Paleontological Research

A new example of the trace fossil Asteriacites quinquefolius from Japan and its process of production as revealed by observations of an extant sea star

Late Devonian brachiopods from Choanji, South Kitakami Belt, Japan, and their stratigraphic significance

The rediscovery and taxonomical reexamination of the longirostrine crocodylian from the Pleistocene of Taiwan

Euroxenomys nanus sp nov., a minute beaver (Rodentia, Castoridae) from the early Miocene of Japan

Limnobiophyllum expansum (Lemnoideae, Araceae) from the early Miocene Hiramaki Formation in the Kani Basin, Gifu Prefecture, Central Japan

Early Carboniferous (early Visean) brachiopod fauna from the middle part of the Arisu Formation in the Shimoarisu area, South Kitakami Belt, Japan

Two new gastropods from the late Pliocene Omma-Manganji fauna in the Japan Sea borderland of Honshu, Japan

Reconsideration of the late Carboniferous and Permian fusuline faunas in the Sakamototoge area (northern part of the Mino Belt), Gifu Prefecture, Japan

A Turonian polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Obira Town, Hokkaido, and its biostratigraphic and paleoecological significance

Nipponocypris takayamai, a new species of cyprinid fish from the Nogami Formation (Middle Pleistocene) in the southern part of the Kusu Basin, Oita, Japan