Graptolites from the Qilang and Yingan formations (Caradoc, Ordovician) of Kalpin, western Tarim, Xinjiang, China

• Main Authors: Xu, C, Ni, YN, Mitchell, CE, Qiao, XD, Zhan, SG
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC 2000
• Subjects: PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; STANDARD; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIPLOGRAPTACEA; GRAPTOLOIDEA; SUCCESSION; REVISION; Paleontology; Nicholson; Pacific; Riva; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/20051

Late Ordovician rocks of the Qilang and Yingan formations from the Kalpin area in the Tarim region of western Xinjiang, China (Tarim palaeoplate) contain a moderately diverse graptolite Fauna. The fauna from the Qilang Formation contains Corynoides calicularis Nicholson, 1867; Dicranograptus clingan...