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Carboniferous ostracods from central Honshu, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2016

C. P. STOCKER*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
T. KOMATSU
Affiliation:
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860–8555, Japan
G. TANAKA
Affiliation:
Center for Marine Environment Studies, Kumamoto University, Kamiamakusa City, Kumamoto 861–6102, Japan
M. WILLIAMS
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
D. J. SIVETER
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
C. E. BENNETT
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
S. WALLIS
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–8601, Japan
T. OJI
Affiliation:
Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464–8601, Japan
T. MAEKAWA
Affiliation:
Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860–8555, Japan
M. OKURA
Affiliation:
Naka 86, Minamiyama-cho, Konan, Aichi 483–8155, Japan
T. R. A. VANDENBROUCKE
Affiliation:
Department of Geology (WE13), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Author for correspondence: [email protected]

Abstract

Silicified beyrichiocopid and podocopid ostracods from limestone nodules derived from the middle part of the Ichinotani Formation within the Hida Gaien Terrane of central Honshu Island, Japan, are associated with fusulinid foraminifera that indicate strata of the middle Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous). This is a rare record of ostracods from the Palaeozoic of Japan and the first systematic description of ostracods from the Carboniferous of the Hida Gaien Terrane. The fauna comprises six ostracod species (two new) assigned to the genera Amphissites, Kirkbya, Bairdia, Aechmina and Healdia, and additional material of possible cavellinids. The numerical dominance of ornamented beyrichiocopids such as Kirkbya and Amphissites, along with smaller numbers of smooth podocopids such as Bairdia, indicates an ‘Eifelian mega-assemblage’ ecotype (sensu G. Becker), that is typical of mid Palaeozoic shallow marine, high-energy environments in a fore-reef ecosystem.

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