- 著者
- Yui Takahashi Yuichi Fukushima Gengo Tanaka Yukio Miyake
- 出版者
- The Geological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- 地質学雑誌 (ISSN:00167630)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.128, no.1, pp.65-73, 2022-01-15 (Released:2022-05-21)
- 参考文献数
- 48
A conodont fauna characterized by Streptognathodus species was recovered from a limestone block (previously called Ōboradani Formation) of the Ōtani (=Ohtani or Otani) Formation belonging to the Hida Gaien belt distributed in the Kuzuryu area, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The fauna consists of Streptognathodus corrugatus, S. elegantulus, S. excelsus, S. gracilis, Idiognathodus sp., Gondolella bella, G. cf. elegantula and G. cf. pohli. These streptognathodids have a wide geographic distribution and indicate a middle-late Kasimovian (Late Pennsylvanian) age, which is slightly older than the Gzhelian (latest Pennsylvanian) age infferred from fusulinid fossils in previous studies. Thus, the limestone block of the Ōtani Formation probably contains the Upper Pennsylvanian carbonate succession.