Where: Japan (36.4° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 108.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parafusulina yabei foram zone, Nabeyama Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Two samples from different places in quarry, but listed on same line in table

•"the age of the Yamasuge fauna is Artinskian to Kungurian, most probably Kungurian" (Tazawa et al. 2012)

• 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 128535: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2012

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