Author(s)

Xinfa Li^1,2, Guobiao Li^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geology and Biogeology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.
²School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.

Cretaceous radiolarians were firstly reported from the Eocene Sand-Shale Member of Zhepure Formation in the Gulupu section, Tüna, Yadong, Tibet. In spite of poor preservation, 24 species of 14 radiolarian genera have still been identified, clearly indicating an age, ranging from early Aptian–Maastrichtian, and therefore should have occurred in the Eocene as a result of redeposition. The study of the stratigraphic origin of these radiolarians will shed light on the paleoenvironment and late evolutionary history of the Tibet-Tethys.

Cretaceous, Redeposited Radiolarians, Eocene, Zhepure Formation, Paleoenvironment, Yadong

Li, X. and Li, G. (2019) First Report of Redeposited Cretaceous Radiolarians in the Eocene Sand-Shale Member of Zhepure Formation, Tüna, Yadong, Tibet. Open Journal of Geology, 9, 566-568. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2019.910043.