Palaeoworld is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to the study of past life and its environment. We encourage submission of original manuscripts on all aspects of palaeontology and stratigraphy, comparisons of regional and global data in time and space, and results generated by interdisciplinary investigations in related fields. Some issues will be devoted entirely to a special theme whereas others will be composed of contributed articles. Palaeoworld is dedicated to serving a broad spectrum of geoscientists and palaeobiologists as well as serving as a resource for students in fields as diverse as palaeobiology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy and phylogeny, geobiology, historical geology, and palaeoenvironment.

Palaeoworld publishes original articles in the following areas:

•Phylogeny and taxonomic studies of all fossil groups
•Biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy
•Palaeoecology, palaeoenvironment and global changes throughout Earth history
•Tempo and mode of biological evolution
•Biological events in Earth history (e.g., extinctions, radiations)
•Ecosystem evolution
•Geobiology and molecular palaeobiology
•Palaeontological and stratigraphic methods
•Interdisciplinary studies focusing on fossils and strata

Palaeoworld accepts the following categories of contributions:

•Palaeoworld Perspectives
•Rapid communications
•Original technical research papers and case studies
•Review articles (normally invited)
•Collections of articles on a special theme
•Letter to the Editors
•Book reviews

•Palaeoworld Perspectives
•Rapid communications
•Original technical research papers and case studies
•Review articles (normally invited)
•Collections of articles on a special theme
•Letter to the Editors
•Book reviews

Editors-in-Chief
Qun Yang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, 210008, Nanjing, China Phone +86 25 832 82150 Email Qun Yang
David Harper
Durham University Department of Earth Sciences Palaeoecosystems Group, DH1 3LE, Durham, United Kingdom Email David Harper
Associate Editors
Jin Meng
American Museum of Natural History, Richard Gilder Graduate School, Division of Paleontology, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, New York, 10024, United StatesPhone +1 212 496 3337 Email Jin Meng
Ian Percival
New South Wales W B Clarke Geoscience Centre, Cobar, 2753, Australia Email Ian Percival
Yongdong Wang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, 210008, Nanjing, China Email Yongdong Wang
Shucheng Xie
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, 388 Lumo Road: Hongshan District; Hubei Province, 430074, Wuhan, China Email Shucheng Xie
Xunlai Yuan
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, 210008, Nanjing, China Phone +86 25 83282217 Email Xunlai Yuan
Xingliang Zhang
Northwest University Department of Geology The State Key Laboratory for the Continental Dynamics of the Education Ministry, 229 North Taibai Road, 710069, Xi'an, China Phone +86-13772451759 Email Xingliang Zhang
Moriaki Yasuhara
University of Hong Kong, School of Biological Sciences, Hong Kong, China Email Moriaki Yasuhara
Yichun Zhang
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, 210008, Nanjing, China Email Yichun Zhang
Min Zhu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 643, 100044, Beijing, China Phone 86 10 68354818 Email Min Zhu