Where: Japan (39.0° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 115.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kamiyasse Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Waagenoconcha occurs on multiple bedding planes throughout ~4 m of section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: Y. Shiino and Y. Suzuki. 2007. Articulatory and musculatory systems in a Permian concavo-convex brachiopod Waagenoconcha imperfecta Prendergast, 1935 (Productida, Brachiopoda). Paleontological Research 11(3):265-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117784: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2011

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