Karasawa sample Ka-86 (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.4° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 111.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parafusulina tochigiensis foram zone, Nabeyama Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (Fumio Kobayashi Collection)

Primary reference: F. Kobayashi. 2006. Middle Permian foraminifers of the Izuru and Nabeyama Formations in the Kuzu area, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Part 1. Schwagerinid, neoschwagerinid, and verbeekinid fusulinoideans. Paleontological Research 10:37-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Tetrataxoidea - Abadehellidae
Abadehella coniformis Okimura and Ishii 1975
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Lagenina - Ichthyolariidae
? Ichthyolariidae indet. Loeblich and Tappan 1986
Ichthyolariidae indet. Loeblich and Tappan 1986