DISCOVERY OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE GYABULA FORMATION IN GYANGZE,SOUTHERN XIZANG(TIBET),CHINA

A diverse agglutinated foraminiferal fauna has been recovered for the first time from the basal Gyabula Formation at the Gyabura Section in Gyangze,southern Xizang(Tibet),China.This fauna consists of eleven species in four genera(including species in open nomenclature):Ammobaculites agglutinans(d'Orbigny),Ammobaculites sp.1,Ammobaculites sp.2,Ammobaculites sp.3,Ammobaculites sp.4,Ammobaculites sp.5,Glomospira charoides(Jones et Parker),Haplophragmoides gigas minor Nauss,Haplophragmoides sp.1,Haplophragmoides sp.2and Reophax texanus Cushman et Waters.According to the global stratigraphic distribution of the above-mentioned species,the foraminiferal fauna may be of the Early Cretaceous.