DISCOVERY OF AN EARLY CAMBRIAN SMALL SHELLY FAUNA IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR OF THE EAST KUNLUN MOUNTAINS,QINGHAI,AND ITS GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The author first reported the occurrence of Early Cambrian small shelly fossils in the central sector of the East Kunlun Mountains,Qinghai,including Anabarites trisulalus,Hylithellu stenuis sp., Palaeacmaea sp.and Latouchella sp.The discovery of these fossils have enriched the Early Paleozoic Paleontological data in the area and is of very important significance for the definitions,stratigraphic sequences and age assignment of the Wanbaogou Group and Naij Tal Group.