Reply to Yin, J. Comment on “Zhang et al. New Age Constraints of the Bilong Co Oil Shale in the Qiangtang Basin, Northern Tibet: Evidence from In Situ U–Pb Dating and Palaeontology. Minerals 2024, 14, 246”-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Reply to Yin, J. Comment on “Zhang et al. New Age Constraints of the Bilong Co Oil Shale in the Qiangtang Basin, Northern Tibet: Evidence from In Situ U–Pb Dating and Palaeontology. Minerals 2024, 14, 246”

Published:2024-07-31 Issue:8 Volume:14 Page:789
ISSN:2075-163X
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language:en
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Author:

Zhang Haowei¹²,Wang Jian¹²³,Mansour Ahmed¹²⁴^ORCID,Zhang Jianyong⁵,Wei Hengye¹²,Fu Xiugen¹²³,Shen Lijun¹²,Xiong Shaoyun⁵,Ahmed Mohamed S.⁶^ORCID,Gentzis Thomas⁷^ORCID,Mu Lin⁸^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China

2. Qiangtang Institute of Sedimentary Basin, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China

3. National Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610050, China

4. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt

5. Key Laboratory of Carbonate Reservoirs, CNPC, Hangzhou 310023, China

6. Geology and Geophysics Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

7. Core Laboratories, 6316 Windfern Road, Houston, TX 77040, USA

8. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, Nanjing 210008, China

Abstract

The comment by Yin (2024) referred to the systematic morphology and identification of the newly recovered in situ ammonite assemblage Tiltoniceras sp. and Hildoceratidae sp. from the Bilong Co section in the Qiangtang Basin. Yin (2024) suggests that Tiltoniceras sp. should be assigned to Oxycerites aspidoides. Upon re-examination of our paper and the reply to the released comment, it is demonstrated that the morphologic characteristics of the recovered ammonites are more consistent with Tiltoniceras rather than Oxycerites aspidoides. These ammonites, along with in situ calcite U–Pb age (ca. 181 Ma), carbon isotope stratigraphy, and age-diagnostic palynomorphs, constrain the age of the Bilong Co oil shale to the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) with plausible credentials.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/14/8/789/pdf

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