著者

後藤 仁敏 大倉 正敏 小川 浩

出版者

地学団体研究会

雑誌

地球科学 (ISSN:03666611)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.42, no.5, pp.290-297, 1988

被引用文献数

4

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Five specimens consisted of three genera and five species of chondrichthyes from the Middle Permian Akasaka Limestone in Kinshozan, Akasaka-cho, Ohgaki City, Gifu Prefecture, Central Japan are described. The fossil horizon is the uppermost part of the lower division (zone of Parafusulina). The chondrichthyan fossils were found in the pale orange and dark grey part of the grey-white massive limestone, and cotaining fossils such as Parafusurina japonica (Gumbel), Yatsengia ibukiensis Minato, Coelogasteroceras giganteum Nakazawa, ? Agathiceras sp. and crinoids. They are two teeth of cladodont sharks, Symmorium sp. and ? Symmorium sp., two dermal teeth of petrodi, Petrodus sp. and ? Petrodus sp., and one tooth plate of cochliodonts, Chochliodontidae gen. et sp. indet. Symmorium sp. is represented by a well preserved large cladodont type tooth. There are five cusps: a large central main cusp, mesial and distal side cusps and two small accesory cusps which are situated between main and side cusps. The main cusp is slightly inclined distally. There are many fine striae on the surface of the crown. The root of the tooth is composed of osseous tissues. ? Symmorium sp. is represented by a very small cladodont type tooth. The root and the mesial side cusp are not preserved. The cusps are straighter than the cusps of Symmorium sp. There are many fine striae on the surface of the crown. Petrodus sp. is a very large dermal tooth which is almost completely preserved. It is conical in shape. There are about thirteen radiating plicae and several circular growth lines on the surface of the crown. ? Petrodus sp. is one side of longitudinal section of the dermal tooth. It consists of two layers. The outer layer is thick and composed of white enameloid-like hard tissue which has many tubular structures. The inner layer is composed of black dense materials The tooth plate of cochliodonts, Chochliodontidae gen. et sp. indet., is observed from both sides in labio-lingual section. It is a large, curved, orally convex plate. There are five ridges on the occulusal surface of the tooth plate. The lingual ridge is largest and the other ridges become low and small towards labial side. It consists of three layers. The surface layer is thick and composed blue-grey enameloid-like hard tissue. The middle layer is composed of thin black substance. The basal layer is composed of dark grey hard tissue which is pale in some parts. This paper is the first report of cladodont type tooth of elasmobranchs, dermal tooth of petrodi and tooth plate of cochliodonts from the Japanese Permian. It can be expected that many kinds of fossil fishes will be found from the Paleozoic of Japan, in future.