{"title":"Preliminary report on Permian radiolarians from the Numakuma peninsula in Japan: Paleontological evidence for the presence of the Ultra-Tamba Belt","authors":"Tsuyoshi Ito, Daisuke Sato","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100751","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100751","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Permian<span><span> radiolarians were obtained from </span>mudstone of an accretionary complex cropping out on the Numakuma Peninsula of Japan. The establishment of a Permian age for the mudstone suggests that these rocks belong to the Permian accretionary complex and therefore to the Ultra-Tamba Belt.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 100751"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139297095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Permian radiolarian Neoalbaillella caridroiti assemblage from the Loufanggou, Guangyuan-Shangsi area, Sichuan Province, China","authors":"Kiyoko Kuwahara , Akira Yao , Jianxin Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100784","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100784","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>A well-preserved Lopingian<span> (Late Permian) radiolarian assemblage including </span></span><em>Neoalbaillella</em> has been recovered from the Loufanggou 2 section of the Dalong Formation in northern Sichuan, China. The assemblage consists mainly of spherical radiolarians with spongy tests, such as Entactinaria and Spumellaria. Albaillellaria and Latentifistularia are relatively rare in the assemblage. The occurrence of <em>Neoalbaillella caridroiti</em> nov. sp., <em>Neoalbaillella antaixiangi</em> Yao and Kuwahara and <em>Albaillella triangularis</em> Ishiga, Kito and Imoto indicates that the Loufanggou 2 section may be correlated with the <em>Neoalbaillella optima</em> assemblage zone. Until now, only <em>Neoalbaillella caridroiti</em> nov. sp. and <em>Neoalbaillella antaixiangi</em> were known to occur in the northern Sichuan area. This limited occurrence indicates the possibility that the Dalong Formation depositional basin in northern Sichuan Province was a geographically limited area, and the radiolarian assemblage shows its provincialism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 100784"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141144007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guadalupian–Lopingian (Middle–Late Permian) radiolarians from clastic rocks and zircon U–Pb ages of intercalated tuff and tuffaceous sandstone on Sado Island, central Japan","authors":"Toshiyuki Kurihara , Keisuke Suzuki , Tsuyoshi Ito , Hirotaka Ishida , Hayato Ueda , Atsushi Matsuoka","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100750","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>We investigated Permian<span><span> strata in the Ota area of the Kosado Hills, Sado Island, central Japan, and their depositional ages were determined based on radiolarian </span>biostratigraphy<span> and zircon U–Pb dating. We also focused on the geology of the region and its lithologic correlation with other geological units in the Inner Zone of Southwest Japan. The radiolarian analysis identified the presence of </span></span></span><em>Follicucullus porrectus</em> and <em>F. dilatatus</em><span> in mudstone exposed on the coastline of Ota, indicating a middle–late Capitanian to early Changhsingian age. Mudstone exposed along the forest road in the Ota area contained </span><em>Cariver charveti</em>, suggesting a late Capitanian–early Changhsingian age. Zircon U–Pb dating of the tuff layer intercalated within the <em>Follicucullus</em>-bearing mudstone yielded a weighted-mean age of 259.9 ± 2.0 Ma, corresponding to a Capitanian–Wuchiapingian age. The tuffaceous sandstone interbedded with mudstone containing <em>C. charveti</em><span> yielded a weighted-mean age of 264.1 ± 6.3 Ma, which covers the Roadian to Wuchiapingian ages. The youngest model peak age (256.6 ± 2.6 Ma; Wuchiapingian) provides the most reliable estimate of the maximum depositional age. The Paleozoic strata in the Kosado Hills have previously been correlated with the Ultra-Tamba and Maizuru belts in Southwest Japan based on fossil<span> occurrences. Our findings indicate that the Permian rocks in the Kosado Hills exhibit differences in lithology from those in the Ultra-Tamba belt but share similarities with the upper Guadalupian–Lopingian strata in the Maizuru belt.</span></span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 100750"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136009398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Galina P. Nestell , John P. Pope , Merlynd K. Nestell
{"title":"Desmoinesian (middle Pennsylvanian) radiolarians from the Excello Shale of Kansas, USA","authors":"Galina P. Nestell , John P. Pope , Merlynd K. Nestell","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100772","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100772","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) radiolarians<span> are described from carbonate concretions found in the black phosphatic facies in strata of the Excello Shale Member of the Fort Scott Limestone (Marmaton Group) in southeastern Kansas (K69 section), USA. Ten new species of radiolarians are described: </span></span><em>Albaillella kansaensis, Holdsworthella trifurca, Pseudoalbaillella deformata, Entactinia jayhawkensis, E. heckeli, E. boardmani, Apophysiacus martiali, Moskovistella insolita, Palacantholithus umbrelliformis</em>, and <em>Ormistonella perrara</em>. The Kansas radiolarian assemblage is different from the assemblage described from the Excello Shale of Iowa in the preservation and taxonomic composition. The radiolarians are preserved as pyritized internal molds or regular tests replaced by pyrite, and unidentifiable organic material. The domination of entactinarians and albaillellarians in the Kansas assemblage and their poor to excellent preservation indicate the formation of early diagenetic calcareous concretions in anoxic conditions. The appearance of the spicular radiolarian genus <em>Palacantholithus</em><span> indicates an influx of relatively cold water connected with upwelling. The Kansas location was much farther offshore (450 km basinward) compared to the Iowa localities suggesting a difference in thermocline depth, affecting water temperature, oxygenation, and nutrients.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 100772"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140277137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Paleozoic radiolarians from the Kozuki Formation of the Ultra-Tamba Terrane in the Kanbayashi area, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Southwest Japan","authors":"Yoshiaki Sugamori , Kotomi Ikeda","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100806","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100806","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Ultra-Tamba Terrane within the Inner Zone of Southwest Japan is interpreted as a Guadalupian (Middle Permian) to Lopingian (Late Permian) subduction-related accretionary complex. The Kozuki Formation is the UT3 unit of the terrane and is mainly present in eastern Okayama and western Hyogo prefectures. Recently, it was shown that the Kozuki Formation is also distributed in the Kanbayashi area of northern Kyoto Prefecture based on the similarity of its lithological features and tectonic position. The exact age of the formation was unknown until now. In this study, radiolarian fossils are discovered in two sections, allowing for the determination of the ages of cherts and clastics within the Kozuki Formation. The cherts yielded radiolarians such as <em>Curvalbailella u-forma</em> (Holdsworth and Jones) and <em>Curvalbailella chilensis</em> (Ling and Forsythe), which indicate a latest Carboniferous or early Cisuralian, Early Permian age, and the mudstones yielded radiolarians such as <em>Latentifistula banchengensis</em> Wang, <em>Pseudotormentus</em> cf. <em>kamigoriensis</em> De Wever and Caridroit, <em>Quadriremis gracilis</em> (De Wever and Caridroit), which indicate Guadalupian to Lopingian, but most likely Guadalupian, age. This study establishes the Kozuki Formation in the studied area as a part of the UT3 unit of the Ultra-Tamba Terrane, confirms its age correlation with other regions, and emphasizes the northeasternmost extension of the unit.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 100806"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143094405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New species of encrusting foraminifera from the Carboniferous (Upper Mississippian) of Central Russia","authors":"Olev Vinn , Aleksandr A. Mironenko","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100819","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100819","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>New encrusting foraminifera <em>Tolypammina kalugensis</em> sp. nov. is described from the Carboniferous of Central Russia. The test of the new species is large and completely attached to hard substrate, consisting of an ovoid-shaped proloculus followed by an undivided tubular second chamber. The encrusting fauna is primarily composed of a monospecific association of <em>T. kalugensis</em> sp. nov. Additionally, there are only a few occurrences of small, phosphatic encrusting brachiopods. The remarkably low diversity and nearly monospecific encrusting fauna found in the Dashkovka Member of the Gurovo Formation indicate unusual environmental conditions. The scarcity of benthic organisms could be attributed to oxygen deficiency. Furthermore, these black and green clays of the Dashkovka Member likely accumulated in the deepest parts of the basin, situated below the photic zone, which further supports the hypothesis of oxygen-poor conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 100819"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143570511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actinomma sogndalensis n. sp. (Radiolaria, Polycystina) an endemic species to the Sognefjord, western Norway","authors":"Jane K. Dolven , Kjell R. Bjørklund","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studies of polycystine radiolarians (marine planktonic protists) have shown that great faunistic differences occur between the different Norwegian fjord systems. Plankton studies by Swanberg and Bjørklund in the early 1980′s identified more than 55 polycystine radiolarian species, including two unidentified forms of <em>Actinomma</em> noted as sp. A and sp. B. The discovery of fully developed adult individuals of the same taxa in plankton material from the Sogndalsfjord in 2010 revealed that the sp. A form in fact was a juvenile stage of the sp. B form. Its general morphologic skeletal structure differs so much from the other local <em>Actinomma</em> species that the whole concept of how to define, and what to include in, this genus has been taken up here for discussion.</div><div>This new species, described herein as <em>Actinomma sogndalensis</em>, has mainly been found in the Sognefjord, which leads us to conclude that <em>A. sogndalensis</em> might be an example of a real endemic fjord species. Due to the fragility of the latticed cortical shells, only the two thick primary medullary shells are preserved in the sediment. This led us to include a discussion regarding the number of concentric shells and their relevance or usefulness as a taxonomic criterion at the genus level in conjunction with this description of the new species. The genus <em>Actinomma</em> is emended to include species with two or multiple lattice spheres. <em>Cromyechinus</em> is by us still regarded as a junior synonym of <em>Actinomma</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 100818"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143570510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Late Silurian – Early Devonian marine ostracods from Kuan Tung Formation, Satun Province, southern Thailand","authors":"Anucha Promduang, Anisong Chitnarin","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Late Silurian to Early Devonian ostracods are reported for the first time from the Kuan Tung Formation (Sibumasu terrane) in southern Thailand. The studied limestone samples yielded abundant ostracods belonging to five suborders, six superfamilies, 17 genera, and 34 species, including the newly described <em>Ampuloides thungsamedensis</em> nov. sp. Other species are members of <em>Ampuloides, Microcheilinella, Bairdiocypris, Baschkirina?, Rectella?, Pseudorayella, Acratia, Bairdia, Fabalicypris, Cytherellina, Healdia, Kummerowia</em>?<em>, Aparchites, Brevidorsa, Samarella, Coelonella, Knoxiella</em>? with a few specimens of Eridoconchidae. Overall, the composition of ostracod assemblages is stable from the lower to middle subunits of the study section and points to shallow water environment on a carbonate deep shelf below the fair-weather wave base. The fauna shows relationships with Early to Late Devonian ostracods from South China, suggesting a narrow seaway between Sibumasu and South China terranes during Late Silurian to Early Devonian (late Ludlow to early Emsian).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 100817"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143570509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucas Silveira Antonietto , David Ian Machado Alves , Cláudio Magalhães Almeida , Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo , Vera Maria Medina da Fonseca
{"title":"A reassessment of the type-materials of Ostracoda (Crustacea, Oligostraca) lost in the “Museu Nacional” Great Fire of September 2, 2018","authors":"Lucas Silveira Antonietto , David Ian Machado Alves , Cláudio Magalhães Almeida , Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo , Vera Maria Medina da Fonseca","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100807","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100807","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>On September 2, 2018, a catastrophic fire occurred at the “Museu Nacional” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, nearly destroying its once rich scientific collections. That accident latter generated a movement from the museum and the scientific community to restore their collections, either by bringing new specimens to the institution or by providing information about the ones lost in the tragedy. Herein we present our contribution to that effort: high-resolution scanning electron microscope images of holotypes and paratypes of 23 fossil ostracod species and subspecies that were destroyed by the “Museu Nacional” fire. These taxa occur in several Brazilian and central West African Lower Cretaceous lithological units, and some of them (<em>Cypridea [Pseudocypridina] faveolata</em> and <em>Sebastianites fida minor</em>) are even guide fossils to these strata. The present images and taxonomical updates of species – including new combinations for <em>Sebastianites fida minor, Sebastianites</em>? <em>minima, Sebastianites</em>? <em>sostensis granulata</em> and <em>Theriosynoecum ventrostriatum</em> – will also enable future studies of ostracod species from Brazilian and central West African Lower Cretaceous basins, as they provide an accurate system of identification in absence of direct observation of these type specimens once housed at the “Museu Nacional” scientific collections.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 100807"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143570508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taxonomic significance of the radiolarian family Tetraspinocyrtiidae Kozur and Mostler and related families from the Sorgun Ophiolitic Mélange, southern Turkey","authors":"Péter Ozsvárt , Paulian Dumitrica , Patrice Moix","doi":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.revmic.2024.100808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present work evaluates the significance of the early Tuvalian (late Carnian, Late Triassic) Tetraspinocyrtiidae and related families (radiolarians) from the Sorgun Ophiolitic Mélange, southern Turkey. Two new genera: <em>Nogursa</em> and <em>Sorgunocyrtis</em> and additional fifteen new species and a new subspecies are described from the Tavusçayırı Block, northeast of Sorgun village, Mersin, southern Turkey. The radiolarian fauna belongs to the <em>Spongotortilispinus moixi</em> Radiolarian Zone (equivalent to <em>Paragondolella postinclinata – Paragondolella noah</em> Conodont Zone).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45442,"journal":{"name":"REVUE DE MICROPALEONTOLOGIE","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 100808"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143570514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}