Overlooked biodiversity of brittle stars from the Upper Pleistocene of Japan: descriptions of fossil ossicle assemblage in Indo-West Pacific

• Published in: Historical biology Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 2110 - 2124
• Main Authors: Okanishi, Masanori, Kohtsuka, Hisanori, Kaneko, Minoru, Mitsui, Shota
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.11.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Biodiversity; brittle star; Kanagawa; lateral arm plate; microfossils; Ophiuroidea; Plates; Pleistocene; vertebra; Vertebrae; Yokosuka Formation; Japan

Disarticulated fossil ossicles of brittle stars from the Upper Pleistocene Yokosuka Formation, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, central Japan, are described. The ossicles of lateral arm plates and vertebrae are assigned to Gorgonocephalidae, Ophiocomidae, Ophiosphalmidae, Ophiopholis, Ophiothrix, Ophi...