Utou-yama, Shiojiri City (Permian of Japan)

Also known as Utouyama, Nojiri

Where: Japan (36.1° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 112.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• Yabeina globosa zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Hokkaido (UHR)

Primary reference: T. Kamei, E. Sugisawa, T. Kobayashi, T. Okamoto, H. Sugawara, T. Fujita, and T. Takada. 1962. Discovery of Permian fossils from Utou-yama Limestone, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 58:32-34 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211914: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.07.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Neoschwagerinidae
Yabeina globosa Yabe 1906
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
"Waagenophyllum indicum" = Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum
"Waagenophyllum indicum" = Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum Waagen and Wentzel 1886 horn coral