Where: Japan (38.9° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 112.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kanokura Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Lower Kanokura Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Hideo Araki

Primary reference: J. Tazawa and H. Araki. 1984. Paralyttonia (Oldhaminidina, Brachiopoda) from the Permian of northeast Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 90:121-123 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118870: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.10.2011

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