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Tateishi Formation (Hanzawa, 1954) Sato, 1956
- Type locality: Sanshouozawa creek - Oana cave, Tateishi, Minamisoma city, Fukushima prefecture
- Coherent formation
- early - middle Carboniferous (Fossils)
- Correlation: Onimaru Formation, Nagaiwa Formation
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Limestone
- Lithofacies (Bottom): Sandy limestone
- Lithofacies (Minor): Mafic volcanic rocks, Conglomerate
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Sanshouozawa creek - Oana cave - Mano river - Mount Dorokujin, Tateishi, Minamisoma city, Fukushima pref.; Nagasawa, Minamisoma city, Fukushima pref.; Shajigami - Hebiana, Haramachi ward, Minamisoma city, Fukushima pref.
- Fossils: Sponges (Chaetetes sp., Syringopora sp.)
- Fossils (Corals): Actinocyathus abukumensis, Actinocyathus japonicus, Adamanophyllum abukumaense, Arachnolasma sp., Aulokoninckophyllum? sp., Axophyllum sp., Carcinophyllum sp., Carruthersella sp., Dibunophyllum asiaticum, Dibunophyllum bipartitum, Hexaphyllia sp., Koninckophyllum sp., Kueichouphyllum sp., Lithostrotion (Siphonodendron) asiatica var. minor, Lithostrotion (Siphonodendron) pauciradiale, Lithostrotion somaense, Lonsdaleia duplicata, Lonsdaleia (Stylidophyllum) floriformis abukumensis, Lonsdaleia (Stylidophyllum) japonica, Lonsdaleia sp., Lophophyllidium sp., Palaeosmilia murchisoni, Sinopora cf. choiana, Siphonodendron asiatica minor, Siphonodendron pauciradiale
- Fossils (Fusulinids): Fusulinella? sp., Millerella sp., Ozawainella sp., Staffella? sp.
- Yanagisawa et al. (1996) Geology of the Somanakamura District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
- Kubo et al. (1990) Geology of the Haramachi and Omika District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 138p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)