Kanling Fm
Type Locality and Naming
The type section is at Kanling in the vicinity of Village Yingan 66 km southwest of Aksu City, Xinjiang. The Kanling Fm was named by Qiao and Zhang (1973), and was published by Xinjiang Compiling Group for Regional Stratigraphic Scale (1981).
Synonym: (坎岭组）
Lithology and Thickness
The Formation is composed of purple, gray nodular argillaceous limestone and grayish green calcilutite of shelf-slope setting (Zhou et al., 1990). In the type area, the Kanling Fm is 18 m thick.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It rests conformably on the black shale and limestone of the Qilang Fm.
Upper contact
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Fossils
Zhou et al. (1990) divided the conodont fauna into lower Prioniodus lingulatus zone and upper Pygodus anserinus zone, and changed the nautiloids Trilacinoceras zone established by Qiao (1986) into Lituites-Trilacinoceras zone, considering the more widespread correlation of Lituites. Additionally, this formation yields trilobite T. convergens and graptolite Pseudoclimacograptus scharenbergi stenostoma.
Age
Depositional setting
Shelf-slope setting
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