Kogoro K-1, Hiroshima Prefecture: Asselian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia nipponica n. sp. Yanagida and Nishikawa 1984
2 specimens
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Purdonella sp. (Reed 1944)
1 specimen
Purdonella sadai Yanagida and Nishikawa 1984
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.5° North, 100.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 295.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kawai
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Limestone is strongly recrystallized by Cretaceous rhyolitic volcanic activity, making it difficult to determine the original lithofacies.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:97224
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-20 13:49:57 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-20 13:49:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33165. J. Yanagida and I. Nishikawa. 1984. Early Permian brachiopods from the Kawai Limestone, Hiroshima Prefecture, southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 25(2):159-197 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]