Numerous microgastropods are reported for from the Eocene (Ypresian) Zhepure Formation in Tüna, Yadong, Southern Tibet for the first time. Although most of the shells are incompletely preserved, the following eight species of benthic microgastropods are described and illustrated: Eulimella sp., Odostomia aff. pakistanica, Monotygma aff. marcusseni, Syrnola sp., Pyramidellidae (Syrnola?) sp., Pyramidellidae indet. sp., Mathilda (Echinimathilda) cf. duogenta and the new species Turbonilla yadongensis n. sp. As little is known about Paleogene microgastropod fauna in Tibet, the occurrence here could give further information on Cenozoic biostratigraphy of Southern Tibet, the paleoenvironment and late evolutionary history of eastern Tethyan realm. Based on this study of the little-known Eocene microgastropod assemblage, we demonstrate that a shallow marine environment existed during early Eocene in the Southern Tibet.
Ostracods of the Devonian–Carboniferous transitional interval in the Lhasa Block are described for the first time at the stratotype section of the Chaguoluoma Formation, Xainza, Tibet. Fifty-three ostracod species of 19 genera are identified and figured including a new species Bairdiacypris xainzaensis n. sp. The ostracod fauna in the Chaguoluoma section may represent an age close to the Devonian–Carboniferous boundary. The benthic ostracods from the Chaguoluoma section belong to the Podocopid association (i.e., Eifelian Mega-Assemblage), which implies an offshore environment. Additionally, ostracods from the Chaguoluoma Formation show a high similarity to the Devonian taxa from South China, suggesting a close biogeographic affinity between the Lhasa Block and South China Plate. They are also compared to the ostracod faunas from Laurentia–Baltica, Gondwana, and Kazakhstan plates, which implies that ostracods could probably benefit from oceanic circulations and sea-level changes to experience faunal exchanges between peri-Gondwana and Laurentia–Baltica during the latest Devonian.
Early Mississippian Yudong and Shihuadong formations are well exposed in the Yudong I and Yudong II sections, Shidian, Baoshan, western Yunnan, Southwest China. Abundant and diverse conodonts are recovered from the two formations. A total of 29 species/subspecies belonging to 10 genera are identified. The Siphonodella and Scaliognathus anchoralis-Gnathodus pseudosemiglaber zones are recognized. Through cluster analysis, one conodont biofacies, Polygnathus biofacies, and two subbiofacies, Bispathodus-Pseudopolygnathus and Gnathodus subbiofacies, are identified. Changes in these conodont biofacies and subbiofacies are interpreted as a result of fluctuation of sea level in the Baoshan Block during the middle to late Tournaisian, Early Mississippian. Geniculatus claviger is recovered and systematically described in China for the first time.