Middle Permian brachiopods from the Oguradani Formation, Ise district, Hida Gaien Belt, Central Japan

A Middle Permian (Bolorian-Kubergandian) brachiopod fauna from the lower Oguradani Formation of Oguradani, Ise district, Hida Gaien Belt, Central Japan is described. The brachiopod fauna consists of Derbyia cf. buchi, Meekella sp., Transennatia gratiosa, Leptodus nobilis, Stenoscisma margaritovi and Hustedia cf. grandicosta. The Oguradani fauna can be correlated with the brachiopod faunas of the lower Moribu Formation of the Moribu district, Hida Gaien Beit, Central Japan; the lower Kanokura Formation of the Southern Kitakami Mountains, Northeast Japan; the Chandalaz Formation of South Primorye, Eastern Russia; and the Miaoling Formation of Yanji, Jilin Province, Northeast China