MZ-S1, Tsuzumugi, Mizukoshi Valley: Capitanian, Japan
collected by J. Tazawa, S. Hasegawa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Anidanthus ussuricus (Fredericks 1924)
Tazawa and Hasegawa 2007 7 specimens
(6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alispiriferella lita (Fredericks 1924)
Tazawa and Hasegawa 2007 19 specimens
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Gypospirifer volatilis Duan and Li 1985
Tazawa and Hasegawa 2007 16 specimens
(4 measurements)
Tazawa and Araki 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 130.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.7° North, 125.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian Zone:  Follicucullus charveti - Albaillella yamakitai
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.857 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mizukoshi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of formation, about 330 m below top.
The upper member of the Mizukoshi Formation is considered upper Guadalupian (Capitanian) on the basis of radiolarian zones (Ishida et al. 2010).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray lithified sandy "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. Tazawa, S. Hasegawa
Metadata
Database number:118871
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-10-17 14:40:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-17 14:40:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

33726. J. I. Tazawa. 2008. Permian brachiopods from the Mizukoshi Formation, central Kyushu, SW Japan: systematics, palaeogeography and tectonic implications. Paleontological Research 12:37-61 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

47974 J. I. Tazawa and H. Araki. 2013. Four brachiopod species newly described from the Middle Permian of Kesennuma, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 28:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27746 J. I. Tazawa and S. Hasegawa. 2007. Anidanthus, Gypospirifer, and Alispiriferella (Brachiopoda) from the upper Permian Mizukoshi Formation, central Kyushu, SW Japan. Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 22:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/S. Kolbe]