Yen-Nien Cheng

Houston Museum of Natural Science — United States

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology(26), Ichthyology and Marine Biology(20), Evolution and Paleontology Studies(19), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils(7), Geological and Geophysical Studies(4)

Publications29 total

A new alligatoroid (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Eocene of China and its implications for the relationships of Orientalosuchina
Journal of Paleontology·2021· 14 cited
A new alligatoroid (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from the Eocene of China and its implications for the relationships of Orientalosuchina
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Reconstruction of oviraptorid clutches illuminates their unique nesting biology
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica·2019· 25 citedOpen Access
Maomingosuchus petrolica , a restudy of ‘ Tomistoma ’ petrolica Yeh, 1958
Palaeoworld·2017· 19 cited
<i>Dawazisaurus Brevis</i>, A New Eosauropterygian From the Middle Triassic of Yunnan, China
Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition·2016· 28 cited
<i>Diandongosaurus acutidentatus</i>Shang, Wu &amp; Li, 2011 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the relationships of Chinese eosauropterygians
Geological Magazine·2013· 23 cited
A new eosauropterygian (Diapsida, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of China
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology·2012· 39 cited
The first fossil skull of Alligator sinensis from the Pleistocene, Taiwan, with a paleogeographic implication of the species
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences·2012· 25 cited
New information on<i>Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis</i>Jiang et al., 2008 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia), with a revision of the osteology and phylogeny of the taxon
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology·2011· 47 cited
Osteology of<i>Yunguisaurus</i>Cheng<i>et al</i>., 2006 (Reptilia; Sauropterygia), a Triassic Pistosauroid from China
Paleontological Research·2010· 41 cited
Cretaceous choristoderan reptiles gave birth to live young
Die Naturwissenschaften·2010· 21 cited
A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences·2009· 29 cited
Sexual dimorphism and life history of <i>Keichousaurus hui</i> (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology·2009· 50 cited
MIODENTOSAURUS BREVIS CHENG ET AL.,2007(DIAPSIDA:THALATTOSAURIA):ITS POSTCRANIAL SKELETON AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS
Gujizhui dongwu xuebao·2009· 21 cited
Oviraptorosaurian Eggs (Dinosauria) with Embryonic Skeletons Discovered for the First Time in China
Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition·2008· 44 cited
New information on the skull of<i>Keichousaurus hui</i>(Reptilia: Sauropterygia) with comments on sauropterygian interrelationships
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology·2008· 42 cited
OSTEOLOGY OF YUNGUISAURUS (SAUROPTERYGIA, PISTOSAUROIDEA)
2008
First complete pistosauroid from the Triassic of China
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology·2006· 55 cited
An unusual archosaurian from the marine Triassic of China
Die Naturwissenschaften·2006· 91 cited
Lopingian (Upper Permian) radiolarian biostratigraphy of South China
Palaeoworld·2006· 29 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Tamaki Sato(14), Xiao‐Chun Wu(13), Xiaochun Wu(8), Hsi-Yin Shan(7), Qiang Ji(4), Chun Li(3), Xing Xu(2), Chun-Hsiang Chang(2), Robert B. Holmes(2), Kuei-Yu Yeh(2), Scott Rufolo(2), Darla K. Zelenitsky(1), Yu-fu Hsiao(1), Xiaolin Wang(1), Liting Wang(1), Noel Alfonso(1), JI Shu'an(1), Hai‐Lu You(1), Junchang Lü(1), Yongqing Liu(1)