A NEW GRAPTOLITE FAUNA FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN SHALE OF TSAIDAM,CHINGHAI PROVINCE

I.Discussion on the stratigraphical position of the graptolite-bearing shale and the distinguishing features of the fauna Our country,being vast in territory and rich in natural resources,unremittingly affords usinteresting scientific materials of both theoretical and practical significance.The finding of the newgraptolite fauna from the Ordovician shale of Tsaidam is one of a thousand like instances.Thisfinding brings forward a series of scientific problems which we should resolve,and thus pointsout more definitely the direction in which we must lay stress on our study.The graptolites were discovered and collected in 1956 by Comrade Sun Tien-Ching and other

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