Where: Japan (34.6° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.7° N, 108.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: D Member (Karita Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. Yanagida, J. Imamura, and M. Kawai. 1993. Reexamination of the brachiopod fauna from the Permian Karita Formation, southwest Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Earth and Planetary Science 28(1):1-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97204: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.07.2010

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