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Kutajima Limestone

• Type locality: Kutajima island, Hioki city, Kagoshima prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Late Triassic, early - middle Norian (Conodonts)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Pelagic
• Depth of water: Deep sea
• Lithofacies: Siliceous micrite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Chert

• Thickness: 34 m or thicker

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• Distribution: Kutajima island, Hioki city, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils: Bivalves (Posidonia?), Radiolarians
• Fossils (Conodonts): Epigondolella cf. quadrata, Epigondolella spatulata, Epigondolella cf. quadrata, Epigondolella postera, Epigondolella matthewi, Epigondolella aff. tozeri

• Yoshida and Onoue (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.5, pp.246-249 DOI