Carboniferous tabulate corals from the Eostaffella-Millerella Zone of the Omi Limestone, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan

In a serial paper documenting the tabulate coral fauna of the Omi Limestone, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, this installment focuses favositid and auloporid species from the Eostaffella-Millerella Zone (late Visean to Bashkirian, Carboniferous). They include Pseudofavosites hinaensis Niko, 1999, Michelinia japonica Niko, 2002, Donetzites sp. cf. D. kibiensis Niko, 1999, and Cladochonus ozawai Niko and Haikawa, 2007. The new specimen of P. hinaensis permits a more detailed description than the holotype, and provides emendations of the specific concept. Apparent faunal similarity between tabulate corals of the Omi Limestone and those of the reef complexes in southwest Japan is recognizable