Iwaizaki, Japan (Permian to of Japan)

Also known as Reef 210

Where: Japan (38.9° N, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 115.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Iwaizaki Limestone Formation, Wordian to Wordian (266.9 - 259.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Kawamura and H. Machiyama. 1995. A Late Permian coral reef complex, South Kitakami Terrane, Japan. Sedimentary Geology 99:135-150 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34749: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 22.09.2003

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