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Kesado Formation (Tashiro and Ikeda, 1987) Tanaka et al., 1998
- Type locality: Shimo-Fukami, Sakamoto village, Yatsushiro city, Kumamoto prefecture
- Coherent formation
- Deposition: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies (Upper): Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Well-sorted conglomerate mainly including chert, Pebbly sandstone
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- Distribution: Shimo-Fukami, Sakamoto village, Yatsushiro city, Kumamoto pref.
- Fossils (Bivalvia): Yabea akatsui, Cosmetodon nipponicus, Arca (Eonavicula) kesadoensis, Neithea (s.s.) syriaca, Neithea kochiensis, Neithea matsumotoi, Nipponitrigonia plicata
- Fossils (Ammonoids): Pulchellia (Heinzia) sp. cf. H. provincialis, Pulchellia compressissima
- Miyake et al. (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.12, pp.447-462, DOI
- Terabe and Matsuoka (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.3, pp.130-140 DOI