, 2003, 1-6
2003Li, Y., Zhang, X.-L., Guo, J., Ding, L., Han, J. and Shu, D.: New material of phosphatized cylindrical and tabulate microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation at Weng¿an, Guozhou, South China.. In: Acta Palaeontologica Sinica., 2003, 200-207
2003Zhang, X.-L., Han, J., Zhang, Z.-F., Liu, H.-Q. and Shu, D.: Reconsideration of the supposed naraoiid larva from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China.. In: Palaeontology, 2003, 447-465