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Kamenoo Formation (Nakamura, 1913) Iwai, 1950
- Type locality: Kamenoo, Mizunoya town, Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture
- Coherent formation
- southern Yezo Forearc basin (Jobanoki basin)
- early Miocene (Diatoms, Radiolarians)
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Sedimentary facies: Upper - middle continental slope
- Sedimentary facies: Anoxic
- Lithofacies: Siltstone
- Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone
- Sedimentary structures (Mudstone): Parallel stratification
- Sedimentary structures (Sandstone): Graded bedding
- Sedimentary structures: Slump structure
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kamenoo, Mizunoya town, Iwaki city, Fukushima pref.; Tateishi, Naraha city, Futaba county, Fukushima pref.; Suetsugi, Hisanohama town, Iwaki city, Fukushima pref.; Mount Ishimori, Iwaki city, Fukushima pref.
- Fossils: Aniai - Daijima mixed flora
- Fossils: Gastropods, Scaphopods, Fishes (Scales, Bones), Seaweed, Crinoids, Diatoms, Radiolarians
- Fossils (Shellfishes): Acila eximia, Lucinoma acutilineatum, Lucinoma kamenooensis, Nuculana pennula, Venericardia ferruginea, Venericardia laxata, Yoldia tokunagai
- Ando et al. (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, Supplement, pp.49-67 DOI
- Kubo et al. (2002) Geology of the Kawamae and Ide District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
- Iwao and Matsui (1961) Taira and Kawamae, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 103p. (in Japanese with English abstract 17p.)