Abstract:This paper deals with the fossils of ostracodes from the early Tertiary in the southwest region of Shandong. The collection contains 12 genera and 35 species, ineluding 7 new species. They can be grouped into 4 assemblages:1. Cypridea--Candona hubeiensis assemblage of Early--Middle Palaeocence.2. Cypris henanensis--Eucypris wutuensis assemblage of Early Eocene.3. Cyprinotus altilis--Austrocypris levis assemblage of Middle--Late Eocene.4. Xiyingia assemblage of oligocene.