First record of ostracods from the Upper Ordovician red-coloured marine sandstones of the Tierekeawati Formation in Tarim Basin, NW China: implications on palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography

Abstract Ostracods are described for the first time from the red-coloured marine sandstones of Arisu section (Arisu red beds) of the Upper Ordovician Tierekeawati Formation in Kalpin area of northwestern Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), Northwest China. Twenty-two species be...

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Main Authors: Jun-Jun Song, Yi-Xin Shen, Peng Tang, Xiao-Le Zhang, Qi-Jian Li, Zheng-Jiang Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-020-00064-y