Where: Japan (39.0° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 115.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kanokura Formation, Capitanian (265.0 - 259.0 Ma)

• Capitanian based on occurence of Timorites

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified, argillaceous, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. A. Afanasjeva and J. Tazawa. 2007. A new large chonetid (Brachiopoda) from the Middle Permian of the southern Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Paleontological Journal 41:424-428 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100323: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.12.2010

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