Occurrence of benthic foraminifers across the Jurassic/Cretaceous transition in Gyangze, southern Xizang (Tibet), China

A relatively low diversity, bathyal benthic foraminiferal assemblage was recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Rilang and Gyabula formations at Chuangde near Gyangze, southern Xizang (Tibet). The assemblage contains 16 taxa belonging to 14 genera, including epifaunal forms dominated by detritus feeders, such as Ammodiscus tenuissimus, Glomospira charoides and Glomospirella gaultina, and rare tubular forms considered to be suspension-feeders such...