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1 April 2009 Late Triassic Phaeodarian Radiolaria from the Northern Chichibu Belt, Shikoku, Japan
Rie S. Hori, Satoshi Yamakita, Paulian Dumitrica
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Abstract

A new genus (Triassiphaeodina gen. nov.) and two new species (Medusetta japonica sp. nov. and Triassiphaeodina niyodoensis sp. nov.) of Late Triassic (Rhaetian) phaeodarian Radiolaria are described from a phosphatic nodule found in mélange rocks of the Northern Chichibu Belt, Shikoku, Japan. The Rhaetian age of the nodule and of the phaeodarian new taxa is based on co-occurring Polycystina Radiolaria, including Bipedis acrostylus Bragin, Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler, Fontinella primitiva Carter, and Ferresium sp. A of Carter (1993). This finding shows that phaeodarian Radiolaria were already represented in Late Triassic oceans, with morphologies similar to those known in the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic, from which they have previously been reported. The new taxa described herein represent the oldest known phaeodarian fossils.

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Rie S. Hori, Satoshi Yamakita, and Paulian Dumitrica "Late Triassic Phaeodarian Radiolaria from the Northern Chichibu Belt, Shikoku, Japan," Paleontological Research 13(1), 53-63, (1 April 2009). https://doi.org/10.2517/1342-8144-13.1.053
Received: 14 March 2008; Accepted: 1 September 2008; Published: 1 April 2009
KEYWORDS
Chichibu Belt
Japan
Late Triassic
Phaeodaria
Radiolaria
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