Heki, Y-14, Shimoyakuno (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.3° N, 135.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 111.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yakuno Group, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Middle Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: K. Nakazawa. 1953. Discovery of Claraia and Eumorphotis from Triassic Yakuno Group, Kyoto Pref, Japan. Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto, Series B 20:261-269 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115241: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
"Spiriferina" sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis aff. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop