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4 January 2023 Five Species of Microporina (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Pleistocene Setana Formation at Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan
Shinji Arakawa
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Abstract

Fossils of Microporina species were collected and examined from the Soebetsu Sandstone Member of the Pleistocene Setana Formation in southwestern Hokkaido. A description is provided for M. japonica Canu and Bassler, and four species (M. sakakurai, M. minuta, M. quadristoma and M. soebetsuensis) are newly described. Some of them were previously reported as M. articulata (Fabricius). Among the five species, three (M. japonica, M. sakakurai, M. minuta) have a semielliptical or elliptical orifice, relatively large and deep frontal pseudopores, opesiules occluded with a thin plate showing vein-like surface sculpturing, and avicularia that are longer than wide. The other two (M. quadristoma, M. soebetsuensis) have a rounded-quadrate orifice (sometimes with a convex proximal margin), smaller frontal pseudopores, opesiules occluded but lacking vein-like surface sculpturing, and avicularia that are circular or wider than long. Marked orificial dimorphism is observed in two species, M. sakakurai and M. soebetsuensis.

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Shinji Arakawa "Five Species of Microporina (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the Pleistocene Setana Formation at Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan," Paleontological Research 27(3), 245-260, (4 January 2023). https://doi.org/10.2517/PR210017
Received: 21 June 2021; Accepted: 26 January 2022; Published: 4 January 2023
KEYWORDS
Bryozoa
Hokkaido
Microporina
Pleistocene
Soebetsu Sandstone
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