Professional:Associate professor
Department:Paleontology Teaching and Research Office
Direction:Systematic classification and macroevolution of Cambrian brachiopods
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Liang, Y., Strotz, L.C., Topper, T.P., Holmer, L.E., Budd, G.E., Chen, Y.L., Fang, R.S., Hu, Y.Z. & Zhang, Z.F*. Evolutionary contingency in lingulid brachiopods across mass extinctions[J]. Current Biology, 2023, 33(8), 1565–1572. Liang, Y., Holmer, L.E., Hu, Y., & Zhang, Z.F.* First report of brachiopods with soft parts from the Lower Cambrian Latham Shale (Series 2, Stage 4), California[J]. Science Bulletin, 2020, 65(18), 1543-1546. Liang, Y., Topper, T.P., Holmer, L.E., Hu, Y., Liu, F. & Zhang, Z.F.* Exceptionally preserved setae: A possible morphological synapomorphy of Cambrian Lophotrochozoans[J]. Evolution & Development, 2025, 27(1), e70001. Liang, Y., Fu, R., Hu, Y., Liu, F., Song, B., Luo, M., Ren, X.Y., Wang, J.Y., Zhang, C.B., Fang, R.S., Yang, X., Holmer, L.E. & Zhang, Z.F.* Late Ordovician lingulid brachiopods from the Pingliang Formation (Shaanxi Province, North China): Morphological and ecological implications[J]. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2024, 263, 106036. Liang, Y., Holmer, L.E., Duan, X.L. & Zhang, Z.F.* Brachiopods from the Latham Shale Lagerstä tte (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) and Cadiz Formation (Miaolingian, Wuliuan), California[J]. Journal of Paleontology, 2022, 96(1), 61–80. Liang, Y., Holmer, L. E., Skovsted, C. B., Duan, X. L., & Zhang, Z.F.* Shell structure, ornamentation and affinity of the problematic early Cambrian brachiopod Heliomedusa orienta[J]. Lethaia, 2020, 53(4), 574-587. Liang, Y., Topper, T.P., Song, B., Zhang, C., Agbaje, O.B., Holmer, L.E. & Zhang, Z.F.* Branched setae or attached macroalgae: A case study of an exceptionally preserved brachiopod from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerst ätte[J]. Biology, 2025, 14(9), 1287. , *. , 2024, 69(12), 1625–1640. , *. X: , 2018, 57(2), 202–211. 42302010,2024.01–2026.12BGZB20230590,2024.03-2026.022023M732863, 2023.07-2025.06“”2023YFF0803601,2023.12-2028.11W2441016,2025.01-2027.122024WZ-YBXM-11,2024.09-2025.08; 20244Nature communicationsFrontiers in Earth Science Liang, Y. et al. Brachiopod morphospace and character evolution of lophotrochozoans. International Symposium on the Tethys Evolution and Biotic and Environmental Responses, September 20-23, Beijing, China, Oral Presentation. . 31, 20231124-27, .Liang, Y. et al. When lingulid brachiopods became infaunal(?) – perspectives from the morphological and anatomical information. 14th International Symposium on the Ordovician System, July 15–26, 2023, Estonia and Sweden, Oral Presentation. Liang, Y. et al. Morphological evolution and ecological exaptation of the “living fossil” lingulid brachiopods across mass extinctions. 150-year anniversary meeting of geological society of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, August 17–19, 2022. (Abstract and Oral presentation) Liang, Y. et al. Brachiopods from the Latham Shale Lagerst ä tte (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) and Cadiz Formation (Miaolingian, Wuliuan), California. The 21st International Sedimentological Congress, Beijing, China, August 22-26. (Abstract and Oral presentation) Liang, Y. et al. Brachiopods from the Latham Shale Lagerst ä tte (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) and Cadiz Formation (Miaolingian, Wuliuan), California. . 20211023–25; Liang, Y., & Zhang Z.F. 2018. Exploration of Cambrian fossils by micro X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. 11th North American Paleontological Conference, Riverside, USA, June 22-28, 2019. (Abstract and Poster presentation). Liang, Y. et al. 2019. Shell structure and affinity of the problematic early Cambrian brachiopod Heliomedusa orienta Sun and Hou, 1987. 11th North American Paleontological Conference, Riverside, USA, June 22-28, 2019. (Abstract and Oral presentation). Liang, Y., & Zhang Z.F. 2018. New data on shell structure in Heliomedusa orienta: taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. 8th International Brachiopod Congress, Milan, Italy, September 11-14, 2018. (Abstract and Oral presentation).