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Senmatsu, Japan

Formation	Senmatsu
Age:	254 - 252 Ma Permian
Interval	Changhsingian
Lithology	shale, sandstone
Number of Collections	10
Number of Occurrences	24

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Kiridoshi	Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Iwanosawa	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Kiridoshi	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Nagasakiyama	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Nagasakiyama	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Nagasakiyama	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Takizawa-toge	Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu
Unazawa	Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan	Senmatsu

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Toyoma	254 - 252 Ma Permian	shale, "siliciclastic", mudstone, lime mudstone, sandstone, "limestone"	104

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Paraconularia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Staurozoa : Stauromedusae : Conulariidae : *Paraconularia*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Palaeoneilo sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Malletiidae : *Palaeoneilo*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Phestia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : *Phestia*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Nuculopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : *Nuculopsis*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Aviculopecten onukii species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Aviculopecten : *Aviculopecten onukii*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Paratirolites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Dzhulfitidae : *Paratirolites*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Rotodiscoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pleuronodoceratidae : *Rotodiscoceras*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Cyclolobus walkeri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Cyclolobidae : Cyclolobus : *Cyclolobus walkeri*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Stacheoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Vidrioceratidae : *Stacheoceras*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Eumedlicottia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Medlicottiidae : *Eumedlicottia*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Neogeoceras kitakamiensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Medlicottiidae : Neogeoceras : *Neogeoceras kitakamiensis*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Euomphalus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Euomphalus*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Straparollus (Euomphalus) uedai species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Euomphalus : *Straparollus (Euomphalus) uedai*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Spiroscala sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : *Spiroscala*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian
Paracalamites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : *Paracalamites*	254.17 - 252.17 Ma Permian

References

Ehiro M., Bando Y. (1980) Discovery of Rotodiscoceras from the the Upper Permian of the southern Kitakami Massif and its significance, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 86, 484-486

Ehiro M., Bando Y. (1985) Late Permian ammonoids from the Southern Kitakami Massif, Northeast Japan, Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 137, 25-49

Ehiro M., Shimanoyama S., et al (1986) Some Permian Cyclobaceae from the Southern Kitakami Massif, Northeast Japan, Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 142, 499-408

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