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Kadonosawa fauna

• Strata: Nagane Formation, Fuyube Formation, Isomatsu Formation, Tate Sandstone Member, Itukamati Sandstone Member, Tsukinoki Formation, Minamishirado Formation (Lower), Kamitakaku Formation (Upper), Kozono Formation
• early - middle Miocene

• Climate: Subtropical - Warm-temperate
• Sedimentary facies: Tidal flat - Inner bay

• [ Index fossils ]
• Anadara sp.
• Cerithidea sp.
• Chlamys arakawai
• Nipponopecten akihoensis
• Tateiwaia sp.
• Vicarya sp.
• Vicaryella sp.
• Brachiopods
• Corals
• Sponges

• Tuzino et. al. (2018) Geology of the Ichinohe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 161p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Makimoto and Takeuchi (1992) Geology of the Yorii District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Kitamura et al. (1986) Geology of the Sendai District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 134p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)