A list of collaborators who have wide ranging interest in the project and have been contributing to the field work and analysis can be found below:
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Zhe-Kun Zhou | Professor | Paleobotany | zhouzk@xtbg.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Alice Hughes | Associate Professor | Ecology | ach_conservation2@hotmail.com |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Yao-Wu Xing | Professor | Biogeography | ywxing@xtbg.org.cn |
| Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Wen-Yun Chen | Associate Professor | Database Expert | chenwy@mail.kib.ac.cn |
| Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Yong-Jiang Huang | Assistant Professor | Paleobotany | huangyongjiang@mail.kib.ac.cn |
| Sun Yat-Sen University | Jian-Huan Jin | Professor | Paleobotany | lssjjh@mail.sysu.edu.cn |
| Sun Yat-Sen University | Tatiana M. Kodrul | Professor | Paleobotany | tatiko_dr@yahoo.com |
| Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Xu Qiang | Associate Professor | Geology | xuq@itpcas.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Jian Huang | Research Assistant | Paleobotany | huangjian@xtbg.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Jia Liu | Posdoc | Palynology | liujia@xtbg.ac.cn |