According to the study made on the paleoecology of Ostracoda
sporo pollen and algal fossils collected from the fan delta of the third member of the Shahejie Formation in Gaoshangpu Oilfields
it is considered that the fan delta developed in littoral shallow lake environment The main elements of Ostracoda are Candona
Huabeinia and Candoniella with shallow water Candona as the the predominant one The content of the sporo pollen is usually higher than that of algae;the main elements of the algae are Granodiscus
Leiosphaeridia or Parabohaidina and Conicoidium All of the fossils reflect fresh to brackish water in littoral to shallow lake environment