Yotsukura, Iwaki City, Kashiwadaira formation (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (37.1° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 113.1° E)

When: Kashiwadaira Formation (Takakurayama Group), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mr. K. Harada in <1991

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 133500: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 14.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchidae indet. Gray 1851 cow shark