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Takimoto Formation Morimoto et al., 1966

• Type locality: Takimoto, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Climate: Warm (Plant fossils)
• Lithofacies (Upper): Sands, Gravels
• Lithofacies (Middle): Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Mudstone

• Thickness: ca. 5 - 50 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Hokiyadake Volcanics, Makiuchi Andesite)

• Distribution: Takimoto, Matsushiro town, Nagano city, Nagano pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Fagus crenata, Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) sp., Quercus cf. scrrata

• Kato and Akahane (1986) Geology of the Nagano District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 120p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)