Ty12. Sandstone beds. Toya-sawa: Midian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) cf. Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) raggyorcakaensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyagi
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 141.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.2° North, 135.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 3-4
Key time interval: Midian Foram zone:  Monodiexodina sutchanica
Age range of interval: 267.1 - 259.857 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kamiyasse Member:upper
Local section:Ty12 Local bed:1 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 4 of regional section, with units 1 & 2 in the underlying Hoso-o formation, unit 3 the lower part of Kamiyasse, and unit 5 to overlying Kurosawa formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,fine sandy sandstone
Lithology description: sandy, fossiliferous mudstone. The base of unit-4 starts with matrix-supported conglomerates, showing a sharp, erosive base (Shiino et al., Reference Shiino, Suzuki and Kobayashi2011). The overlying very fine-grained sandstone is poorly sorted because of extensive bioturbation that generally destroyed the primary sedimentary structures. The very fine-grained sandstone includes several fossiliferous layers consisting of brachiopods (e.g., Waagenoconcha imperfecta Prendergast, Reference Prendergast1935), crinoid columns, bryozoans, and bivalves. The components of the assemblages are commonly disarticulated and exhibit a convex-up orientation. In contrast, the bryozoans and Waagenoconcha imperfecta in the sandy layers exhibit their original life postures.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: The fossiliferous layers of unit-4 were formed by distal storm flows in an offshore to outer shelf environment (Shiino et al., Reference Shiino, Suzuki and Kobayashi2011).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:278692
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2026-05-05 20:59:16 Last modified:2026-05-05 16:05:32
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

94747. N. Kudo and Y. Shiino. 2026. Taphonomy and environmental distribution of Pseudophillipsia in the middle Permian Kamiyasse Formation of the Southern Kitakami Terrane, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 1-18 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]