Gongen-dani Valley, SR-2, Mount Ryozen-san, Shiga Prefecture: Sakmarian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 136.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.0° North, 138.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
Stage: Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 1
Key time interval: Sakmarian
Age range of interval: 293.52 - 290.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ryozensan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: light gray bioclastic packstone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
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
Also known as:Reef 3435
Database number:61139
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-30 02:00:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-30 02:00:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

17571. S. Niko. 2001. Auloporid Tabulate Corals from the Lower Permian Ryozensan Limestone, Shiga Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27(1, 2):15-23 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]