@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001602, author = {Yamaguchi, Tatsuhiko and Nagao, Ryoichi and Kamiya, Takahiro}, journal = {Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum}, month = {Dec}, note = {The uppermost Eocene-lowermost Oligocene Kishima Formation, containing abundant Mazean molluscan fauna, is distributed in the Karatsu Coalfield of Saga Prefecture. The formation yields at least 12 ostracode species from muddy sandstones. The fossil ostracode assemblages consist chiefly of Acanthocythereis volubilis, Eopaijenbochella sinensis, Munseyella simplex, Trachyleberis inouei sp. nov., and Cytherella sp. They correlate with assemblages from outer- shelf deposits of the lowermost Oligocene Itanoura Formation in the Sakito-Matsushima Coalfield of Nagasaki Prefecture, which also yield a Mazean molluscan fauna. This suggests as follows: 1) Ostracode faunas from the uppermost Eocene-lowermost Oligocene Mazean Stage are characterized by Cytherella sp. associated with A. volubilis, E. sinensis, and M. simplex; 2) the muddy sandstones were deposited not in the upper sublittoral zone presumed by the previous studies on fossil molluscs, but in outer-shelf environments. The new species mentioned above is described herein.}, pages = {87--101}, title = {Paleogene ostracodes from the Kishima Formation, Kishima Group, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan}, volume = {33}, year = {2006} }