Minami-zawa Valley, KA-3, Kamiyasse Area (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (39.0° N, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 108.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nakadaira Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• probably the upper part of the Nakadaira Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• dark gray limestone (bioclastic wackestone to packstone)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Niko. 2002. Mandulapora jimboi, a New Species of Early Permian Coral (Tabulata: Auloporida) from the Nakadaira Formation, Miyagi Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 28:31-35 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61212: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Protomichelinia multitabulata
Protomichelinia multitabulata Yabe and Hayasaka 1915 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Periphaceloporidae
Mandulapora jimboi n. sp.
Mandulapora jimboi n. sp. tabulate coral