Where: Japan (39.1° N, 141.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 10.4° N, 138.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kanokura Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Basal part of the Kanokura Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, medium-grained, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Niigata University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology

Primary reference: G. A. Afanasjeva, J. I. Tazawa, and T. Shintani. 2015. Brachiopods of the order Chonetida from the Lower and Middle Permian of the South Kitakami Mountains, northeast Japan. Paleontological Journal 49:19-25 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165926: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.01.2015

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