@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00033368, author = {Tazawa, Jun-ichi and Oyagi, Kazuhisa}, journal = {Science reports of Niigata University. (Geology), Science reports of Niigata University. (Geology)}, month = {Mar}, note = {A brachiopod fauna (the Ryozensan fauna), consisting of seven species in six genera, is described from the upper part of the Ryozensan Formation (Artinskian; Pseudofusulina Zone) in the Ryozensan area, northern Suzuka Mountains, Mino Belt, southwestern Japan. The brachiopods of the fauna are as follows: Echinauris sp., Meekella sp., Enteletes stehlii Cooper and Grant, Acosarina rectimarginata Cooper and Grant, Acosarina cf. dunbari Cooper and Grant, Neospirifer sp. and Plectelasma sp. Palaeobiogeographically, the Ryozensan fauna has a close affinity with the lower Permian brachiopod faunas of Kuzu, Kiryu and Hatahoko in the Mino Belt, Japan and West Texas, USA.}, pages = {27--38}, title = {Early Permian (Artinskian) brachiopods from the Ryozensan area, Mino Belt, southwestern Japan}, volume = {34}, year = {2019} }