Late Mesozoic Conchostracans from Zhejiang,Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces

In SE China, Late Mesozoic volcanie rocks and red deposits were extensively distributed, ostracods, peleeypods, gastropods, fish and plant fossils, especially abundant conchostracans were found to occur in the variegated sedimentary intercalations of the volcanic deposits of the Kienteh Group.
The fossil Conchostracans dealt with in this monograph contain 115 species in 21 genera, 9 families, of which 71 species, 5 genera, and 1 family are new to science. They were mainly collected from four areas, namely(1) Zhejiang, (2) Southern Anhui, (3) Nanjing-Wuhu area, and (4) Xiaotian district, Westen Anhui.