Have you ever heard of the Jehol Biota, a diverse assemblage of plants and animals during the Mesozoic Era that lived in what is now northern China? The Jehol Biota, which includes the earliest known flowering plants, feathered dinosaurs and early birds, had a high level of biodiversity and biomass compared to other contemporaneous lagerstätten.
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