Three species of brachiopods, Schizophoria resupinata, Rhipidomella sp. and Dimegelasma sp. are described from the middle part of the Odaira Formation at its type locality, Otsubo-sawa, Yokota-cho, Southern Kitakami Mountains. These species taken together with associated Pustula sp. and a rugose coral Sugiyamaella carbonarium suggest late Tournaisian to early Visean age
