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Toshitanigawa Complex Miyachi et al., 2005

Invalid synonym: Toshitanigawa Formation, Shirunosawaike Formation, Oinosaka Complex

• Type locality: Tada town - Sugio, Kameoka city, Kyoto prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Permian
• Deposition (Chert): Permian, Triassic
• Deposition (Shale): Early Jurassic
• Correlation: Kumogahata Complex, Sanaka Complex, Furuichi Complex, Shinmito Unit, Kamanowa Complex, lower Mimata Complex, lower Minoo Complex, Toshitanigawa Complex

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Shale
• Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Felsic tuff
• Sedimentary structures (Minor): Graded bedding, Parallel stratification

• Thickness: ca. 2,000 m
• Distribution (Width): ca. 3 km
• Upper limit: Bottom of the thick chert bed
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Toshitanigawa Complex)

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

• Distribution: Tada town - Sugio - Unokawa river - Nishikawa river, Kameoka city, Kyoto pref.
• Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Misellina sp., Nagatoella ellipsoidalis var. orientalis, Staffella sp.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Archaeodictyomitra sp., Archicapsa pachyderma, Bagotum sp., Hsuum sp., Parahsuum sp., Tranhsuum hisuikyouense

• Miyachi et al. (2005) Geology of the Kyoto-Seinambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)