“…However, palaeoposition of South Kitakami in the Permian is still controversial and sharply divided into two opinions; namely, South Kitakami was located (1) near South China (Yangtze) in the equatorial region (Kawamura and Machiyama, 1995;Ehiro, 1997Ehiro, , 2001Ehiro, , 2006Isozaki, 1997;Kobayashi, 1999;Wang et al, 2006;Isozaki et al, 2011;Isozaki and Kase, 2014), and (2) near North China (Sino-Korea) in the mid-latitude region of the Northern Hemisphere (Tazawa, 1992(Tazawa, , 1998(Tazawa, , 2000(Tazawa, , 2002(Tazawa, , 2007Shi et al, 1995;Shen et al, 2000Shen et al, , 2009Shen and Shi, 2004;Shi, 2006;Ueno, 2006;Kotlyar et al, 2007).…”