Where: Japan (38.8° N, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 115.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lepidolina shiraiwensis foram zone, G Member (Iwaizaki Formation), Capitanian (265.0 - 259.0 Ma)

• 8 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, black limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1984. Permian trilobites of Japan in comparison with Asian, Pacific and other faunas. Paleontological Society of Japan Special papers 26:1-92 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110420: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.06.2011

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