中国的古生物学已经走过近百年曲折而光辉的发展历程,取得了举世瞩目的成就。特别是近三十年来所取得的主要进展深刻地改变着古生物学传统观点,大大促进了古生物学科的发展和繁荣,为国家和民族赢得了荣誉。为了回顾我国古生物学近百年来的发展历史和取得的辉煌成就,总结成长和发展中的成就和经验,认清中国古生物学领域的优势和不足,以保持我国古生物学研究的活力,向着更高的 China’s paleontology has gone through twists and turns of nearly a hundred years and glorious development process, has made remarkable achievements. In particular, the major advances made over the past three decades have profoundly changed the traditional viewpoints of paleontology, greatly promoted the development and prosperity of paleontology and won honors for the country and the nation. In order to review the history of the development of paleontology in the past century and its brilliant achievements, summarize the achievements and experiences in growth and development, recognize the advantages and disadvantages in the field of paleobiology in China so as to maintain the vitality of paleontological research in China towards a higher level of