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Okuda Shell Bed

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (28,060 yBP, ¹⁴C)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Middle terrace deposits
• Lithofacies: Silt

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Okuda, Mihama city, Chita county, Aichi pref.
• Fossils: Plants, Plant roots
• Fossils: Fish (Otolith), Rayfin fish (Myliobatus sp., ), Crabs Balanus, Echinoids (Echinarachnius mirabilis), Plants, Plant roots, Foraminifera
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Acteocin sp., Alvenius ojianus, Amaea thielei, Anadara (Scapharca) subcrenata, Anodontia stearnsiana, Anomi chinensis, Atrina pectinata japonica, Babylonia japonica, Barnen (Anchomasa) manilensis, Barnea (Umitakea) dilatate, Batillaria multiformis, Batillaria zonalis, Bedevina birileffi, Borniopsis tsurumaru, Brachidontes (Arcuatula) senhousia, Brissopsis? sp., Callista chinensis, Callomysia matsuii, Cardium sp., Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) cingulata, Chemnitzia sp., Clathrofenella reticulata, Clementia vatheleti, Codakia pisidium, Coelopysis minima, Coelopysis succincta, Contalium ornata, Conus? sp., Crassostrea gigas, Cyclina orientalis, Cylichnatys angusta, Decorifer globosus, Dendostrea paulucciae, Dentalium octangulatum, Ditrupa sp., Dosinella penicillata, Dosinia (Phacosoma) angulosa, Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica, Doxander japonicus, Epitonium tokyoense, Eufenella rufocincta, Eufenella pupoides, Fulvia mutica, Glycymeris (Veletuceta) albolineata, Granuliterebra bathyraphe, Guraleus hiradoensis, Indomitrella yabei, Kellia aff. minutissima, Laternula japonica, Lilon porcellana, Lucina stearnsiana, Lucinoma annulata, Macoma tokyoensis, Mactra chinensis, Mactra sulcataria, Martesia striata, Melliteryx puncticulata, Microcirce dilecta, Musculus (Modiolarca) cupreus, Nemocardium (Keenaea) samarangae, Neverita (Glassaulax) hosoyai, Niotha livescens, Nitidotellina minuta, Ochetoclava kochi, Ostrea denselamellosa, Paphia euglyota, Paphia undulata, Paraclathrella gracilenta, Phacosoma japonicum, Philine sp., Pillucina pisidium, Pinna (Cyrtopinn) bicolor, Protothaca (Notochione) jedoensis, Psammotreta (Pseudometis) praerupta, Pseudoetrema fortilirata, Quadrans spinosa, Raeta (Raetellops) pulchella, Rapana venosa, Reticunassa festiva, Reticunassa japonica, Rhizorus eburnea, Rhizorus radiola, Ringicula (Ringiculina) doliaris, Ruditapes philippinarum, Scaliola glareosa, Scapharca broughtonii, Scapharca subcrenata, Semelangulus miyatensis, Sinusicola yendoi, Solecurius divaricatus, Solen krusensterni, Solen strictus, Squillaconcha subsinuata, Striarca (Arcopsis) interplicata, Syrnola subsinuata, Temnopleurus toreumaticus, Temnotroma sp., Terebra sp., Teredo sp., Tiberia dunkeri, Trapezium bicarinata, Umbonium (Suchium) costatum, Umbonium moniliferum, Venatomya truncata, Veremolpa micra, Volsella difficilis, Zafra pumilia

• Kondo and Kimura (1987) Geology of the Morozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)