Parafusulina (Permian Fusulinacea) from Hazegatoge, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

Well-preserved Permian fusulinacean species are present in conglomerates within the Dobaru Formation, the stratigraphically lowest part of the Early Cretaceous Wakino Subgroup. Three species of Parafusulina (Permian Fusulinacea), Parafusulina cf. kaerimizensis (Ozawa), Parafusulina sp. A, and Parafusulina sp. B, are described and illustrated. These fusulinaceans in clasts of non-crystalline limestone reworked into Early Cretaceous conglomerates indicate that the limestone source was close to the sedimentary basin of the Dobaru Formation.