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Jitogata Alternation Morishita and Nakagawa, 1949
- Type locality: Jitokata - Shinsho, Makinohara city, Shizuoka prefecture
- Coherent formation
- middle Miocene - Pliocene
- Correlation: upper Sugegaya Alternation
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Sedimentary facies: Forearc basin (Sagara-Kakegawa Basin) deposit
- Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
- Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Jitokata - Shinsho, Makinohara city, Shizuoka pref.; Shirowa, Omaezaki city, Shizuoka pref.
- Fossils: Sponges (Sagarites chitanii), Calcareous nannofossils, Foraminifera
- Tephra: Sn
- Sugiyama et al. (1988) Geology of the Omaezaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 153p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)