Where: Okayama, Japan (34.7° N, 133.4° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 107.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Mihara Formation (Yoshii Group), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Follicucullus scholasticus radiolarian zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, cherty/siliceous mudstone
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: K. Sada, Y. Takata, and Y. Oho. 1992. Radiolarian faunas discovered from the Permian Yoshii Group in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan. In K. Ishizaki, T. Saito (eds.), Centenary of Japanese Micropaleontology 383-387 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95363: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
"Pseudoalbaillella sp." = Parafollicucullus, Pseudoalbaillella aff. longicornis, Follicucullus scholasticus
"Pseudoalbaillella sp." = Parafollicucullus Holdsworth and Jones 1980 radiolarian
Pseudoalbaillella aff. longicornis Ishiga and Imoto 1980 radiolarian
Follicucullus scholasticus Ormiston and Babcock 1979 radiolarian | |
Latentibifistula sp. Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
Latentibifistula asperspongiosa Sashida and Tonishi 1986 radiolarian |