Zenbutsuji-dani, Niisaka-mura, Hiba-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture: Capitanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.6° North, 128.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.857 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zenbutsuji-dani
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Gray compact calcilutite, which contains debris of various microorganisms such as smaller foraminifera, fusulinids, and calcareous algae
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:110459
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-06-08 15:37:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-06-08 15:37:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

33563. K. Konishi. 1960. Sinopora dendroidea (Yoh), auloporid coral from Late Permian of western Honshu. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 40:325-328 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]