Where: Japan (36.2° N, 137.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.3° N, 108.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Moribu Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• 4 m above the base of the limestone of the lower member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, muddy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. I. Tazawa. 2001. Middle Permian brachiopods from the Moribu area, Hida Gaien Belt, central Japan. Paleontological Research 5(4):283-310 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75527: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2007

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