Mizuboradani, Fukuji, Gifu Prefecture (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.2° N, 137.5° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 104.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mizuyagadani Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• Pseudoschwagerina zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, green limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Goto and M. Okura. 2004. The chondrichthyan tooth remains from the Carboniferous and Permian of Fukuji, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 58:215-228 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90285: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Petalodus acuminatus Agassiz 1838 chimaera