Yuabe River, Hidaka Mountains (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Japan (43.1° N, 142.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 142.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• shallow shelf environment with rapid sedimentation
• lenticular limestones intercalated in diabasic tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Sanbonsugi in 1936

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: D. V. Ager and M. Minato. 1983. A new Triassic brachiopod fauna from Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, IV. series 20(4):261-273 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85168: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Rastelligeridae
Canadospira canadensis, ? Boreiospira sp.
? Boreiospira sp. Dagys 1974
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Robinsonella "sp. nov."
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Piarorhynchia sp.
Piarorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917