Abstract:
A rich radiolarian fauna is discovered in the chert of the Middle Ordovician Heituao Formation in Kuruktag region,Xinjiang. The fauna is characterized by abundant spherical spumellarians,members of Family Inaniguttidae either with or without outer spines,and some particular groups of uncertain affinities. Ten new species assigned to four new genera and one known genus (Quasibeothuka fusiforma,Q. ovata,Q. ellipsoidala,Q. longifusiforma,Q. bithornya,Batoballa communis,B. longiovata,Protosegmentum xinjiangensi...