Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Spores and Pollen from the Western Tarim Basin, S.Xinjiang, China

The western Tarim Basin in S.Xinjiang, a part of the Tethys during Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary includes three main depressions: the Kuqa, the Kashi and the Xinan depressions. In these depressions, the marine Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary are widespread and developed.
The Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary along the foot of Mt. Southern Tianshan consist ascendingly of such formations as the Kukebai, Dongba, Artashi, Qimugen, Kalatar, Wulagen and Bashibulake; while the upper Cretaceous along the foot of Mt. Western Kunlun are the formations of Kukebai, Wuyitake, Yigeziya and Tuyilouke. In the Kuqa depression, the Upper Cretaceous is red terrestrial deposit called bashijiqike group, where the lower Tetiary formations of Talake, Siaokuzbay and Awate are is a young order

In this paper about 208 genera and 686 species are described, of which a new genus, simhanasporites gen.nov., is described.