Kinsho-zan, Ohgaki City, Akasaka limestone (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.4° N, 136.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 112.1° E)

When: Akasaka Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mr. T. Ono

Primary reference: M. Goto. 1994. Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic fish faunas of the Japanese Islands. The Island Arc 3(1994):247-254 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133503: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
"Neopetalodus" sp. Murata and Uyeno 1979 chimaera