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Shizushi Limestone

• Type locality: Shizushi, Kyotanba city, Funai county, Kyoto prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): early Permian - Triassic (Fusulinids, Conodonts)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Reef lagoon core
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Sand beech, Reef lagoon edge
• Lithofacies: Limestone

• Thickness: 100 - 150 m
• Lower limit: Conformity (Greenstones)

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

• Distribution: Shizushi, Kyotanba city, Funai county, Kyoto pref.
• Fossils: Gastropods, Foraminifera, Bryozoans, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Blue-green algae, Green algae, Conodonts
• Fossils (Fusulinids): Acervoschwagerina endoi, Biwaella sp., Codonofusiella? sp., Hayasakaina sp., Ozawainella (Millerella?) sp., Profusulinella? sp., Pseudofusulina cf. ambigwa, Pseudofusulina fusiformis, Pseudofusulina cf. isaensis, Pseudofusulina cf. japonica, Pseudofusulina kraffti, Pseudofusulina kraffti magna, Pseudofusulina tscheryschewi, Schubertella sp., Schwagerina cf. krotowi, Schwagerina semilucera
• Fossils (Conodonts): Epigondolella abneptis, Epigondolella ciernensis, Epigondolella hungarica, Epigondolella mostleri, Epigondolella nodosa, Epigondolella permica, Gladigondolella tethydis, Neogondolella bifurcata, Neogondolella bulgarica, Neogondolella constricta Neogondolella excelsa, Neogondolella navicula, Neogondolella mombergensis, Neogondolella polygnathiformis, Neogondolella timorensis, Neogondolella transita, Neospathodus homeri, Sweetognathus whitei

• Kimura et al. (1989) Geology of the Ayabe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)