“…During the Mesozoic era, the study area lay at the south-eastern margin of the Eurasian continent. Table 1 Source references for data points in Figure 1 References Data points References Data points ASCOPE (1981); Sales et al (1997) 108-110 Jones et al (1966) 40 Areshev et al (1992) 37,38 Li et al (1997 70 Ampornmaha (1995) 18,25 Lovatt-Smith et al (1996) 13 Barber (2000) 56,57 Metcalfe (1990) 25 Fontaine et al (1983) 15,17,18,24,25,27,28,29,30, 40,45,46,101,103,104 Metcalfe (2000) 31,32,33 Fontaine andKhoo (1990) 31,32,39 Metcalfe &Chakraborty (1994) 30 Fontaine et al (1993) 16 Meesook andGrant-Mackie (1996) 18,58,59,60 GDBGMR (1996) 73, 82-84, and other points in Guangdong Province Pang et al (2004b) 74,75,76 GXBGMR (1985 85 and other points in Guangxi Province Qiu (1997) 79 Gervasio (1968) 97 Tamura & Hon (1977) 43 Hao et al (2001) 77,78 Schlünter (1996) 105,115 Hutchison (1989) 1,2,3,9,11,15,20,23,25,27,28, 32,34,35,36,41,43,44,45,47, 48,49,50,51,52,54,55,56,57, 61-67 Singharajwarapan and Berry (2000) 10 Kudrass et al (1986) 91 Tate (1991) 45,46 Khuc (2000 1-15, 23,25 Taylor and Heyes (1980) 106,107 Isozaki et al (1988); Tumanda (1991); Zamoras and Matsuoka (2004) 96 William et al (1988) 53 Jasi...…”