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Horinji Fossil bed
- Coherent formation
- late Miocene
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Horinji, Fukumitsu, Nanto city, Toyama pref.
- Fossils (Shellfishes): Anadara amicula, Anomia lischkei, Babylonia elata, Bittium ozawai, Bittium sawanensis, Dentalium yokoyamai, Dosinia japonica, Glycymeris cfr. vestita, Kelletia kelletti, Limopsis crenata, Lora pseudopanna, Lucina sp., Mercenaria yokoyamai, Nassarius cfr. dainitiensis, Olivella spretoides, Patinopecten yessoensis, Pecten sp., Puncturella nobilis, Suavodrillia cfr. declivis, Tectura pallida, Turritella saischuensis, Umbonium akitanum, Venericardia ferruginosa, Venericardia nakamurai, Volsella sp.
- Inoue et al. (1964) Johana, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 32p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)