Where: Japan (39.0° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.9° N, 114.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kanokura Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. A. Afanasjeva and J. Tazawa. 2010. New Genus Kanokurachonetes (Brachiopoda, Chonetida) from the Middle Permian of the Southern Kitakami Mountains, Northeast Japan. Paleontological Journal 44(1):16-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98240: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.09.2010

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