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Kando Subcomplex Kudo et al., 2011

• Type locality: Senmi river, Natsuhari - Kuwasawa, Gosen city, Niigata prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Late Carboniferous - Early Permian (Fusulinids)
• Deposition (Chert): Middle Permian - Late Permian, Changhsingian (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Siliceous mudstone): Late Triassic, Rhaetian - Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Mudstone): Early Jurassic, Hettangian (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Early Jurassic, Hettangian (Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Mafic rocks, Limestone, Chert, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone

• Thickness: 4,500 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Thrust fault, Unconformity (Lower III Terrace Deposit)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Senmi river - Mount Kando - Mount Ikazuchi - Mount Hakusan - Mount Hozosan - Harai river - Nakanomata river, Gosen city, Niigata pref.
• Fossils (Conodonts): Anchignathodus typicalis
• Fossils (Limestone, Foraminifera): Climacammina sp.
• Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Daixina sp., Darvasoschwagerina shimodakensis, Dunbarinella sp., Montiparus sp., Pseudofusulina sp., Rauserites sp., Schubertella sp., Staffella sp., Triticites ozawai
• Fossils (Chert, Radiolarians): Albaillella asymmetrica, Albaillella triangularis, Copiellinta sp., Entactinia sp., Ishigaum trifustis, Latentifustula sp., Neoalbaillella? sp., Pseudoalbaillella globosa, Pseudoalbaillella lanceolata, Pseudoalbaillella lomentaria, Pseudoalbaillella longicornis, Pseudoalbaillella sakmarensis, Paciditor gracilia
• Fossils (Mudstone, Radiolarians): Archicapsa sp., Bagotum sp., Betraccium aff. kennecottense, Betraccium cf. maclearni, Canoptum cf. rugosum, Canoptum aff. faravayense, Canoptum aff. laxum, Canoptum cf. praeanulatum, Canoptum cf. rhaeticum, Canoptum cf. unicum, Cantalum sp., Cornutella sp., Droltus sp., Fontinella cf. clara, Fontinella cf. primitiva, Fontinella cf. inflata, Gigi? sp., Gorgancium cf. morganense, Haeckelicyrtium sp., Livarella sp., Nassellaria gen. et sp. indet, Natoba minuta, Pantanellum sanrafaerense, Paronaella sp., Relanus? sp., Saitoum sp., Sarla? sp., Serilla? sp., Zhamoidellum sp.

• Kobayashi (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.3, pp.217-221 DOI
• Kudo et al. (2011) Geology of the Kamo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)