Where: Miyagi, Japan (38.9° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° N, 114.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monodiexodina matsubaishi foram zone, Kanokura Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Upper part of the lower Kanokura Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, gray, green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by H. Araki

• Repository: Kesennuma Board of Education (tentatively at Old Tsukitate Junior High School), Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture

Primary reference: J. I. Tazawa and H. Araki. 2013. Four brachiopod species newly described from the Middle Permian of Kesennuma, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 28:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149789: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.08.2013

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