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Yokinzan Mélange
- Accretionary complex
- Deposition (Limestone): early - middle Permian (Fusulinids)
- Deposition (Chert): early - late Permian, middle - late Triassic (Radiolarians, Conodonts)
- Deposition (Mudstone): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
- Accretion: Middle Jurassic
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Mélange facies
- Matrix: Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Crusts, Slabs): Basalt, Limestone, Chert, Sandstone
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Gifu pref.
- Fossils (Limestone): Corals, Bivalves, Gastropods, Brachiopods, Calcareous algae
- Fossils (Mudstone, Radiolarians): Acanthocircus cf. protoformis, Acanthocircus cf suboblongus, Amphipyndas? sp., Archaeodictyomitra sp., Canoptum sp., Cyrtocapsa mastaidea, Dictyomitrella? sp., Emiluoia? sp., Eucyrtidiellum? sp., Hsuum sp., Pantanellium foveatum, Paronaella sp., Tricolocapsa? fusiformis, Tricolocapsa plicarum, Unuma sp., Zartus sp.
- Fossils (Chert, Radiolarians): Albaillella levis, Albaillella triangularis, Follicucullus monacanthus, Follicucullus scholasticus, Follicucullus ventricosus, Pseudoalbaillella fusiformis, Pseudoalbaillella aff. longicornis, Peudoalbaillella rhombothoracata, Pseudoalbaillella sakumarensis
- Fossils (Limestone, Conodonts): Cypridodella sp., Enantiograthus siegleri, Epigondolella primitia, Epigondolella cf. abneptis, Neogondolella sp.
- Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Pseudofusulina aff. japonica, Pseudofusulina vulgaris, Pseudoschwagerina sp.
- Wakita (1991) Geology of the Tanigumi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)