Preface 107
Chapter 1 Outline of Geology in Jiayin area,Heilongjiang 111
1.1 Outline of Geology 111
1.2 Upper Cretaceous strata 113
Chapter 2 Late Cretaceous flora in Jiayin 119
2.1 Composition of flora 119
2.2 Floristic characteristics 134
2.3 Geological age 135
2.4 Recent advance on research 137
Chapter 3 Late Cretaceous climates and geography in Jiayin 139
3.1 Late Cretaceous climates 140
3.2 Late Cretaceous geography and environment 144
Chapter 4 Late Cretaceous flora with the K⁃Pg boundary in Jiayin 147
4.1 Dining table for herbivory dinosaurs 148
4.2 The role of fossil plants in study of the K⁃Pg boundary in Jiayin 149
Chapter 5 Late Cretaceous floral sequences in NE China 155
5.1 Early Late Cretaceous Mudanjiang florule 156
5.2 Middle of Late Cretaceous florule 157
5.3 Middle⁃late Late Cretaceous Jiayin florule 158
5.4 The latest Late Cretaceous Yu-Fu florule 159
5.5 Outline of Late Cretaceous floral sequences in NE China 159
Chapter 6 Science popularization with paleobotanical study in Jiayin 163
6.1 Sculpture Garden of Paleontologists in Jiayin 164
6.2 Fossil plants in Jiayin Dinosaur Museum 164
6.3 Celebration activities related to Geology and Paleontology 165
Acknowledgements 167
References 168