Shushanhe Fm
Type Locality and Naming
Kuqa Depression, NW Tarim. The Shushanhe Formation was erected by the 107 Department of Petroleum Administration bureau of Xinjiang (Wang Aimin, 1975), and was first cited publicly by the Compiling Group for the Regional Stratigraphic Chart of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The type locality is located on the northern bank of the Kapshaliang River northwest of Baicheng County, Xinjiang (E81°36′20″, N42°02′40″). Middle formation in Kapushaliang Gr.
Synonym: （舒善河组）
Lithology and Thickness
The Shushanhe Formation is composed brownish red, brownish yellow and grey sandy mudstones, intercalated with intercalated with grey-green and grass-green mudstones, grey-green siltstone and sandstone. The formation is 855 m thick in the Kapushaliang section, and 640-1047 m in other places.
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
It is in a conformable contact with the underlying strata, with the grass-green mudstone from its basal part serving as its boundary with the underlying Yageliemu Fm
Upper contact
It is in a conformable contact, with the blue-grey mudstone from its top part serving as its boundary with overlying Baxigal Fm.
Regional extent
The formation represents lacustrine deposits and is distributed in between the Kyzylnur River and Tallak River, and is exposed in the Kumgelemu, Bashkiqick, Yichikelick and Turgemin anticlines and the northern monocline zone. It distributed in the Baicheng, Kuqa areas of Xinjiang.
Fossils:
It yields Ostracoda fossils such as Darwinula tubiformis, Cyprudea (Ulwellia) koskulensis, Rhinocypris cirrita, R. echinata, Damonella kapshaliangensis, Minheella subunioda and etc.
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Fossils
It yields Ostracoda fossils such as Darwinula tubiformis, Cyprudea (Ulwellia) koskulensis, Rhinocypris cirrita, R. echinata, Damonella kapshaliangensis, Minheella subunioda and etc.
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Fossils:
None listed
Age
Depositional setting
Lacustrine deposits
Additional Information