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Kozuki Formation

UT-3 Sub-belt

• Type locality: Kozuki, Sayo city, Sato county, Hyogo prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Carboniferous (Fusulinids, Corals)
• Deposition (Chert): Late Devonian - early Permian (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Clastic rocks): middle - late Permian (Radiolarians)
• Correlation: Kunisaki Complex

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mudstone, Felsic tuff, Basalts, Mafic tuff, Sandstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Limestone, Chert, Conglomerate

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• Distribution: Sayo city, Sayo county, Hyogo pref. - Mimasaka city, Okayama pref.
• Fossils (Limestone): Fusulinids (Fusulinella sp.), Corals (Clisaxophyllum cf. awa), Bryozoans, Crinoids
• Fossils (Chert, Radiolarians): Pseudoalbaillella bulbosa, Holoeciscus foremanae, Holoeciscus elongatus, Ceratoikiscum cf. avimexpectans, Palaeoscendium cladophorum, Trilonche sp., Triaenosphaera sp., Archocyrtium sp., Popofskyellidae gen. et sp. indet
• Fossils (Clastic rocks, Radiolarians): Follicucullus charveti, Follicucullus scholasticus, Albaillella asymmetrica

• Takemura et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.2, pp.117-125 DOI
• Sugamori et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.21-36 DOI
• Sugamori (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.2, pp.80-95 DOI
• Takemura et al. (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, Supplement, pp.123-137 DOI