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Mizuyagadani Valley, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Lat/Long (Decimal)36.208,137.508
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Mizuyagadani Valley, float block, Fukuji District, Gifu PrefectureNiko S. (2001)Mizuyagadanilower part of Mizuyagadani Formation"shale"295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian
Mizuyagadani Valley, Volcanic Sandstone, Fukuji District, Gifu PrefectureNiko S., Nishida T. (1987)MizuyagadaniLower part of formation, about 20 m above its basesandstone295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cladochonus verrucatus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Auloporidae : Cladochonus : Cladochonus verrucatus295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian
Schizophorites sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : Schizophorites295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian
Pseudorthoceratidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthoceratidae295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian
Bitaunioceras undulatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Orthoceratidae : Bitaunioceras : Bitaunioceras undulatum295.5 - 290.1 Ma
Permian

References

Niko S., Nishida T. (1987) Early Permian cephalopods from the Mizuyagadani Formation, Fukuji District, central Japan, Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 146, 35-41
Niko S. (2001) Sakmarian (Early Permian) Tabulate Corals from the Mizuyagadani Formation, Gifu Prefecture, Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27 1, 2, 25-32
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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