{"id":2,"date":"2013-05-08T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:23:46","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/","title":{"rendered":"Rong-Yu Li"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Picture_105small_small-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Picture_105small_small\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Picture_105small_small-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Picture_105small_small.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Geology<\/p>\n<p>Brandon University<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Adjunct Research Professor<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Department of Earth Sciences<br \/>\nUniversity of Western Ontario<br \/>\nLondon, ON N6A 3K7<\/p>\n<h2>Academic degrees<\/h2>\n<p><strong>B.Sc:<\/strong> Peking University, Beijing, China<br \/>\n<strong>M.Sc:<\/strong> Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China<br \/>\n<strong>Ph.D:<\/strong> University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_22\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/DSC_0378-cropRducd.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/DSC_0378-cropRducd-300x234.jpg\" alt=\" Collaboration with Dr. R. Feldmann and Dr. C. Schweitzer (Kent State Universtiy) on a new family, genus, and species of crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Manitoba, Canada (2007)\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/DSC_0378-cropRducd-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/DSC_0378-cropRducd-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/DSC_0378-cropRducd.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collaboration with Dr. R. Feldmann and Dr. C. Schweitzer (Kent State Universtiy) on a new family, genus, and species of crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Manitoba, Canada (2007)<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/GSA-2006-Copper.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/GSA-2006-Copper-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"GSA Philadelphia 2006\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/GSA-2006-Copper-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/GSA-2006-Copper.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GSA Philadelphia 2006<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Anticosti-2003.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Anticosti-2003-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Anticosti Island 2003\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Anticosti-2003-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Anticosti-2003.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anticosti Island 2003<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_23\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Field-trip-06-SM.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Field-trip-06-SM-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Invertebrate Paleontology Field Trip 2006\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Field-trip-06-SM-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/files\/2013\/05\/Field-trip-06-SM.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Invertebrate Paleontology Field Trip 2006<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Research Focus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Paleozoic Invertebrate Paleontology (focusing on brachiopods)<\/li>\n<li>Paleoecology (e.g. drilling predation; ecology of paleocommunity)<\/li>\n<li>Paleobiogeography<\/li>\n<li>Paleozoic Extinctions and Changes in Biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>Research areas include Arctic Canada, Anticosti Island (Quebec), Ontario, Manitoba, South China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Projects\/Funding<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Quantitative Study on Devonian paleobiogeography of North America. <i>Funded by Brandon University Research Committee (BURC), 2021<\/i><i>&#8211;2023.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Comparative study on Devonian brachiopods from Canada and South China and quantitative assessment of paleobiogeography. <i>Funded by the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011-2012.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Paleobiogeography and faunal evolution: study of Devonian brachiopods from Manitoba and paleobiogeography of North America.\u00a0 <i>NSERC Discovery Grant, funded by National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)<b> <\/b>of Canada, 2006&#8211;2009,<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Drilling Predation on Mollusks from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba, Canada. \u00a0<i>Funded by Brandon University Research Committee (BURC), 200<\/i><i>7&#8212;-2008.<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Ordovician Brachiopod Radiation in South China.\u00a0 <i>A joint research project funded by BURC and the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005<\/i><i>&#8211;2006.<\/i><i><\/i><\/li>\n<li>Brandon University Students Union (BUSU) Work Study Program (a program for supervising\/training students on research skills), <i>funded by the BUSU and the Vice President\u2019s (Academic &amp; Research) Office, 2007 &amp; 2008.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h3><i>A. <\/i><i>Refereed book\/monograph:<\/i><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Li, R.-Y.<\/b> and Copper, P. <b>2006<\/b>. Early Silurian (Llandovery) orthide brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: the O\/S extinction recovery fauna.\u00a0 Special Papers in Palaeontology No.76. The Palaeontological Association, London. 72pp.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><i>B. Book chapter<\/i><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">1.\u00a0Rong, J.Y., Zhan, R.B., Huang, B., Xu, H.K., Fu, L.P. and <strong>Li, R.-Y. 2017.<\/strong> Ordovician brachiopod genera on type species of China. <em>In: <\/em>Rong, J.Y., Jin, Y.G., Shen, S.Z. and Zhan, R.B. (eds.), <em>Phanerozoic Brachiopod Genera of China.<\/em> Beijing: Science Press, 87-243.<\/p>\n<h3><i>C. Refereed journal publications:<\/i><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Wang, Q., Huang, B., <strong>Li, R.Y. 2022.<\/strong> A low-diversity, silicified Hirnantia Fauna from Butuo, southwestern Sichuan, on the western margin of Yangtze Platform. <em>Palaeoworld. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.palwor.2021.12.005.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chen, D., Huang, B., Li, W.J., <strong>Li, R.Y.<\/strong>, Rong, J.Y. 2021. Late Ordovician (Katian) linguliform microbrachiopods from north-eastern Yunnan, South China. <em>Papers in Palaeontology<\/em>, pp1-17. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/spp2.1407<\/li>\n<li>Huang, B. and <strong>Li, R.Y<\/strong>. <strong>2020.<\/strong> The repaired durophagous scar in the shell of a lingulid brachiopod immediately after the end Ordovician mass extinction. <em>Alcherina: an Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, <\/em>44(2):1-8. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03115518.2020.1730965.<\/li>\n<li>Rong. J.Y., Harper, D.A.T., Huang, B.,<strong> Li., R.Y.<\/strong>, Zhang, X., Chen, D. <strong>2020.<\/strong> The latest Ordovician Hirnantian brachiopod faunas: New global insights. <em>Earth-Science Reviews, 208. <\/em>40pp. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2020.103280\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.earscirev.2020.103280<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"anchor-text\"><span class=\"js-article-title\">Zhang, X.L., Wang, Y., Liu, J.B., Rong, J.Y.,\u00a0<strong>Li, R.Y.<\/strong>, Zhan, R.B., Wu, R.C., Tang, P. <strong>2018.<\/strong> Connecting the marine red beds with the onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: a case study from the Laojianshan Formation of western Yunnan, Sibumasu Massif.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><i>Palaeoworld <\/i>(Elsevier), 27(4).\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.palwor.2018.04.003.<\/li>\n<li>Wang, G., Percival, I., <strong>Li, R.Y. 2015<em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Remarks on the pattern of septal insertion in rugose corals.\u00a0<em>Alcheringa, \u00a039(3): 388-393.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Zhang, X.L., Wang, Y., Rong, J.Y., <b>Li. R.Y. 2014.<\/b> Pigmentation of the Early Silurian shallow marine red beds in South China&#8212;as exemplified by the Rongxi Formation of Xiushan, southeastern Chongqing, central China. <i>Palaeoworld <\/i>(Elsevier)<i>, <\/i>12pp. doi:<i> http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.palwor.2014.01.002<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Zhan, R.B., Huang, B., Wang, G.X., Jin, J.S., Liang, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y.D., <b>Li, R.Y.,<\/b> Liu, J.B. &amp; Wu, R.C., <b>2013<\/b>. Discovery of the late Middle Ordovician <i>Saucrorthis<\/i> fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Sibumasu palaeoplate, western Yunnan, SW China. <i>GFF<\/i>, 7pp. <i>\u00a0<\/i>Geologiska Fo\u00a8reningen. doi: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/11035897.2013.848232.<\/li>\n<li>Young, H., <b>Li, R.Y<\/b>., Kuroda, M. <b>2012<\/b>. Silicification in Mississippian Lodgepole Formation, Northeastern flank of Wiliston Basin, Manitoba, Canada. <i>Journal of Earth Science<\/i>, 23 (1): 1-18.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.-Y<\/b>., Yang, H. R., Zhan, R.-B. <b>2011<\/b>. Drilling predation on Scaphopods and other mollusks from Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba, Canada. <i>Palaeoworld<\/i>, 20: 296-307.<\/li>\n<li>Zhan, R.-B,, <b>Li, R.Y.,<\/b> Percival, I., and Liang Y. <b>2011<\/b>. Brachiopod biogeographic change during the Early to Middle Ordovician in South China. <i>Memoirs of the Association of Australian Palaeontologists<\/i>, 41:273-287.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y. 2010.<\/b> Middle Devonian brachiopods from Arctic Canada and some preliminary results of North American biogeography based on quantitative assessment. <i>Journal of Earth Sciences,<\/i> vol. 21, special issue, p.36-39.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. and T. Allen. <b>2008<\/b>. Llandovery (Early Silurian) orthide brachiopod associations from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. <i>Canadian Journal of Earth Science, <\/i>45: 189-201.<\/li>\n<li>Feldmann, R.,<b> Li, R.Y.,<\/b> Smith, M., and Schweitzer, C. E. <b>2007<\/b><i>.<\/i>\u00a0 A new family, genus, and species of crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Manitoba, Canada. <i>Canadian Journal of Earth Science.<\/i> 44:1741-1752.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. and B. Jones. <b>2007<\/b><i>.<\/i> Brachiopods from Bird Fiord Formation (Devonian) of Arctic Canada. <i>Canadian Journal of Earth Science<\/i><i>,<\/i> 44:1291-1311.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Jones, B. <b>2003<\/b>. Middle Devonian brachiopods from Bird Fiord Formation, Canadian Arctic. <i>Journal of Paleontology<\/i>, 77(2):243-266.<\/li>\n<li>Shields, G. A., Carden, G. A. F., Veizer, J., Meidla, T., Rong, J.-Y., and <b>Li, R.Y. 2003<\/b><i>.<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 Sr, C and O isotope chemistry of Ordovician brachiopods: implications for the isotopic evolution of seawater<i>. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta<\/i>. 67(11):2005-2025.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y., Chen, X., Su, Y.-Z., Ni, Y.-N., Zhan, R.-B., Chen, T.-E., Fu, L.-P., <b>Li, R.Y<\/b>., and Fan, J.-X. <b>2003<\/b>. Silurian Paleogeography of China. <i>In<\/i> Landing, E. and Johnson, M. E. (eds.), Silurian Lands and Seas: Paleogeography Outside of Laurentia.\u00a0 New York State Museum Bulletin, 439, p.243-298.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Jones, B. <b>2002<\/b>. Communities and paleoecology of brachiopods from Bird Fiord Formation, Canadian Arctic. <i>Canadian<\/i> <i>Journal of Earth Sciences<\/i>. 39(10):1485-1503.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Jones, B. <b>2002<\/b>. New brachiopod genera from Bird Fiord Formation (Devonian), Arctic Canada. <i>Journal of Paleontology<\/i>, 76(4):648-658.<\/li>\n<li>Chen, X. Rong, J.-Y., Fan J.-X, Zhan, R.-B., Zhang Y.-D., Wang Z.-H., Wang Z.-Z., <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b>, Wang, Y., Mitchell, C. E., and Harper, D. A. <b>2000<\/b>. Biostratigraphy of Hirnantian substage in the Yangtze region. <i>Journal of Stratigraphy<\/i>, 24(3):169-175.<\/li>\n<li>Chen, X., Rong, J.-Y., Fan, J.-X., Zhan, R.-B., Zhang, Y.-D., <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b>, Wang, Y., Mitchell C. E., and Harper, D. A. <b>2000<\/b>. A global correlation of biozones across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary. <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>, 39(1):100-114.<\/li>\n<li>Chen, X., Rong, J.-Y., Mitchell, C. E., Harper, D. A., Fan, J.-X., Zhan, R.-B., Zhang, Y.-D., <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b>, and Wang, Y. <b>2000<\/b>. Late Ordovician to earliest Silurian graptolite and brachiopod biozonation from the Yangtze region, South China, with a global correlation. <i>Geological Magazine<\/i>, 137(6):623-650.<\/li>\n<li>Rong J.-Y. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1999<\/b>. A silicified <i>Hirnantia <\/i>fauna (latest Ordovician brachiopods) from Guizhou, Sothwest China. <i>Journal of Paleontology<\/i>, 73(5):831-849.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Zhan, R.-B. <b>1998<\/b>. Heterochrony of <i>Altaethyrella zhejiangensis<\/i> (Wang) from Upper Ordovician, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Border Areas.\u00a0 <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>, 37(1):108-119.<\/li>\n<li>Zhan, R.-B. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1998<\/b>. The discovery of <i>Altaethyrella <\/i>Severgina 1978 (Late Ordovician Rhycnonelloid Brachiopods) in China. <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>, 37(2):194-211.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1997<\/b>. Review of the new Supra-ordinal classification of the Brachiopod. <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>, 36(3):378-386.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.-Y.<\/b> <b>1996<\/b>: Population Dynamics of <i>Dalmanella testudinaria<\/i> and <i>Dorytreta longicrura<\/i> (Brachiopods) from Upper Ordovician, Northwest Guizhou. <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>, 35(6):752-765.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y., <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Kulkov, N. P., <b>1995<\/b>. Biogeographic Analysis of Llandovery Brachiopods from Asia with a Recommendation of Use of Affinity Indices. <i>Acta Palaeontologica Sinica<\/i>. 34(4):428-453.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y., Harper, D.A.T., Zhan, R.-B. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1994<\/b>.\u00a0 <i>Kassinella-Christiania<\/i> Association in the early Ashgill <i>Foliomena<\/i> brachiopod fauna of South China. <i>Lethaia<\/i>, 27:19-28.<\/li>\n<li>Yang, Q. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1992<\/b>. Paleontological Data Management&#8212;Strategies in Programming Taxonomic Description. <i>Annual Reports<\/i> <i>of CAD Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science, Academia Sinica<\/i> (1991), 263-270.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><i>D. Refereed Conference Presentations\/Abstracts<\/i><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Qiao, L. and <strong>Li, R. Y. 2024.<\/strong> Devonian brachiopod fauna from Manitoba, Canada. 9th International Brachiopod Congress. Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, June 24-27, 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li, R. Y. 2024<\/strong>. Reconstructing food chain\/web in Cretaceous Interior Seaway from biotic interactions in a Manitoba community. GAC-MAC-PEG Annual meeting, Brandon, Manitoba. May 19-22, 2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li, R.Y. 2018. <\/strong>Biotic interactions and food chain\/web reconstruction of a community from Cretaceous Interior Seaway, Manitoba, Canada: local and beyond. <em>5<sup>th<\/sup> International Paleontological Congress<\/em><strong>. <\/strong>July 8-13, 2018, Paris, France. Abstract Book, p.206.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li, R.Y.<\/strong> and H. Young. <strong>2014.<\/strong> Biotic interactions and food chain\/web of a community from Upper Cretaceous of Southwestern Manitoba, Canada. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs. (Vancouver). Vol. 46, No, 6.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. and H. Young. <b>2013<\/b>. Drilling predation with examples from Manitoba. Proceedings and Abstract Manual, 4<sup>th<\/sup> Manitoba Paleontology Symposium. P. 3-8.<\/li>\n<li>Sproat, C.D., Jin, J., and <b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. <b>2012<\/b>. The Late Ordovician plaesiomyid brachiopod lineage: Evolution and extinction towards the Ordovician-Silurian boundary. IGCP 591 Annual meeting and 1st Foerste Symposium (Cincinnati).<\/li>\n<li>Sproat, C. D., Jin, J., and <b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. <b>2011<\/b>. Comparison of the morphology of plaesiomyids across Laurentia during the Ordovician.\u00a0 Canadian Paleontology Conference (Vancouver) Proceedings No. 9. p.44.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and Sproat, C. <b>2010<\/b>. Internal structure and life style of <i>Triplesia anticostiensis<\/i> (Early Silurian) from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts No. 95 (6<sup>th<\/sup> International Brachiopod Congress). P. 67.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y. 2010.<\/b> Middle Devonian brachiopods from Arctic Canada and some preliminary results of North American biogeography based on quantitative assessment. International Conference of Geobiology, June 3-6, 2010, Wuhan, China.<\/li>\n<li>Zhan, R.B., <b>Li., R.Y<\/b>. and Percival, I. <b>2010<\/b>. Brachiopod biogeographic change during the Early to Middle Ordovician of South China. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts No. 95 (6<sup>th<\/sup> International Brachiopod Congress). P. 125.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>2008<\/b>. Drilling Predation on Scaphopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba: Prey and Predator. Geological Society of America (GSA) Abstracts with Programs. (Houston).<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>2008<\/b>. Drilling Predation on Scaphopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Russell, Manitoba. 18<sup>th<\/sup> Canadian Paleontology Conference (Winnipeg) Proceedings No. 6, p.39.<\/li>\n<li>Sproat, C. and <b>Li, R.Y. 2008<\/b>. <i>Triplesia <\/i>from Anticosti Island, Qu\u00e9bec: internal structure and paleoecology. 18<sup>th<\/sup> Canadian Paleontology Conference (Winnipeg) Proceedings No. 6, p.50.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y<\/b>. <b>2007<\/b>. Drilling predation on <i>Dentalium <\/i>sp. (Scaphopoda, Mollusca) from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba. 17<sup>th<\/sup> Canadian Paleontology Conference (St. John\u2019s).<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y<\/b>.,<b> <\/b>Young, H., Smith, M., and Trowell, B. <b>2007<\/b>.<b><i> <\/i><\/b>Hunting for Fossil Crabs in Manitoba. 1<sup>st<\/sup> Manitoba Paleontology Symposium.<\/li>\n<li><b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> and T. Allen. <b>2006<\/b>. Llandovery (Early Silurian) orthide brachiopod associations from Anticosti Island, Eastern Canada. Geological Society of America (GSC) Abstracts with Programs, Vol.38, No.7.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y. and <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b> <b>1998<\/b>. Changes in diversity and composition of the <i>Hirnantia<\/i> fauna (latest Ordovician Brachiopods) in South China. p.29. <i>In:<\/i> Rong, J.-Y, Zhou, Z.-Y. and Chen, X. (eds.): Abstracts and Program for International Symposium on the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (IGCP project No. 410). Palaeoworld, No.10.<\/li>\n<li>Rong, J.-Y., Chen, X., Ni, Y.-N., Cheng, T.-E., Zhan, R.-B., <b>Li, R.Y.<\/b>, Su, Y.-Z., and Fu, L.-P. <b>1998<\/b>. Silurian Paleogeography of China. <i>In<\/i> James Hall Symposium\u20142<sup>nd<\/sup> International Symposium on the Silurian System, Program and Abstracts, 2, p.83.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><i>E. Non-refereed publications<\/i><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Li, R.Y. 2021. <\/strong>The Sixth Mass Extinction. <em>\u00a0Evolution,<\/em><strong> <\/strong>2021 (3):43-50. \u7b2c\u516d\u6b21\u751f\u7269\u5927\u7edd\u706d\uff0c\u300a\u751f\u7269\u8fdb\u5316\u300b2021 \u5e74\u7b2c 3 \u671f\uff1a43-50.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li, R.-Y. 2018. <\/strong>Telling Stories from Fossils. BU Research Connections, October Issue 2(5).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Li, R.-Y. 1994<\/strong> (Translation from English to Chinese). Stratigraphic regulation and guidance: A critique of current tendencies in stratigraphic codes and guides (by W. B. Harland). Journal of Stratigraphy, 18(3):236-240<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Courses Taught<\/h2>\n<h3>Undergraduate Courses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>42:161 Historical Geology<\/li>\n<li>42:162 Our Dynamic Earth<\/li>\n<li>42:163 This Old Earth: A Trip Through Time<\/li>\n<li>42:272 Environmental Geology<\/li>\n<li>42:360 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy<\/li>\n<li>42:374 Invertebrate Paleontology<\/li>\n<li>42:399 Seminar in Geology<\/li>\n<li>42:449 Honours Thesis in Geology<\/li>\n<li>42:480\u00a0 Geobiology<\/li>\n<li>42:499 Thesis in Geology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Graduate Courses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>42:680 Geobiology<\/li>\n<li>42:699 Advanced Topics in Geoscience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Department of Geology Brandon University Adjunct Research Professor Department of Earth Sciences University of Western Ontario London, ON N6A 3K7 Academic degrees B.Sc: Peking University, Beijing, China M.Sc: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China Ph.D: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta &nbsp; Research Focus Paleozoic Invertebrate Paleontology (focusing on brachiopods) Paleoecology (e.g. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.brandonu.ca\/lir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}