754. OLDHAMINA FROM THE UPPER PERMIAN OF THE KITAKAMI MOUNTAINS, JAPAN AND ITS TETHYAN PROVINCE DISTRIBUTION

Abstract

Oldhamina kitakamiensis sp. nov. is described from the Upper Permian Toyoma Formation in Kanayashiki, southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Honshu, Japan. This new species is close to Oldhamina anshunensis Huang, 1932 from the Upper Permian Lungtan and Dalong Formations of south China. The genus Oldhamina is now known from the Permian of Armenia, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, China and Japan, all in the Tethyan Province.