Geologicheskii Vestnik

The article describes the first discovery of ostracod shells Carbonita abundans from the Shikhan of Yuraktau, and also provides an extended comparison of the Shikhanian ostracod complex with faunal complexes of similar age from Central Japan and Central Thailand.

Yuraktau, ostracods, shikhans, Lower Permian System, Asselian Stage

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