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Taie Formation Kondo in Oishi, 1933

Invalid synonym: Taie Alternation, Taie Shale

• Type locality: Taie river, Taie, Furukawa town, Hida city, Gifu prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Early Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Delta, Shallow marine
• Lithofacies: Mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Sandstone
• Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification

• Thickness: 100 - 400 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity (Inagoe Formaiton)
• Lower limit: Conformity (Sugizaki Formation)

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

• Distribution: Taie river, Taie, Furukawa town, Hida city, Gifu pref.; Manodani valley - Makidani valley, Inagoe, Kawai town, Hida city, Gifu pref.; Kurouchi river, Kurouchi, Furukawa town, Hida city, Gifu pref.; Nobuka, Furukawa town, Hida city, Gifu pref.
• Fossils: Plants, Gastropoda (Melanoides? minima, Ampullaria? nipponica)
• Fossils (Bivalves): Myrene (Mesocorbicula) tetoriensis, Tetoria (Tetoria) yokoyamai, Melanoides? minima, Inoceramus maedae, Limidae? gen. et sp. indet., Anisocardinoides hulinensis, Plagiostoma? sp., Ostreinae gen. et sp. indet., "Batissa" antiqua

• Matsukawa et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.8, pp.417-437 DOI