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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina" sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Gastropoda | |
? Sisenna ? japonica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Eumorphotis aff. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop |